APPRENTICE LEVEL 3 EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR

Skelmersdale Trinity Church Of England/methodist Primary School

Skelmersdale (WN8 8PW)

Closes in 15 days (Friday 4 July 2025)

Posted on 18 June 2025

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Summary

Trinity Primary School are looking to appoint an Apprentice EYFS Teaching Assistant L3 to provide teaching and learning support within our strong Early Years team in our new Baby room. The post is an apprenticeship so will include self and supported study alongside the working day. Nelson and Colne College will be your academic support.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Term Time

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday Shifts to be confirmed

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

2 years

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

  • Supporting in the EYFS department at Trinity carrying out a range of duties such as supporting learning with continuous provision and small groups
  • Planning activties for small groups of children
  • Supporting with managing the room in terms of setting up, tidying and putting resources out and away
  • The apprentice will be under the lead of our EYFS leader

Where you'll work

Kiln Lane
Skelmersdale
WN8 8PW

Training

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

College or training organisation

NELSON AND COLNE COLLEGE

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

  • The apprentice will access all of our school based training that we deliver on a weekly basis
  • They will take part on peer review and 1:1 coaching sessions as part of on-going performance management

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or better)
  • Maths (grade 4 or better)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working

About this company

School Christian vision and aim. ‘Letting our light shine as we live, love and learn, together with Jesus’ is based on an extract from the Gospel of Matthew. We aim to develop the skills and talents that God has given our children and in doing so, as they grow in grace and knowledge, they may aspire to achieve wonderful things.

http://www.trinity.lancs.sch.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • The apprentice will be equipped with a range of skills ready to go out and apply for full time positions whether this be in our setting or another setting
  • They will receive support with writing application letters and applying for jobs

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NELSON AND COLNE COLLEGE

bursar@trinity.lancs.sch.uk

01695 723878

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326840.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 4 July 2025)

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