Early Years Apprentice

Bentley Manor Childcare Centre (Bright Stars)

UK (B93 8NP)

Closes in 25 days (Wednesday 4 June 2025)

Posted on 9 May 2025

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Summary

Are you a passionate early years practitioner looking to continue to develop your career in an award winning nursery setting? Bentley Manor Childcare Centre have a great opportunity to train as an Early Years Educator Apprentice and gain your level 3 whilst supporting children’s learning, play and development and building key relationships.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week. Shifts to be confirmed.

40 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 7 June 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

2

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

Bentley Manor Childcare Centre are looking for a Nursery Apprentice who have a passion to work with children and would like to undertake a level 3 qualification.

As an Apprentice Nursery Educator your role will include;

  • Being part of a friendly team
  • Having a group of key children, responsible for planning and completing observations
  • Ensuring that the safeguarding and welfare of the children is paramount in the room at all times
  • Being aware of and complying with the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework
  • Making sure the children have a safe, fun, and great learning environment
  • Building positive relationships by engaging and interacting with the children, staff, and families

Bentley Manor promotes a good learning environment that helps nurture and foster independence for a happy, healthy and secure child. Whatever the weather, children are able to enjoy a range of stimulating activities outdoors in our extensive and secure gardens. Carefully crafted to reflect the seven areas of learning and development from the Early Years Foundation Stage, we value our garden as an extended classroom. Every day is an adventure at Bentley Manor where children are free to learn in a safe, happy and fun environment.

Our benefits include;

  • Uniform allowance
  • Birthday day off
  • 28 Days Holiday
  • Childcare discount
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Healthcare scheme

Where you'll work

Bentley Manor
Dorridge, Solihull
UK
B93 8NP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

Your training course

Early years educator (level 3)

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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

Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. Bright Stars will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.

You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:

  • Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
  • Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
  • Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid
  • Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)

This will be delivered through Bright Stars' dedicated training provider, Realise.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

  • Basic Maths (grade n/a)
  • Standard English (grade n/a)

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

  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

Onsite parking free, close to M42. DBS and references required, DBS paid for by company

About this company

Located in rural Dorridge, just a short drive away from Solihull, our award-winning, Bentley Manor Nursery is situated on an impressive 13 acres of land. Previously a countryside Victorian villa, our premises has been cleverly converted to ensure that there is ample space for children up to 5 to learn, and thrive whilst in our care.

After this apprenticeship

Opportunity for further training - L4 and up, Room Supervisor opportunities.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319692.

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Closes in 25 days (Wednesday 4 June 2025)

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