Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
Gorsemoor Primary and Nursery School
Cannock (WS12 3TG)
Closes in 14 days (Monday 1 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 August 2025
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Summary
They’re expanding - Gorsemoor Primary School are expanding their nursery provision and they’re on the lookout for an energetic, imaginative and caring Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprentice to join our inspiring nursery team. This is not just a job - it's the beginning of an exciting new chapter where every day is an adventure.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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This is a term time only contract where you will be paid for 38 weeks per annum. The starting salary is £7.55 per hour for the first year and for the remainder of the apprenticeship you will be paid national minimum wage for your age.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday (term time only) Shifts to be confirmed.
33 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 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
About the Role:
As our new apprentice, you’ll learn and grow alongside an experienced, nurturing team who will support you as you work towards your Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification. You’ll gain real-world experience by:
- Creating magical, engaging learning environments for children aged 2 - 4
- Supporting play-based, child-led and adult-guided activities that spark imagination
- Building warm, trusting relationships with children and their families
- Observing and tracking development to celebrate each child’s unique journey
- Becoming a key part of a team who are passionate about Early Years education
Whether it's building dens in Forest School, singing songs with scarves, or turning cardboard boxes into rocket ships – no two days are the same, and that’s the joy of it!
Where you'll work
Gorsemoor Primary School
Gorsemoor Road
Heath Hayes
Cannock
WS12 3TG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
- Level 3 Early Years Edcuator Apprenticeship Standard
- Support with English and maths (if required)
- Work based learning
- End Point Assessment
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Do you have a genuine love for working with children? Previous nursery experience is not essential, your passion, personality and potential are what matter most.
About this employer
We are delighted to welcome you to our school, a school that offers a community-wide sense of belonging, togetherness and ‘family’. There is something very special about Gorsemoor and we are incredibly proud of our unique children, supportive parents, inspirational staff, forward thinking governors, where we all work in collaboration to make Gorsemoor a safe, happy and vibrant place to learn and thrive. We have high expectations of ourselves and our children: the challenges that we set show them that we believe they can achieve them, instilling the confidence and ambition to do so. We place great importance in kindness and respect being mutual, both within our school community and the world around us.
After this apprenticeship
- There is a possibility of being offered a full time position on successful completion of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED
Diane Jones
diane.jones@junipertraining.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000331934.
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Closes in 14 days (Monday 1 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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