Nursery Apprentice - Wexham Nursery

Slough, England, United Kingdom

7/22/2025

Job Overview

First Steps Day Nursery is a vibrant, 48-place childcare setting providing high-quality care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years. With a dedicated team of 18 staff, the nursery is structured into age-specific rooms to support children's individual developmental needs in a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment.

As a valued member of our team, you will assist in the day-to-day running of all rooms across the nursery, supporting colleagues in delivering a high standard of care and promoting children's learning through play-based activities. You will help to create a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere where each child feels valued and supported in their early years development.

This is an exciting opportunity for individuals passionate about working with young children and pursuing a career in early years education. While in post, you will work towards and complete a Level 3 qualification in Childcare and Education. You will be fully supported by experienced staff and supervisors, gaining hands-on experience and developing the skills needed to thrive in a childcare setting.

If you are enthusiastic, reliable, and eager to learn, we welcome your application to join our committed and caring team at First Steps Day Nursery.

Main duties of the job

Under the guidance of the Nursery Manager and supervisory staff, the apprentice will support the day-to-day running of the nursery, ensuring it operates in line with OFSTED’s National Standards and relevant hospital and nursery policies. You will play a key role in creating a safe, welcoming, and nurturing environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

You will assist with observing and monitoring children’s progress in accordance with developmental milestones and Foundation Stage guidelines, sharing relevant information with senior staff to support planning and individual development.

Working closely with experienced practitioners, you will contribute to providing a stimulating and caring learning environment where children can thrive. You will help implement activities that encourage emotional, social, physical, and intellectual development, while being sensitive to and inclusive of each child’s cultural background and individual needs.

The role also involves attending regular staff meetings, contributing to activity planning, and promoting the principles of Equal Opportunities throughout the nursery setting.

This apprenticeship is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience while working towards a Level 3 qualification in Childcare and Education.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Willingness to undertake and complete the Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
  
  

Desirable criteria

• GCSE Maths and English at Grade C/4 or Equivalent
  
  

Specific Competencies

Essential criteria

• Basic understanding of children’s needs and child development
• Ability to communicate effectively with children and adults
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of safeguarding and child protection practices
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Interest in working with young children in a nursery environment
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience volunteering or working with children
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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