Early Years Apprentice

Teaching Vacancies; Winchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote learning

Hands on experience

Career progression

Dedicated mentor

Holiday allowance

Job summary

Beehive Nursery in the school grounds is seeking an Early Years Apprentice to join our friendly team during an exciting expansion. You will be supported as you start a career helping young children thrive and settle into year-round care in a brand-new setting.

This apprenticeship offers remote learning to support qualifications, hands-on experience in a real work environment, and opportunities for career progression into full-time employment, with a dedicated mentor and paid holiday allowance.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, eager to learn, excited about helping young children thrive.
• Brand-new role created as part of expansion of Beehive Nursery.
• Joining a team at an exciting stage in development as it moves into a new purpose-built setting.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Eager to learn

Team player

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Join our friendly team at Beehive Nursery as an Early Years Apprentice and be part of an exciting new stage in our journey. We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic, eager to learn, and excited about starting a career helping young children thrive. In return, you'll be supported by a welcoming school community.

This is a brand-new role created as part of the expansion of our popular Beehive Nursery. You will be joining the team at an exciting stage in our development as we move into our new purpose-built setting within the school grounds, and begin offering year-round care

What the school offers its staff

What we offer

• Remote learning – complete your qualification with online support from experienced tutors
• Hands on experience – gain valuable skills in a real work environment
• Career progression – opportunities to move into full-time employment on completion
• Dedicated mentor – one to one guidance throughout your apprenticeship
• Holiday allowance – Earn paid time off while you learn

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS):

The LGPS is one of the most valuable workplace pension schemes available in the UK. As a defined benefit pension scheme with strong statutory protections, it provides a secure income in retirement. The school contributes approximately three times more than employees contribute themselves, making it significantly more generous than many pension arrangements available elsewhere (including private nurseries).

Additional Benefits

• Free annual flu vaccination
• Hampshire pay scales with clear salary progression opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlement (where applicable)
• Access to training and professional development opportunities
• Staff discount available for dependents & preferential admission to Barton Farm Primary.
• Unlike larger nursery groups, we pride ourselves on providing a welcoming, close-knit environment where relationships matter, decisions are made locally, and every team member can make a meaningful difference.

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.