Early Years Educator Apprentice
LITTLE WIZARDS PRE-SCHOOL LTD
STOCKPORT CHESHIRE (SK12 2PY)
Closes on Thursday 24 July 2025
Posted on 7 May 2025
Contents
Summary
Working alongside fully qualified staff working with children from 9 months to 4 years whilst studying towards a qualification. The successful candidate will be fully supported to learn all aspects of Early Years care and education.
- Wage
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£12,714 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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4 days in setting per week, 7.5 hours per day. between 8.30am-5.30pm on a rota basis.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
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
- Greeting children and settling them in
- Taking notes/instructions from parents/carers
- Planning and implementing activities for the children alongside qualified staff
- Day-to-day care of the children - changing nappies/supporting them with toilet training, helping them at meal times etc
- Cleaning and resetting of the rooms ready for the following day
- Any other duties that befit your roles or will add to your understanding of the role
Where you'll work
UNIT E B'S MILLS
BUXTON ROAD
STOCKPORT CHESHIRE
SK12 2PY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
Your training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
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
Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- Training will take place in the workplace alongside 6-weekly on-campus college activity days (college transport is available)
- You will also have regular workplace visits from your college instructor-mentor who will complete observations, and professional discussion and ensure you remain on-track to achieve your qualification
More training information
In addition to support with college assignments the pre-school offers training in:
- Manual handling
- Health & Safety
- Risk assessing
- Food hygiene and allergens
- Fire safety
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Reliable
- An interest in the industry
- Ability to learn from peers
- A desire to learn
Other requirements
Please consider how you will travel to work each day.
About this company
Early Years Childcare, Term time only with some holiday club days.
http://www.littlewizards.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Uniform. Lunch. Independant HR Support. Gift on Birthday Tea, Coffee, Juice. Staff Social Events.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential for a permanent role, including progress to a higher level
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
Apprenticeships Team
feapprenticeships@blc.ac.uk
08000740099
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319182.
Apply now
Closes on Thursday 24 July 2025
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Company’s application instructions
Please apply through Buxton & Leek College by clicking 'apply now'.