Early Years Apprentice – Kids Planet Mereside Farm – Shirley, England
Kids Planet is an independent, family run group of nurseries providing the highest standard of nursery care across the UK.
What if your next job meant more than just work, what if it meant shaping futures, every day?
Kids Planetis a proud family-run business, we do things with heart andwerepassionate about giving every child the best possible start. No two settings are the same, but all of them are built around our shared values: care, curiosity, and a genuine love for early years.
JoinKids Planet Mereside Farmas an Early Years Apprentice!
Werenow looking for an Early Years Apprentice to join our team, someonewhosready to get stuck in, spark imaginations, and help children thrive. As an Early Years Apprentice, you will be enrolled on to a training programme through theKids PlanetTraining Academy to gain a qualification in Early Years.
WhyKids Planet Mereside Farm?
Large outdoor play spaces
We have a large amount of parkingspace
Great Place to Work Certified 2025/26
Ranked #1 UK Best Workplaces for Women 2025
Crowned NMTs Large Nursery Group of the Year, for the second year running
80% Childcare Discount T&Cs apply
What we offer our Early Years Apprentices:
Free breakfast, lunch, and healthy snacks to fuel your day!
Accredited training through our awesome KP Academy and bespoke training platform.
Enhanced leave for maternity, paternity, fertility, and adoption because family matters.
Wellbeing goodies, staff rewards, and fun events all year round.
Long service awards to celebrate your commitment.
Take the day off on your birthday,itsall about you!
Competitive salary, pensionplanand enhanced holiday allowance.
Friendly central support team always on hand to help.
Howyoullmake a difference as an Early Years Apprentice:
By learning how to support, care for, and inspire children during their earliest years, from birth to age five.
Through learning how to ensure the safeguarding of children in your care.
By learning how to work as part of a successful team.
Through working to build warm, trusting relationships with families through kind, open communication.
By working as part of a successful team.
Through liaising with parents on matters relating to the most important person in their world.
What an Early Years Apprentice needs:
To meet minimum apprenticeship eligibility criteria, including having lived in the UK for a minimum of 3 years.
To pass maths and English entry assessments.
Sound like the place for you?
Apply today to joinKids Planet Mereside Farm
As a guide, Level 2 apprenticeshipstake approximately 15 months to complete, and Level 3 apprenticeships take approximately 18 months to complete.
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