Early Years Educator Apprentice

Summary

We are seeking a Level 2 qualified practitioner who is working towards their Level 3, to join our Orchard team. You will be part of a supportive team that will guide you throughout your training. The team is responsible for teaching and caring for children aged 18 months to 5 years, although you may be required to work in the Baby Room as needed.

Wage

£14,835 a year

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Starting at £10 per hour but can be discussed depending on experience. College days are paid at £7.55 per hour.

Training course

Early years educator (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday. Working hours are between 8.00am - 6.00pm, 8.30am - 4.30pm and 8.00am - 1.30pm. 1 hour lunchbreak.

30 hours a week

Start date

Friday 1 August 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

Formulate and operate a programme of activities suitable to the age range of your children following guidance from other team members and your room leader. To know the Intent, Implementation and Impact of activities and be able to articulate these.
To eventually become a Key Person and have a group of children you are in charge of and taking the lead on their learning and development.
Being proactive and recognising adjustments. This includes being reflective and extending activities.
Actively acquire resources needed for planned activities and children’s interests. Make sure management team and stock check leads are aware when resources are low or have run out.
Keeping up to date records (to include learning journeys, 2-year health check reviews, and best fits) of key children.
To share information with parents on a regular basis once passed probation and feel confident to do so (at Leaders and Management discretion). This includes twice yearly parents evening.
Undertake certain domestic jobs within the Nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment and such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time to time by the Manager/ Room Leader.
Support and help with nursery events e.g., coffee mornings, summer fair, photo days etc.
To ensure confidentiality of information received. This includes private meetings/discussions with management. Information shared on a need-to-know basis. This includes but is not exhaustive of any confidential letters in relation to pay, supervisions and appraisals given from the management team.
To ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are met and always followed.

Where you'll work

CLEVEDON ROAD
TICKENHAM
CLEVEDON
SOMERSET
BS21 6RY

Training

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

College or training organisation

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

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

You will be pursuing a Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard in Early Years Education, through Weston College
As part of this program, you will attend Weston College once a week for workshops
An assessor will conduct on-site observations to evaluate your progress, as well as supporting you in college throughout your apprenticeship
At the conclusion of your program, your qualification will be assessed through an End Point Assessment

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4/C+)
Maths (grade 4/C+)

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
Team working
Initiative
Responsible
Kind-hearted

About this company

We are a small privately managed nursery in a rural environment, where nature and the outdoors become children's natural habitat for playing and exploring. Our pedagogical approach thrives on free flow play and risky play where our attention focuses on the child's voice, allowing agency, respecting all children as valuable learners where their opinions always matter. We are a nursery that loves the outdoors, being creative and getting stuck in with the children and having fun.

Company benefits

Paid holidays, dependant on hours worked per week and staff days/nights out

After this apprenticeship

Progression can always be discussed if candidate is interested in progression. Extra training and qualifications are always supported and encouraged.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Sharna Thomson

sharna.thomson@weston.ac.uk

01934411594

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000321594.

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