Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship - North Leeds Community Nursery LS6 3NT
NORTH LEEDS COMMUNITY NURSERY
Leeds (LS6 3NT)
Closes on Thursday 18 September 2025
Posted on 28 July 2025
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Summary
Provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience within an excellent setting with the upmost support for you to succeed. You'll work closely with your fellow staff in various activities to provide professional childcare. Whilst gaining vital skills and knowledge to work well alongside the apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Pay will be negotiable upon the interview.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday (shifts TBC)
40 hours per week.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 25 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 2 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 ensure that all children attending the nursery receive high-quality care and development in line with the EYFS
- To organise resources for nursery activities and experiences
- To assist in the growth of all children's developmental progression
- To establish a daily schedule in the nursery
- At all times, maintain a high level of cleanliness and good housekeeping in the nursery
- To have a thorough understanding of all the nursery's rules and procedures, and to make sure that they are followed and respected at all times
Where you'll work
Foxcroft Close
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS6 3NT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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
The Apprenticeship will be commenced at the Nursery for the full duration of the course (NO COLLEGE).
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C / 4)
- Maths (grade C / 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
DBS check.
About this employer
Ourselves were established in 1979 with the ethos of providing high quality childcare for children and families and this ethos has never faltered. We provide a small setting, catering for no more than 38 children in any one day. Over the years our recipe of high standards, loving care, fresh air and good food has seen generations of children flourish and grow. We have an excellent reputation locally, and pride ourselves in making strong links with our children and families.
After this apprenticeship
After completing your apprenticeship, there'll be an opportunity for ongoing employment within the nursery and to be looking to go onto a higher level qualification.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Matthew Oates
matthewoates@eden-ts.com
07764966256
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334185.
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Closes on Thursday 18 September 2025
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