How to "train" young tree

[DrNo007]

I'm hoping someone can advise me on how to "train" this young Chinese hawthorn tree to be a tree, if that makes sense. We got it and planted it as a small sapling this year so it's in its first or at most second year of growth. As you see from the pic, it is currently one stem and is about a metre high. I'd like it to branch out, not too low, so it's a small tree and not a bush that branches out from the very bottom. How do I prune to make this happen, and how do I ensure that the branching out happens at the right height and not right from the bottom?

Pinch out / rub off all small shoots appearing lower down the trunk. All trees have hormones called auxins in the shoot tips, which causes them to grow. By removing lower shoots, you are concentrating the plant's energy in the upper branches. Let it continue to grow upwards, and then when you see it is at about the height you want it to start beginning to branch out, remove the top few inches of the stem. This will trigger several side shoots near the top to start growing. Let them grow on and spread out, and then remove the tips of those too, which will cause them to branch out in turn. Keep on removing all lower shoots you don't want.

@DrNo007 Do you, by any chance, have the Latin name of the tree you have? Because there are two entirely different species of tree known by that common name.

Thanks so much @Yamadori, that's very clear and I will do as you advise. It is this tree:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/134311/crataegus-pinnatifida-var-major-big-golden-star/details

@DrNo007 Great - I thought that would be the one, but it is always good to have it confirmed. Hawthorns do make nice small trees.

Hawthorns are part of the rose family, so you can use fertiliser and fungicide or insecticide sprays (should the need arise) which are sold for roses.

Following, thanks!