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Early Years Apprentice - The Cheshire Day Nursery
Location: Warrington (WA5 1UP)
Closing Date: 22 days from today (Friday 30 October 2026)
Posted on: 22 July 2026
Summary
Are you a passionate early years practitioner looking to continue to develop your career in an award-winning nursery setting? Cheshire Day Nursery - Guardian Street have a great opportunity to train as an Early Years Educator Apprentice and gain your level 3 whilst supporting children's learning, play, and development.
Wage: £16,848 a year
Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
Hours: 40 hours per week. Monday to Friday - shifts to be agreed at offer stage
Start date: Thursday 5 November 2026
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Cheshire Day Nursery - Guardian Street are looking for a Nursery Apprentice who have a passion to work with children and would like to undertake a level 3 qualification. To be considered for the Early Years Apprentice role you must have a love of children and a genuine warmth towards them! As an Apprentice Nursery Educator your role will include:
- Being part of a friendly team
- Having a group of key children, responsible for planning and completing observations
- Ensuring that the safeguarding and welfare of the children is paramount in the room at all times
- Being aware of and complying with the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework
- Making sure the children have a safe, fun, and great learning environment
- Building positive relationships by engaging and interacting with the children, staff, and families
The purpose-built building, with large airy rooms and plenty of natural light, includes a kindergarten and a recently renovated outdoor area
Our benefits include:
- Uniform
- Employee of the month award
- Childcare discount
- Refer a friend scheme
- Healthcare scheme
- £500 completion bonus
- £1000 loyalty
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Training
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Training provider: REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED
Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
What you'll learn
- Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure
- Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting
- Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice
- Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety
- Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child
- Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child
- Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person
- Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children
- Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years
- Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support
- Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships
- Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture
- Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours
- Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements
- Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors
- Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice
- Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events
- Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests
- Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy
- Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy
- Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally
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Requirements
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in: English (grade 4)
- GCSE in: Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
- DBS and references required, DBS paid for by company
About this employer
Looking for an ‘Outstanding’ day nursery in Warrington? The Cheshire Day Nursery Group is one of the leading early years childcare providers in the North West – offering you the choice of four award-winning nursery settings (Latchford, Guardian Street, Thelwall and Winwick), plus The Kindergarten at Latchford.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay. A full-time qualified position for the right candidate on completion of the apprenticeship.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is: REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000044331.
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