Start your early years career

Early Years Apprenticeship.

Learn in a real nursery, build practical experience and work towards an early years qualification while becoming part of a Tiny Toez nursery team.

Earn while you learn Nursery experience Supported learning Career pathway
Early Years apprentice working with children at Tiny Toez
Your starting point Learn. Work. Grow.

Pay, hours, training arrangements and entry requirements are shown on each live apprenticeship vacancy.

The opportunity

Learn the role by living it.

An Early Years Apprenticeship gives you the opportunity to begin building a career in childcare while gaining practical experience inside a working Tiny Toez nursery.

You'll spend time learning from experienced colleagues, supporting children throughout their nursery day and developing the knowledge and practical skills needed for an early years career.

The qualification, training arrangements, pay and entry requirements can vary between opportunities, so always check the individual vacancy before applying.

Workplace A Tiny Toez nursery
Learning Practical experience plus structured training
Pay Current rate shown on each vacancy
Goal Build towards an early years career
How it works

A real job. Real learning.

An apprenticeship combines learning with practical nursery experience, helping you build confidence and knowledge while contributing to everyday nursery life.

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Join a nursery team.

Become part of the day-to-day life of a Tiny Toez nursery and learn alongside experienced early years professionals.

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Learn through experience.

Develop practical skills by supporting children, nursery routines, play, learning and everyday experiences.

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Work towards your qualification.

Complete the learning and assessment attached to your apprenticeship while continuing to build experience within the nursery.

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Take your next step.

Use the skills and experience you've developed as a foundation for future Early Years Practitioner and leadership opportunities.

Everyday learning

Your classroom is the nursery.

You'll learn through real experiences with children, colleagues and families while building the knowledge required for your apprenticeship.

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Supporting children

Taking part in play, activities, routines and experiences that support children's development.

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Learning from colleagues

Working alongside experienced practitioners and developing your understanding of good early years practice.

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Completing your training

Making progress through the learning, assessment and development requirements of your apprenticeship.

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Building confidence

Gradually developing the practical knowledge, communication and responsibility needed for your future early years career.

Could it be you?

You don't need to know everything. You need to want to learn.

Entry requirements can vary between apprenticeship opportunities. What matters throughout Tiny Toez is bringing the right attitude towards children, learning and being part of a team.

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Curious and ready to learn

You're interested in understanding children's development and developing new practical skills.

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Warm and approachable

You enjoy communicating with people and understand that strong relationships matter in early years.

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Reliable and professional

Children and nursery teams need people who take responsibility seriously and can be counted on.

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Comfortable working as a team

You'll learn from colleagues, ask questions and contribute to nursery life alongside the wider team.

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Committed to safeguarding

Everyone working with children has a responsibility to understand and follow safeguarding procedures.

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Meets the vacancy requirements

Check each live opportunity for its specific eligibility, qualification and entry requirements before applying.

Where it can lead

Your apprenticeship could be just the beginning.

Building your knowledge and experience can open up different stages of an early years career, from practitioner roles through to nursery leadership and management.

Start here Early Years Apprentice
Build experience Early Years Practitioner
Leadership Nursery Room Leader
Next step Deputy Manager
Management Nursery Manager
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Safeguarding comes first.

Tiny Toez is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment. Apprenticeship appointments are subject to the appropriate identity, reference, eligibility and safeguarding checks for the role, including an enhanced DBS check where required.

Current opportunities

Ready to start your early years career?

These are our current Early Years Apprenticeship opportunities. Open a vacancy to see the nursery, current pay, working hours, entry requirements and application details.

There are no current Early Years Apprenticeship vacancies at the moment. Please check back soon or register your interest via our Talent Pool.

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Opportunities change throughout the year. Join the Tiny Toez Talent Pool and tell us you're interested in beginning your career through an Early Years Apprenticeship.