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Apprentice Early Years Assistant - Village Primary Academy

THE HARMONY TRUST LTD · Derby

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Pay
£14,560 a year
Hours
35 a week
Length
18 months
Starts
23 Nov 2026
Advertised closing date
9 Nov 2026
Openings
1 position
Last checked
2 hours ago

Applications are handled by the Find an Apprenticeship service.

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What you would do

The Board of Trustees wish to provide an opportunity for an Apprentice Early Years Assistant based at Village Primary Academy.

Day to day

  • Being responsible for supporting child initiated and adult led activities based around the needs and interests of each individual child.
  • Supporting the observation and assessment of the children.
  • Working as part of a team to ensure each child feels safe and secure.
  • Working in partnership with colleagues, parents and/or carers or other professionals.
  • Having a duty of care and following relevant safeguarding procedures.

What you would study

Early years educator (level 3)

Training provider: DERBY COLLEGE

Working week

Monday to Friday, term-time only (39 weeks). 30 minutes allocated for lunch.

What you need

  • GCSE English at grade C/4 or above or equivalent (essential)
  • GCSE Maths at grade C/4 or above or equivalent (essential)

Skills they are looking for

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Team working
  • Patience
  • Highly motivated
  • Enthusiastic
  • Reflecting on practice

After the apprenticeship

Teaching Assistant within the Trust or with another organisation.

Where

Derby, East Midlands (DE23).

About THE HARMONY TRUST LTD

The Harmony Trust was established in February 2014 and currently has 17 schools under the Trust umbrella. This brings with it exciting opportunities for career progression and development for existing and future employees. The Harmony Trust has high expectations of our pupils and staff. We have an excellent reputation and are innovative in our aim for educational excellence.

Things to consider

If we are interested in taking your application further, you will receive an email from a derby college email address (@derby-college.ac.uk).

Please make sure that you check your inbox as well as your spam/junk folders, so you do not miss out on the opportunity to apply.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

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