Apprentice Nursery Practitioner - N Family West Hampstead

N Family London Fields - West Hampstead · West Hampstead

EducationAdvanced 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

Skills required

  • Passionate and positive;
  • reliable, hardworking and eager to learn;
  • patient;
  • punctual;
  • trustworthy.

Qualifications required

GCSEs in Maths and English (Grade A-C) preferred but not essential.

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:

have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace

Apprenticeship standards are aimed at developing skills within the Apprentice’s chosen career route, each standard has set knowledge, skills and behaviours required to be successful within the job role. This will include the completion of functional skills in Maths and English.
Once the apprentice has completed a minimum of 12 months training and the employer and a trainer confirm they have met all the requirements of the standard they will be put through to end point assessment. The end point assessment is independent from the training and includes a variety of assessment methods which test the skills and knowledge of the apprentice to ensure they are fully competent in their role.
Each Apprentice will be supported throughout the apprenticeship by a structured programme of teaching, e-learning, face to face training and workplace mentoring; this will encourage and help them to meet the requirements of the new standards and will prepare them for the end of point assessment.

Future prospects

Permanent position on successful completion; potential to progress to managerial role or a specialism; possible EY degree after completion.

The essentials

Hours, commitment and the dates that matter.

Hours 40 hours per week
Roles available 3
Posted 12 May 2026
Interviews 19 Jun 2026
Starts Aug 2026
Apply by 30 Sep 2026

Training provider

Inspiro

Delivers the training for this role and manages your application.

Where you'd be based

NW6 3PL

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