Posted 17 February, 2026 Sparkling Minds Pre-School and Day Nursery logo

Job details

  • Salary Range £20,000.00 to £22126.00 increase is age dependent
  • Role Nursery Assistant / Early Years Assistant
  • Hours Apprenticeship
  • Location Bicester, Oxfordshire
  • Job Reference Early Years Apprentice 2026

Job summary

We are looking to take on an apprentice! Do you have a natural passion and desire to work with children? You could gain hands on experience while you train for a full & relevant Early Years Qualification, whilst also earning. If you would like to be considered for this supurb opportunity, please contact us by telephone or email and we can send out the information pack which will aslo include details of our safer recruitment procedures. More information can be found on our website. DBS checks and references will be obtained before any employment can commence. 

Hours are adapted for those classed as 'young employees' however the standard work pattern is 8-6pm four days each week on a rota system. 

Transport is essential as we are not on a public transport route.

We are a small family run nursery and pre-school set on farmland. We have a beautiful environment and small age group rooms. This allows us to know every one of our children and families really well and the reviews from our families speak for themselves. We have supported several apprentices over the last few years. Some have started with a Level 2, gone onto Level 3 and others have progressed on to complete Level 5 or an EYTS Level 6 qualification. We have lots of experince within our team and our partnership with Best Practice Network has proved very successful for each of our team members who have worked and studied at the same time. 

Get in touch to find out more.

Skills / Qualifications:

  • GCSE English grade 4 or above
  • GCSE Maths Grade 4 or above
  • Kindness
  • Honesty
  • Respectfulness
  • Fairness
  • Hardworking
  • Team player
  • enthusiastic
  • energetic
  • fun loving
  • sense of humour
  • reliable