Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

THE CONSTELLATION TRUST

Hull (6 available locations)

Closes in 17 days (Wednesday 2 July 2025)

Posted on 13 June 2025

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Summary

The Constellation Trust is looking for Early Years Educator Apprentices to support in the Early Explorers nursery provision for 2-year olds. Under the guidance of the room leader and as part of the team, the successful candidates will be involved in working with individuals or small groups of children.

Wage

£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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The salary is pro-rata as the post is term time only. Please see the advert on the application portal for the actual salary.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday - between the hours of 8.00am and 4.00pm, term-time only.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

6

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 Early Years Educator Apprentice, you will work closely with experienced educators to support the development and well-being of children aged 2 and 3, including pupils with special educational needs, on a 1:1 basis or in small groups. You will assist in planning and implementing engaging activities, play opportunities and experiences, observing and documenting children's progress, and creating a nurturing environment conducive to learning and exploration.

Main responsibilities:

  • Support pupils’ learning, including working with individuals and groups using knowledge, experience, specialist skills and training

  • Use specialist knowledge/experience to provide appropriate support to pupils in relation to their individual needs

  • Contribute to the creation of an appropriate learning environment through display and classroom organisation

  • Contribute to the creation of appropriate learning resources

  • Provide pastoral support to pupils within the nursery environment

  • Assist children in matters of personal needs and their general health including first aid and welfare matters

  • Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual provision leaders

  • To contribute to raising standards by ensuring high expectations are promoted for pupils

  • Provide general support to pupils, ensuring their safety, by complying with good H&S practice

  • Accompany lead staff and pupils on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required

  • Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the lead staff.

  • Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual provision leaders

  • Provide support to pupils to achieve learning goals

  • Assist the provision lead with the planning of learning activities

  • Assist the provision lead in monitoring pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed

  • Provide detailed and regular feedback to the provision lead on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems etc.

  • Provide general admin support, for classroom activities e.g. produce worksheets for agreed activities etc.

  • To provide support in literacy/numeracy/SEN strategies

  • Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use

  • Contribute to curriculum planning, evaluation and implementation

Where you'll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

  • Bricknell Primary School, The Children's Centre, Bricknell Avenue, Hull, HU5 4ET
  • Appleton Primary School, Appleton Road, Hull, HU5 4PG
  • Rokeby Park Primary School, Gershwin Avenue, Hull, HU4 7NJ
  • Paisley Primary School, Paisley Street, Hull, HU3 6NJ
  • Francis Askew Primary School, North Road, Hull, HU4 6LQ
  • Stoneferry Primary School, 464 Stoneferry Road, Hull, HU7 0BA

Training

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

College or training organisation

THE CONSTELLATION TRUST

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

Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification, equivalent to A Level. The apprentices are required to attend face-to-face training once a week at Sirius Academy West.

Training will include paediatric first aid qualification.

Apprentices who start the apprenticeship when they are aged 19 or under and who do not have the desired GCSEs in English and Maths or equivalent qualifications will need to be willing to undertake level 2 functional skills in Maths and/or English in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • maths (grade 4)

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

Our Trust includes primary, secondary and an alternative provision school working together to provide the best learning opportunities for the pupils within our network of schools. Each school serves its own community and has its own unique identity. Together we benefit from working in partnership, share good practice and have a joint central service support team. The current vacancies are for one apprentice for each of the 6 primary schools offering a 2-year old provision.

https://theconstellationtrust.org.uk/our-schools/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Possible further development leading to full-time employment within the Trust
  • Move on to the Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship which is equivalent to a foundation degree, paving the way for you to obtain your degree and become a teacher

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE CONSTELLATION TRUST

Apprenticeship Team

admin@yhtt.ac.uk

01482 567793

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326068.

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Closes in 17 days (Wednesday 2 July 2025)

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