Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
OUTDOOR OWLS LTD
3 Ormond Road (TW10 6TH)
Closes in 26 days (Monday 25 August 2025)
Posted on 29 July 2025
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Summary
Are you passionate about childcare, the early years, and the great owl-doors? Outdoor Owls are looking for a motivated apprentice to provide care to children and support their learning development and wellbeing. Lots of great benefits, bonus structure and teambuilding days. Located 5-10 minutes from Richmond Station. DBS completed by employer.
- Wage
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£15,708 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 3 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
Do you love outdoor education? We are looking for someone who wants to complete their Early Years Level 3 Apprentice to join our team.
This is a great opportunity for someone with a serious passion for outdoor learning (and not afraid to get their hands dirty!) to join the team at its early stage. You will be working alongside expert and experienced outdoor educators within a modern management setting.
Duties will include;
•Caring for children
•Preparing and maintaining environments to meet children's needs
•Supporting children's play and learning, Facilitating children’s learning, development and wellbeing (Using our mobile app to record and administer child logbooks
• Supporting children's development- (Involvement in planning learning days and coming up with ideas for new activities and experiences)
•Adhering to all safeguarding practices as well as following our health and safety routines
•Preparing snacks and help with their feeding and cleaning
• Providing care to children (emotional, hygiene and preparing food)
• Building great parent rapport
Benefits
At Outdoor Owls you will be given a competitive salary and opportunities for bonuses.
Bonuses - you will be eligible for family satisfaction and Ofsted bonuses.
Learning & Development - we’ll fund you to achieve a Level 2 Childcare qualification and other qualifications to help you continuously develop. We have forest school training opportunities too along with X3 owlsome team INSET training days each year.
Sick Days - X2 fully paid sick days
Holidays - You work 4 days per weeks which equates to 22.5 days holiday (inclusive of public holidays) and you will have up to 50 weekdays in a year which you will be off. Everyone receives an extra +0.5 days for Xmas eve. Upon 2 years of owlsome service you will receive an extra holiday, along with a further day for 3 years and an additional for 4 years
Childcare discount
Refer a family - we’ll give you a cash bonus for each new family
Refer a teammate bonus - you’ll receive up to £400 for helping us find great new teammates
Clothing - you’ll receive a number of outdoor accessories including boots from us, along with an all-weather suit and a cosy hoodie!
Fresh fruit & Coffee - daily, along with some other treats!
Headspace Access & Counselling service - for you to use whenever you may need.
Socials - as well as some great parties we regularly go bowling, to the cinema, go climbing, try new food.. all kinds of fun hangouts which you can choose!
This is an innovative and ambitious nursery project - be part of an exciting movement and make positive change!
Where you'll work
3 Ormond Road
TW10 6TH
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
- Creative
Other requirements
This will be delivered through Outdoor Owls ‘s dedicated training provider, Realise.
About this employer
Welcome to our Richmond forest school nursery pick up and drop off point. Families pick up & drop off near Richmond Bridge and we hop on our nursery minibus to spend the day at our nature site. Your child will have an owlsome daily adventure outdoors, covering an ambitious and exciting curriculum!
After this apprenticeship
Full time position available on completion of the apprentice course.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334440.
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Closes in 26 days (Monday 25 August 2025)
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