Early Years Lead Practitioner Level 5 Apprenticeship - Move More

Best Practice Network; City Of London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Best Practice Network is offering a Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner apprenticeship designed for experienced practitioners to develop leadership while continuing to support children's learning and development. The programme supports a brand new nursery in Gloucestershire, with a blended approach including virtual classrooms, webinars, and online assignments.

The apprenticeship requires Level 3 EY Educator qualifications, DBS and two professional references prior to starting.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification is essential.
• DBS and two professional references required prior to starting work.

Responsibilities

• Providing care: Ensuring children are safe and well, and responding to their needs.
• Supporting learning: Facilitating play and learning opportunities, and developing children's speech, language, and communication.
• Leading practice: Participating in and leading daily routines, and promoting best practices for observation, assessment, and planning.
• Promoting diversity and equality: Ensuring all children are included and supported.
• Complying with safeguarding: Ensuring the setting complies with safeguarding legislation, policies, and strategies.
• Reflecting and building on practice: Using professional enquiry and action research to contribute to the setting's pedagogical approach.
• Leading other practitioners: Supporting others in developing their own practice.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Problem solving

Number skills

Team working

Creative

Initiative

Non judgemental

Patience

Responsible

Friendly and Approachable

Strong English

Education

Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification

Job description

Ready to take the next step in your early years career? This Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner apprenticeship is designed for experienced practitioners looking to develop their leadership skills while continuing to support children's learning and development.

This is an excellent chance for you to advance in your Early Years management career, providing high-quality learning, development, and care for children from birth to age five. We are looking for experienced candidates who are passionate about providing children with high quality care and education and supporting the wider team in bringing this to life in a brand new nursery.

Please note, Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification is essential. It's our mission to empower children within Gloucestershire and the surrounding area, irrespective of their circumstances, to reap the many benefits of an active, healthy lifestyle, fostering lifelong behaviours for their overall well-being., Providing care: Ensuring children are safe and well, and responding to their need

• Providing care: Ensuring children are safe and well, and responding to their need
• Supporting learning: Facilitating play and learning opportunities, and developing children's speech, language, and communication
• Leading practice: Participating in and leading daily routines, and promoting best practices for observation, assessment, and planning
• Promoting diversity and equality: Ensuring all children are included and supported
• Complying with safeguarding: Ensuring the setting complies with all safeguarding legislation, policies, and strategies
• Reflecting and building on practice: Using professional enquiry and action research to contribute to the setting's pedagogical approach
• Leading other practitioners: Supporting others in developing their own practice

Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner

The programme offers a blended approach including virtual classrooms, webinars, work-based tasks and online assignments

The programme offers a blended approach including virtual classrooms, webinars, work-based tasks and online assignments

Candidates are not required to attend college

Candidates are not required to attend college

You will receive one-to-one support and tuition from your apprenticeship tutor, this tutor will make in person visits to you at the nursery, or schedule online meetings every 5-6 weeks

You will receive one-to-one support and tuition from your apprenticeship tutor, this tutor will make in person visits

• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Number skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Responsible
• Friendly and Approachable
• Strong English

Nursery opening hours

Monday - Friday 7.30am - 6.30pm, flexibility available, please discuss at interview.

'Off the job' online training (6 paid hours factored into the working week)

Working hours:

Approximately 40 hours per week, All Year Round position.

Start Date - Jan/Feb 2027.

You will be required to complete a DBS and obtain two professional references prior to starting work.

Right to Work & Residency Requirements:

Applicants who are not UK nationals must meet apprenticeship funding eligibility rules, including having lived in the UK or EU for at least 3 consecutive years prior to the start date. You must hold a valid visa that does not expire within 18 months of your apprenticeship start date. We will require a share code to verify your right to work and study in the UK. After submitting your application, you will receive a screening form where you can securely provide your share code for eligibility checks.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.

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