Nursery Apprentice

Bedgrove Infant School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 9DJ

113 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  30 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £10,713.00 - £17,610.00 Annually (Actual) £7.55 to £12.33 per hour (dependant on age & experience)

Nursery Apprentice job summary

We are seeking very special individuals to join us. Do you have:

A love of the outdoors and working with natural resources
Naturally nurturing, caring and compassionate qualities
An interest in child development and how children learn

At Bedgrove Infant School, our apprentices are an integral part of our nursery teams. You will hit the ground running in your Early Years career, whilst being supported and nurtured along the way. You will be supported and trained by experienced staff in our outstanding setting.

You will:

Have an appetite to learn and be a hard worker.

Be a creative and inspirational role model for our children
Learn how to deliver a holistic approach to the curriculum, ensuring the environment offers rich, first-hand learning opportunities for all children
Seek out new experiences and skills to support you with your qualification and off-the-job training

By the end of the apprenticeship, you will gain:
A Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification. We can also support you to achieve your maths and English functional skills qualifications if you do not already have these
A paediatric first aid qualification.

Our early years apprenticeship offers you:
A starting hourly pay rate of £7.55, increasing once qualified.
A varied learning programme – filled with face-to-face tutorial sessions, opportunity to attend our inset and training days to provide you with an apprenticeship programme that is truly supportive.
A full time role (33 hours a week) working with children under 5 in our nursery to gain valuable practical childcare experience.

Opportunity to gain real-life, hands-on early years experiences to support you with your 8:30am-8:30am to 3.30pm Monday-Friday – term-time only plus 5 weeks paid holiday
'Off the job' learning time within your working week which will support your studies – this will include workshops, experience in different rooms, year groups and mentoring sessions.

We will need to obtain suitable references and an enhanced DBS check for suitable applicants prior to employment commencing. You will also need to evidence your right to work in the UK and, if you hold maths and English qualifications, you will need to evidence these qualifications too. If your application is successful, our HR Team will be there to support you through our onboarding process, every step of the way.

If invited to an interview, the nursery manager will ask a variety of questions and ascertain which level of apprenticeship is most suited to you.

Benefits

As a thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to making Bedgrove Infant School a safe, nurturing and fun place for our children to be, we offer:
Pay scales that are competitive, transparent and reviewed annually
Generous annual leave and sick pay

Term time only role

Dedicated training days
Enhanced pension scheme
Cyclescheme
Length of Service awards
Staff well-bring packages including access to a 25 hour GP service
Employee assistance wellbeing programme

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About Bedgrove Infant School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 467 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bedgrove Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bedgrove-infant-school

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