Early Years Apprentice & Activities Leader

KIDZ ZONE CLUB LTD

Bicester, Buckingham, Dunstable

Closes in 17 days (Monday 18 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 31 July 2025

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Summary

Kidz Zone Club specialise in working with Primary Schools to provide a range of services through physical and creative activities. You will benefit from an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience working in a EYFS department and a before /after school & holiday club setting working mainly with children from ages 3-9.

Wage

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

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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£12,000 - £14,000 depending on experience

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
School term time: You will be based at one school Monday to Friday shifts will vary between 7.30am and 6.00pm School holidays: You will work on a multi activity holiday club.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

During the term time you will be based at one school supporting in the school early years department, then working at the before and after school club.

A typical day could be a breakfast club 7.30am- 9.00am at the school then supporting in the early years department for a morning or afternoon, followed by the after school club which generally run from 3.00pm- 6.00pm.

During the school holidays you will work at a multi activity holiday club providing a variety of different creative and physical activities focusing on the early years children.

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

  • Pioneer Way, Bicester, OX26 1BF
  • Lowndes Way, Winslow, Buckingham, MK18 3EN
  • Grove Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5PE

Training

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

Training provider

KIDZ ZONE CLUB LTD

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 Educator
  • Functional Skills in English and maths if required
  • Paediatric first aid
  • Bi weekly tutor session delivered online with practical observations, option to come to head office to complete weekly session

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C OR 4 OR ABOVE)
  • Maths (grade C OR 4 OR ABOVE)

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
  • Childcare
  • Caring

About this employer

We offer a high quality service of ‘Ofsted registered’ activity clubs for primary school aged children, in the form of before and after school clubs and holiday clubs with a focus on children participating in a range of physical and creative activities around different weekly themes. We support schools in their early years departments.

http://www.kidzzoneclub.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • The right candidate could move into full time employment as an Early Years or Club lead with ourselves, a Early Years Practioner with a school or nursery, or gain further education leading to Early Years teaching

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KIDZ ZONE CLUB LTD

Scott McCafferty

hello@futureapprenticeships.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334896.

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Closes in 17 days (Monday 18 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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