Early Years Level 3 Apprenticeship - Lesley's Private Day Nursery (Part-time)
LESLEY'S PRIVATE DAY NURSERY LTD
LEEDS (LS15 4TA)
Closes on Friday 6 June 2025
Posted on 1 May 2025
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Summary
Looking to progress in Early Years? Lesley’s Private Day Nursery is a spacious, bright private nursery located in the beautiful grounds of Morwick Hall, a stunning grade II-listed property. Providing outstanding childcare for 0-4 years, offering a safe, caring, supportive and stimulating environment for the children in our care to flourish.
- Wage
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£12,103 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Working shifts from 7.30am - 5.30pm & 8.00am - 6.00pm, 2-3 days a week, Tuesday to Friday.
19 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 13 June 2025
- Duration
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1 year 7 months
- Positions available
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4
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a reputable and Ofsted-rated "Good" Nursery setting and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- Under supervision, keep records of children’s development and learning journeys
- Liaise professionally with and support parents and other family members
- Be able to work well in a team
- Attend out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parents evenings, fundraising events etc
- To ensure high standards in all aspects of care and development in line with the EYFS for all children attending the nursery
- To organise resources for activities and experiences in the nursery
- To assist in enhancing the developmental progress in children
- To implement the daily routine within the nursery
- To maintain a high standard of cleanliness and good housekeeping
- To maintain a thorough knowledge of all the Nursery’s policies and procedures; ensuring that they are followed and respected
Where you’ll work
3 MORTEC PARK
YORK ROAD
LEEDS
LS15 4TA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
AIRE VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
- Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
- Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
- Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
- Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
- Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
- Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
- Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
- Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
- Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
- Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
- Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
- Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
- Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
- Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
- Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
- Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
- Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
- Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.
- Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
- Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
- Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
- Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
- Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
- Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
- Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
- Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
- Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
- Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
- Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
- Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
- Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
- Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
- Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
- Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
- Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
- Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
- Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
- Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.
Your training plan
The apprentice will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard qualification (Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours). This will be delivered in the workplace. Off-the-job training will be given as a minimum of 6 hours per week to complete all the necessary training. This will be delivered in the workplace.
Within this standard you will also complete:
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid
- Functional skills, maths and English, if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9)
- Maths (grade 4-9)
Other in:
- Early Years (grade Pass)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
If you are using public transport to get to this employer, please ensure you have researched the route and that a regular service is available.
About this company
Our team of dedicated staff ensure that your child has the best opportunity to develop their social and emotional skills alongside their academic education at our homely settings within the beautiful grounds at Mortec Park. We have two separate settings each with 4 spacious and light playrooms: Unit 3 for our babies up to 2 ½ years old and Unit 7 for our 2 to 4 year olds.
https://www.lesleysnursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
• Company pension • Free parking • On-site parking • Referral programme
After this apprenticeship
For the successful candidate, there is the possibility of ongoing employment upon completion of the relevant qualification.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
AIRE VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED
Jamie McEwan
jmcewan@aspirationtraining.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000318371.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 6 June 2025
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