Early Years Level 3 Apprentice
1ST SAFARI DAY NURSERIES LTD
1st Safari (S70 1AL)
Closes on Friday 29 August 2025
Posted on 25 July 2025
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Summary
A great opportunity to develop your childcare career in a progressive and passionately run private nursery, working towards a level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£13,741 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, working hours TBC
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
Sandpit Nursery believes in early years education through children interacting with one another and working both individually and together to grow and learn both about themselves and the environment we live in. Children learn best when they are having fun doing something in which they are interested in.
As a practitioner you will assist in aiding the children on the journey of discovery through there early years development, some of your daily roles may include:
- To assist nursery team in providing a friendly, caring and relaxing environment in order to encourage and develop children in our care
- To ensure all daily routines are adhered to and records kept up to date
- To assist in maintaining a safe, clean and tidy nursery room
- To ensure all policies and procedures are adhered to and implemented in the nursery
- To possess a full understanding of the nursery policy on serious allergies and individual child dietary requirements
- To appropriately console children if they get upset
- To communicate with parents and other visitors in a calm, friendly and efficient manner
- To contribute to and participate in team meetings/team activities
- To provide physical support in nursery rooms and to other nurseries as and when needed
- To ensure your key work children development records are updated & maintained
- To complete the requirements of a modern apprenticeship, within the defined timescales as set at the onset of your training
- To have a good working knowledge of the EYFS and plan/observe children in line with it
- To attend any training courses/briefing meetings as deemed necessary
- To carry out any ad hoc projects or duties as requested by your line manager
- To take reasonable care of yourself and others and to comply with company health and safety rules
If you're interested in starting your early years career off, then please apply today!
Where you'll work
Sandpit Nursery,
1st Safari
S70 1AL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT 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
Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. They will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.
You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:
- Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
- Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid
- Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
This will be delivered by your dedicated training provider, Realise.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication Skills
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Team working
About this employer
Sandpit Nursery believes in early years education through children interacting with one another and working both individually and together to grow and learn both about themselves and the environment we live in.
After this apprenticeship
Progression to Room Leader, Deputy Manager, Nursery Manager, and area roles across the group.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333927.
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Closes on Friday 29 August 2025
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