Childcare Apprenticeship - Stockport
Level: 2
Employer: FLEDGLINGS PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY LTD
Location: Fledglings Pre School, Eskdale Avenue
Duration: 1 Year
Expected start date: 08/08/2025
Hours per week: 40 hours
Wage: (Annually)
Job role includes
We are currently recruiting for a new apprenticework in our lovely outstanding nursery setting in Bramhall, Stockport. We are interested in recruiting an Apprentice Early Years Practitioner to join our established, friendly team.
If you are enthusiastic, trustworthy, hardworking, and love the company of children, we would love to hear from you.
This is a rare opportunity to become part of the Fledglings family...possibly the kindest, most wonderful and dedicated team you will ever meet!
Your role will include:
- To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times
- To deliver an appropriate play-based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress
- To help ensure the preschool nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times
- To understand and work with preschool nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies
- To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes
- To be a key person
- To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments
- To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement
- To work in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan
- To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the preschool's aims and objectives
Fledglings offer many great benefits for our employees.
- Excellent salaries and annual pay reviews
- Career progression & training
- Pension scheme and life assurance
- Competitive salary
- Discounted childcare
- Long service rewards - the longer you work for us the more holidays you receive
- Free daily lunches and meals for all staff members
- All expenses paid, celebratory evenings, outs and staff bonuses
About employer
At Fledglings we view our nursery as a valuable community resource. We believe that the children in our care should always feel happy, secure and loved. Children learn best in an environment that is stimulating, nurturing and above all fun!
Paragon Skills is a leading national Apprenticeship training provider, supporting over 4,000 learners and 1,500 organisations. Paragon Skills has some of the highest success and achievement rates in the industry.
It has an Ofsted Grade 2 Good rating and an overall achievement rate of 71.4%, exceeding the national average of 65.6%. Using a blended approach, learners are always at the forefront of our priorities. All learners are assigned a Personal Tutor who will be their main point of contact.
This involves regular catchups, check-in emails and calls. Your employer will agree to give you 20% of your working hours solely towards your study.
This will give you every chance to achieve the highest grade possible! On completion of this 12-month apprenticeship you will have gained; Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship.
A potential for a full-time role, for the right applicant, upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
