Nursery Apprentice - London, United Kingdom - Hatching Dragons

Hatching Dragons
Hatching Dragons
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Who we are


Hatching Dragons is one of the UK's leading bilingual early years educational brands, having built its reputation around Chinese and English immersion for which we have received 99% positive reviews from our community on We're now expanding our languages portfolio with the planned launch of a Spanish bilingual school in NE London in the coming year - our aim is to become the defacto bilingual early years immersion provider across the UK and so have Russian, French, Arabic and more languages in our pipeline for future schools developments.

We're also launching new childcare services in language enriched weekend schools, holiday camps and after school clubs in the communities we serve, along with home based educators and tutors to service childcare needs in the home environment, which, alongside our accreditation with NCFE-CACHE as a training provider to see us train and see you progress to L2/3/4/5 in your practice, we really do think we're an exciting place to work for those who want to continue to improve, do something new and different in the space


Why now?


Our schools are rapidly growing and we're in need of strong, dependable and super inspiring early years educators to join the team and help us continue to deliver something different in nursery education.

And because of the unique nature of what we do - bilingual immersion in Mandarin and English delivered through a unique proprietary pedagogical - we need young, dynamic and adaptable people who are hungry to learn, make a difference and deliver the impact we want.

We are doing something truly different here and we want to train our future leaders up from the bottom so they are Hatching Dragons through and through, working in our fast track management programme to see you become a school leader / manager within the next 5 years


What's the Role?


As a nursery apprentice, you will be working across the school as a permanent additional member of staff, being deployed to cover lunches and to work in specific rooms in the mornings or in the afternoons, depending on when and where you shift falls.

20% of your working hours will need to be directed towards study, so there will be office based time for the equivalent of 1 day / week (8 hours total) in which you can assist with office work and undertake your study off the floor.

But we aim to provide you with as much exposure across all aspects of nursery life:

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Baby Room- working with the deputy manager in charge of the baby (6 months to 24 months) unit to manage children under her care, focussing on safeguarding and early development and the delivery of heuristic play


Main Responsibilities
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Nursery:

  • Monitoring & Observation:To help the nursery manager and team leaders use observation monitoring (our two cloud based observational software tools) to maintain accurate and well thought out observations of the children under their care
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Planning:To work with the team to develop planning that reflects the individual needs of each child, going through the next steps for each child at the end of each day to ensure that their needs are reflected in the subsequent plans & activity schedules for the child
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Execution:To work under the team leaders and senior team to execute / deliver the plans to an optimal standard, specific to the EYFS and Hatching Dragons bilingual model
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Safeguarding: to ensure every child's well being and health is safeguarded at all times
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Policy & Procedure: to read and undertake the full policy schedule of the setting
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Support: Meal times / nappy changing and all support required by nursery staff
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Administrative:

  • Enquiries: learning to track enquiries via the businesses CRM system and telephone and booking in times to visit as and where necessary and to keep in touch with parents to convert to sales:

  • HR & Recruitment:Learning the company's recruitment process to understand the required verification for staff, inputting staff information into nursery management system and learning to manage staff rotas to ensure business is compliant with ratio requirements set by Ofsted

Person Specification

  • Experience of working with children is desirable or wanting to pursue a career in childcare/teaching
  • Have enthusiasm and confidence.
  • Willing to learn about relevant polices/codes of practice/legislation
  • Ability to organise and motivate yourself and others
  • Ability to relate well to children and adults
  • Work constructively as part of a team, understanding nursery roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
  • Be reliable and punctual
  • Caring, adaptable and have a good sense of humour
  • Work Related Personal Requirements

It is the duty of employees:

Health & Safety

  • To be familiar with, and conform to, the nursery's Health & Safety Policy and procedures
  • To take reasonable care of themselves and other persons who may be affected by the acts or omissions at
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