Early Years Educator Apprentice
Brue Farm Day Nursery
CASTLE CARY (BA7 7PP)
Closes in 29 days (Sunday 22 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 May 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for two enthusiastic apprentices who have a passion for supporting children through their early years. Join us in our friendly nursery where our activities are child-led to ensure the best outcomes.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday.
Various shifts between 7.30am-6.00pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 21 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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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
- Support daily routines including play, learning activities, meals and rest times
- Plan and deliver age-appropriate activities to support children's development
- Observe and record children's progress and contribute to their learning journey
- Maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment
- Build positive relationships with children, families and colleagues
- Follow all safeguarding, health and safety and equality policies
Where you'll work
BRUE FARM
LOVINGTON
CASTLE CARY
BA7 7PP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
STRODE COLLEGE
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
More training information
- Face-to-face delivery once a week at Strode College
- Employer mentoring and independent learning during paid working hours
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
Our integrated approach means that children from 3 months to 5 years will play alongside each other, accessing all play and learning opportunities both inside and outside at all times of the day, much as they might do within the family home. We find that new children settle into this nursery format very quickly. We acknowledge that parents are the best educators for their children therefore we will strive to build positive relationships with them, thus creating a firm foundation which will allow children to grow and develop positive attitudes, confidence and self esteem. It is our strong belief that children enjoy being with other children of all ages, as they might be in a home environment, and our fully integrated approach offers this. The nursery includes a large open plan play room providing inviting and interesting areas where children will be inspired to explore.
https://www.bruefarmdaynursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Staff lunches are provided on Fridays.
After this apprenticeship
A permanent position may be available upon successful completion of this apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
STRODE COLLEGE
Lyndsey Bath
lbath@strode-college.ac.uk
01458 844681
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322453.
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Closes in 29 days (Sunday 22 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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