Early Years Apprentice

Nursery: Ashby Nursery School, 28‑30 North Street, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 1HS

Hours: Monday - Friday, Full Time

Salary: £7.55 per hour

Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more.

Remarkable futures start here.

Hello, I’m Kerry, the Nursery Manager at Ashby Nursery & Pre‑School. With over 16 years of experience in early years—starting my journey as a trainee—I’m passionate about creating environments where children feel valued, inspired, and confident to explore. At Ashby, we have a strong bond with our local community and families, and we believe in nurturing each child’s natural curiosity and imagination.

Whether they’re engaging with our thoughtfully tailored indoor spaces or discovering the world around them during dedicated time at our forest school, our children develop a genuine love of learning and a growing sense of independence.

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Ashby Nursery & Pre‑school. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all. Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better.

Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community.

• Applying the Storal curriculum & our pedagogy principles to our children daily
• Seeking out learning opportunities in everyday routines such as mealtimes & transitions
• Bond with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moments

• Are 16 or over, have a passion for children and an aptitude for learning
• Minimum requirements to apply for this role are English and Maths GCSE grades 2 or E or above OR Functional Skills Level 1 or above.
• Are able to commit to a full apprenticeship programme.
• Are patient and friendly
• By applying for this vacancy, you have given your consent to share your information with the employer on this advert in order for your grades to be confirmed on the HM Government Personal Learning Record Service. Where grades cannot be confirmed, certificates will need to be provided by the applicant.
• Maximum of 40 minute drive by either car or public transport

• A true love for child development and care
• Able and willing to work in a team
• Ability to communicate effectively with management, your peers and parents
• High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity

For you – We get the basics right
: enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with Pay Captain.

Family matters – Balance starts at home
:
Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more).

Health & wellness – Nourishing body & mind
:
Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more.

Development – Investing in your future
:
Micro‑learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund.

Our community – Growing together
:
Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.

We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge.

We partner with world‑leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

And much much more.

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Ashby Nursery & Pre School so special.

Storal is the highest of standards when it comes to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback‑discussion‑resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.