Early Years Apprentice

Grandir UK Limited; Knotty Green; Remote; GBP 11,000 - 12,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave including bankhol

Company pension scheme

Life assurance for employees 18-65

Great Place to Work recognition

£500 refer-a-friend bonus

Statutory Sick Pay from day 1

Enhanced DBS check required

Job summary

Winchmore Hill Day Nursery, part of Grandir UK, is seeking an Early Years Apprentice. You will support and inspire children, develop curiosity, and help them thrive daily in a nurturing setting.

Join a caring team with strong benefits, flexible working, and real career progression as you work toward your Early Years qualification.

Qualifications

• Caring and enthusiastic approach to supporting young children.
• Willingness to learn and gain Early Years qualifications while working.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the children’s individual needs are identified and met
• Supervise and support the children at all times
• Carry out a wide range of interactive tasks including reading stories, helping at mealtimes, playing games, and changing nappies
• Act as a positive, practical role model for the children
• Develop friendly, professional relationships with staff members and parents
• Ensure you fully understand and follow Safeguarding Procedures
• Work towards gaining your Early Years qualification in a supportive and professional environment with hands-on experience

Skills

Caring and enthusiastic

Education

Early Years qualification (on-the-job)

Job description

Early Years Apprentice

Winchmore Hill Day Nursery

Part of Grandir UK

Salary £8.00-£9.00 - depending on experience

Join a supportive, child focused nursery offering strong benefits, flexible working and genuine career progression.

Our Winchmore HillDay Nursery in Winchmoreis looking for a caring and enthusiastic Apprentice to join our team. You will play a key role in caring for, supporting and inspiring our children, encouraging curiosity and helping them thrive every day.

Why You’ll Love Working at Winchmore Hill

At Winchmore Hill Day Nursery you will be part of a welcoming and supportive team who genuinely care about one another. We create a positive working environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to grow.

Core Benefits

• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, with 3 days used during the Christmas shutdown period
• Christmas and New Year shutdown
• Flexible working options available
• £500 refer-a-friend bonus
• Company pension scheme with employer contributions
• Statutory Sick Pay from day 1
• Life assurance for employees aged 18 to 65
• Certified Great Place to Work, voted for by our current colleagues

About Our Nursery

Our Winchmore Hill day nursery has five spacious and well resourced classrooms spread over two floors, as well as a sleeping room and a sensory room. Our large landing and hallway areas provide space to display children’s artwork and we also have a dedicated listening station for children to quietly listen to stories outside of their classroom.

Our spacious well resourced playrooms are designed to facilitate the best educational start for babies and children in a nurturing, safe environment. Our playrooms are designed to meet the needs of the children in the room, with the use of age appropriate equipment and activities set up each day to meet the interests and educational needs of individual children in them. Our playrooms are loosely based on age range, but children progress to the next room based on their readiness to move into the next room.

All of our playrooms for under two year olds are downstairs, with a maximum of twelve children in each room ensuring a calm spacious environment in each room. Our sensory room for times when children need a quieter space for more focused learning is also on the ground floor along with our baby sleeping room. On the first floor we have three further classrooms for our children aged two years and upwards. Our Art Studio can be found on this floor too where we hold regular art lessons for our older children with our highly trained art teacher.

We have a lovely, enclosed garden space at the front of our nursery which has a bespoke climbing frame to look like a pirate ship! Our garden is available to each and every child to enjoy outdoor play activities such as messy play in our mud kitchen and growing plants and produce in our growing garden.

Our Winchmore Hill Day Nursery and Preschool is at the very end of Green Lanes, conveniently located for local shops including Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We are also well located for Winchmore Hill train station, which is around ten minutes walk, convenient for our parents who need to reach Central London or other surrounding areas.

What You Will Be Doing

• Ensure that the children’s individual needs are identified and met
• Supervise and support the children at all times
• Carry out a wide range of interactive tasks including reading stories, helping at mealtimes, playing games, and changing nappies
• Act as a positive, practical role model for the children
• Develop friendly, professional relationships with staff members and parents
• Ensure you fully understand and follow Safeguarding Procedures
• Work towards gaining your Early Years qualification in a supportive and professional environment with hands-on experience

Enhanced Family and Wellbeing Benefits

• Maternity and adoption leave paid at 100 percent for the first 12 weeks
• Paternity leave paid at 100 percent for 4 weeks
• Parental bereavement leave up to 4 weeks paid
• Compassionate leave up to 2 weeks paid
• Miscarriage leave up to 2 weeks paid
• Wellbeing Day, an extra day off just for you
• The Grand Event, up to an additional week of annual leave to attend a significant life event after 2 years’ service

Even More Benefits

Employee benefits portal with hundreds of retail discounts including ASOS, gym memberships, cinema, M&S, and major supermarkets

24-hour remote GP appointments

• Dayforce wallet- gives you the ability to access a portion of your earned pay before normal pay day

Medical cashback for dental treatment, physiotherapy, and alternative therapies

Recognition, rewards, and team celebrations throughout the year, with May dedicated to celebrating our teams

Tailored in-house training and genuine progression opportunities

Sustainability focus with Carbon Literacy trained teams and Eco Schools accreditation

Grandir UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS check is required for this role which will be carried out by our approved third-party provider.

We are an equal opportunity employer and recruit based on merit. To support our recruitment process, we may use AI-assisted tools for tasks such as application screening and reference checks. These tools help us manage applications efficiently, and all hiring decisions are made by our team.