Room Leader - Level 5 Apprentice

ZERO25 LTD; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Monkey Puzzle offers a Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner Apprenticeship, aimed at developing you into a Room Leader within a professional nursery environment.

You will gain hands-on leadership experience, support daily nursery operations, and help deliver high-quality care and education for children, while developing your skills through formal training with WMC TRAINING LTD.

Qualifications

• Essential Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification.
• Pass required for the course.
• Applied learning in leadership and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure full regulatory compliance.
• Deliver outstanding care and education.
• Lead and develop nursery staff within your room and support their professional development.
• Build positive relationships with parents, carers, and external agencies.
• Manage budgets, staffing rota and maintain financial targets.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Administrative skills

Team working

Initiative

Education

Early Years Educator Level 3

Job description

Introduction

This Level 5 Early Years Lead Apprenticeship offers an exciting opportunity to develop into a Room Leader while working in a professional early year setting. You will gain hands‑on leadership experience, support day‑to‑day nursery operations, and help deliver high‑quality care and education for children.

About the Employer

Monkey Puzzle are part of an award-winning nursery group, offering high quality childcare in their specially equipped nursery for children aged three months to five years old. They also offer multi-sports, cooking, sing and sign and Yoga to ensure the children at their nursery have every opportunity to develop holistically. Their onsite chef produces a varied and delicious menu providing nutritious meals for the children and staff. Monkey Puzzle’s Early Years Team excel in teamwork and will deliver an outstanding learning experience to you as well as supporting you to develop your skills through innovative training.

What You'll Do

• Ensure full regulatory compliance
• Deliver outstanding care and education
• Support, develop, and lead nursery staff within your room, ensuring their professional development
• Build positive relationships with parents, carers, and external agencies
• Manage budgets, staffing rota and maintain financial targets

Training Outcome

Upon completion of this LV5 Early Years Lead Practitioner course, you will be in a good position to secure opportunities within senior leadership.

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Initiative

Qualifications

• Essential - Early Years Educator - Level 3 - Early Years Educator - Level 3 - Pass

Course Information

Course: Early years lead practitioner (level 5)

Level: 5

Route: Education and early years

Apprenticeship Level: Higher

Working Arrangements

Working Week: 35 hours a week with 20% of employed time guaranteed to complete assignments with the support of a tutor.Days and times to be confirmed.

Expected Duration: 2 Years

Training Provider: WMC TRAINING LTD