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Budding Butterflies - NN3 7RQ - Apprentice Required

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Have you recently completed your school or college education, or due to finish your studies soon? You may have thought about starting work straight away - or even considered continuing your studies, allowing you to gain further qualifications.
Leaving school and entering the world of work can be both exciting and worrying at the same time. Parenta helps hundreds of young people make this transition every year with work-based childcare apprenticeships.
With a childcare apprenticeship from Parenta, you’ll be able to leave school and ‘earn as you learn’ - getting paid to work in a nursery, pre-school or childminding setting whilst gaining a recognised qualification – you don’t even need any experience!
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I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.
Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.
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Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme
Why you're a good match
StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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Why you're a good match
You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
Experience fit
Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
The best part? There are no classes to attend!
The moment your journey begins as an apprentice, you start getting paid an hourly rate and become a fully-fledged member of staff!
Parenta offers you full training, support and guidance to help you start your career: you will have your own personal tutor to help you every step of the way.
Your role will include:
- Under supervision, working with and caring for children aged 0-5 years, contributing to a high-quality caring environment for them. This will include creating a warm, friendly and stimulating atmosphere in which the children can develop emotionally, socially and educationally through individual attention and group activities.
- Ensuring that the setting is safe, clean and well presented.
- Being part of and contributing to a hard-working, successful and supportive team – ensuring the highest standards of work are carried out in a positive manner.
- Having an understanding of and implementing the setting’s confidentiality policy.


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Throughout this role, you will gain extensive knowledge and experience within a childcare working environment which will set you up for a great career!
Requirements
Ideally, you will:
- Be a school or college leaver.
- Be passionate about caring for children.
- Have an outgoing, bubbly, “can-do” attitude.
- Be a committed, punctual and reliable individual.
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