Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
CINDER ASH PRE-SCHOOL
LONG SUTTON (PE12 9DJ)
Closes in 21 days (Thursday 10 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 June 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for childcare is required for this established nursery. This is an excellent opportunity for a smart, ambitious and self-motivated individual to join a friendly environment.
- 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 - Friday, flexible working hours between 08:00 - 17:00
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 4 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
- To assist the nursery to provide high quality care and education for all children who attend
- To assist the supervision of children on a day-to-day basis
- To assist in planning and preparation for activities throughout the setting and the ongoing assessment of children’s progress
- To keep all records that fulfil requirements as laid out in the EYFS curriculum
- To work with parents, colleagues and outside agencies to provide a safe caring and stimulating learning environment for all children under supervision
Where you'll work
THE PAVILION
CINDER ASH PARK
PARK LANE
LONG SUTTON
PE12 9DJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
RIVERSIDE TRAINING (SPALDING) LTD
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
- Training will be provided by Riverside Training (Spalding) Ltd. Training is work-based meaning you spend the majority of time within the workplace but will be released into the centre for your OTJH
- During this apprenticeship, you will work towards learning the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours of the Early Years Educator Standard and you will work towards Early Years' Educator Apprenticeship will successfully complete a first aid qualification in line with the requirements of the EYFS Framework
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent 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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
Welcome to Cinder Ash and Pre-School, we are in Long Sutton Lincolnshire. We are a mixed age group setting, taking children from six weeks through to pre-school, with a focus on free flow learning and child led play.
After this apprenticeship
- To gain your qualification as a qualified early years practitioner, with the possibility of a full time position subject to interview
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
RIVERSIDE TRAINING (SPALDING) LTD
Susan Bulbeck
suzie@rts.training
01775 710945
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326670.
Apply now
Closes in 21 days (Thursday 10 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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