Enhance your Early Years workforce with Inspire ATA

The Early Years sector has been facing recruitment challenges for several years, which has been exacerbated since the 2025 increase in free childcare hours. This welcome change provided relief for families who were struggling amidst the cost-of-living crisis, but caused additional strain on childcare settings leading for more pressure for the providers. This article will discuss how Early Years settings can utilise flexi-job apprenticeships to resolve recruitment challenges.

Apprenticeships to develop workforce retention

Apprenticeships are a great way to introduce new staff into a setting while ensuring setting staff are fully qualified. In addition, investing in employee development helps to motivate employees and supports employee retention.

By hiring apprentices, Early Years settings can resolve three key recruitment issues in one: finding new staff to meet the demand of childcare places, ensuring this new staff is qualified to raise the quality of education their provide, and motivating this staff to stay on in the setting, reducing staff turnover.

Recruitment solutions for the Early Years Sector

In partnership with the Department for Education (DfE), Inspire ATA help recruit and employ apprentices on behalf of Early Years settings. We offer a range of roles to support educational settings gain qualified teaching and support staff.

Early Years Practitioner Level 2

Support your childcare setting with Early Years Practitioners (EYP). EYPs contribute to observation, assessment, and care tasks, working in partnership with parents and professionals.

Early Years Educator Level 3

Early Years Educators (EYE) have a deeper understanding of child development and learning, and they possess practical skills to support children’s holistic development.

About Inspire ATA

Inspire ATA provide short and long-term staffing solutions for a range of organisations. We recruit, employ and support apprentices on behalf of employers helping you develop the talent of tomorrow at a lower cost and with peace of mind.   

Our flexible apprenticeship placements are tailored to meet the dynamic needs of modern businesses. Whether you want to grow your team or bring fresh energy into your workforce, we make it easy.   

If you are interested in recruiting an apprentice with Inspire ATA, book a discovery call with the Inspire ATA team today!