Professional programmes for passionate employees
The Early Years or Childcare sector provides an essential service for parents and families, as well as supporting the UK's economic strength, as parents can return to their jobs on a full or part-time basis.
Employees in this sector are passionate, hardworking, and caring, with careers seen as vocations more than just jobs. Investing in and providing the opportunity for individuals to qualify to the required levels supports the growth and sustainability of this sector, and the retention of talented team members.
Apprenticeship training in Early Years supports the professionalism of this industry, allows individuals to take pride in their qualifications and achievements and makes sure settings are providing the highest quality of childcare and maintaining ratios.
Why choose Lifetime for Early Years apprenticeships?
Recruitment that supports ratios
Expert teaching
Off-the-job expertise
Anytime, anywhere learning
Lifetime's Early Years apprenticeship programmes
From teaching and development to organisational delivery, our apprenticeships allow you to upskill and develop your teams with role-relevant and industry-recognised programmes.
Contact us for more information on these programmes.
Our apprenticeship service
Fill your vacancies
We recruit over 5,000 people every year into life-changing career opportunities, helping our partners to build a future-ready workforce. Working in partnership with your managers, we attract, screen and shortlist the best candidates and get them interview-ready, so your managers save time and you recruit quickly.
Embracing a digital approach
Learners experience self-led delivery, tailored to working patterns and learning requirements through our cutting-edge online learning platform, Aptem. It's a system that minimises interruptions to learning, fully integrated with day-to-day roles to create a seamless e-learning journey. Supported by an expert coach, learners are guided through clear learning plans, from enrolment through to End-point Assessment.
Celebrating success
Apprenticeship achievement should be celebrated, as becoming qualified is an exceptional accomplishment – personally and for the future of the setting. Generating excitement and recognising the achievements of our learners and employer partners from start to finish is an integral part of our service. It's just one way we support our partners and showcase success.
Let’s talk about how apprenticeship training can support your setting.
Request a call backWorking with Lifetime has meant we've been able to support learners gain qualifications, from employing new apprentices to developing existing employees. In 2021, we saw 20 learners complete qualifications using Lifetime’s training, including achievers with Distinctions.
