Apprentice Nursery Practitioner - N Family Buckhurst Hill

N Family - Buckhurst Hill · Buckhurst Hill

ChildcareAdvanced Level 3On-site

What will you be doing day to day?

As an Apprentice Nursery practitioner you will have the opportunity to rotate around the nursery rooms and Forest School, gaining hands-on experience in all areas of our nurseries.

This, coupled with your apprentice training in Early Years, will equip you with all the skills, experience and qualification to apply to progress into a qualified educator role with us. This Apprenticeship will either be for a level 2 early years practitioner or level 3 early years educator depending on experience. From there, you can develop your career at N, opting for a managerial route, or pursuing a specialism in an area that excites you. This role is for multiple positions due to the growth of the business.


The role is a full-time position (40h working week, 20% of which is spent on learning).


Day to day you will learn to:

  • Support your team in the delivery of basic childcare routines
  • Be responsible for the delivery of our 'learning through play’ educational ethos
  • Innovate with activities and constantly challenging your children’s learning and development
  • Build and maintain excellent relationships with parents
  • Promote child welfare and ensure safeguarding procedures are followed- Work a flexible shift pattern within the opening hours (7am-7pm)


What can we offer you?

  • £19,656 for Level 2 early years practitioner or £20,717 for Level 3 early years educator
  • Funding of your apprenticeship
  • You’ll be part of N Academy which could put you on track for an EY degree once your apprenticeship is complete
  • Performance related bonus of up to £750 per year (once working within ratio)
  • Up to 32 days holiday a year (including bank holidays, 1 day off for your birthday and 3 days during Christmas and New Year) to start (rises with length of service)
  • Free daily lunch and drinks
  • Personal development fund of £100 per year
  • Professional development, specialisms, coaching and mentoring through our N Academy
  • Annual clothing allowance of £100 (no uniform)
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leave pay for all team members after 2 years continuous service with N
  • 5 days full sick pay and, depending on individual circumstances, we may offer up to 5 days discretionary leave
  • Paid training including 2 inset days per year
  • Childcare discount of 10%, rising to 25% when you become a Nursery Manager
  • Emergency childcare: 6 back-up childcare days in any of our nurseries


There's more…

  • Round the world trip and 2 weeks additional holiday for 5 years service
  • Refer a friend bonus of £500 (plus other incentives) for existing and ex employees
  • Amazing wellbeing benefits including one wellbeing week per term, Headspace premium membership, free counselling, 10% ClassPass membership discount, hardship fund
  • Season pass loan and cycle to work scheme


To become an apprentice, you must:

  • Be 16 or over
  • Not already be in full-time education


As an apprentice you’ll:

  • Complete a Early Years apprenticeship standard
  • Have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace
  • Learn and train for a specific job
  • Get paid and receive holiday leave
  • Get hands-on experience in a real job
  • Study for at least 20% of your working hours
  • Complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship
  • Be on a career path with lots of future potential
  • Be entitled to a TOTUM membership, find out more here About TOTUM | TOTUM UK


For more information about Inspiro Learning’s apprenticeship delivery and what it entails please click here to watch a short video

Skills required

  • Passionate and positive;
  • reliable,
  • hardworking and ready to learn;
  • patient;
  • punctual;
  • trustworthy;
  • builds and maintains excellent relationships with parents;
  • supports the delivery of basic childcare routines;
  • embraces the 'learning through play' ethos;
  • promotes child welfare and safeguarding;
  • able to work a flexible shift pattern within opening hours (7am-7pm).

Qualifications required

GCSEs preferred but not essential; Maths/English GCSEs A-C; Apprenticeship level 2 or 3 depending on experience; must be 16+ and not in full-time education.

Training you'll get

This Apprenticeship will either be for a level 2 early years practitioner or level 3 early years educator depending on experience.

As an apprentice you’ll:

  • Complete a Early Years apprenticeship standard
  • Have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace
  • Learn and train for a specific job
  • Get paid and receive holiday leave
  • Get hands-on experience in a real job
  • Study for at least 20% of your working hours
  • Complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship
  • Be on a career path with lots of future potential
  • Be entitled to a TOTUM membership, find out more here About TOTUM | TOTUM UK

For more information about Inspiro Learning’s apprenticeship delivery and what it entails please click here to watch a short video

Future prospects

Progress to a qualified educator role; potential managerial route; possible specialisms and the opportunity to pursue an EY degree after completion; permanent position upon successful completion.

The essentials

Hours, commitment and the dates that matter.

Hours 40 hours per week
Roles available 6
Posted 11 May 2026
Interviews 28 May 2026
Starts Jul 2026
Apply by 31 Jul 2026

Training provider

Inspiro

Delivers the training for this role and manages your application.

Where you'd be based

IG9 5EX

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