Early Years Practitioner Apprentice
Cramlington Village Primary School
North (NE23 2SN)
Closes in 24 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Cramlington Village Primary School is seeking an apprentice Early Years Practitioner to join our team, to support children across our Early Years setting. We are a forward-looking innovative school with a passion for putting children at the heart of all that we do.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 a year
- Training course
- Early years lead practitioner (level 5)
- Hours
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Monday 8.00-4.00, Tuesday 8.00-4.00, Wednesday 8.00-5.15, Thursday 8.00-4.00, Friday 8.00-2.15
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
1. To provide care and early learning experiences according to children’s needs and stages of development.
2. To participate in a key worker system for children that provides consistency in facilitating children’s physical, emotional, intellectual and social development.
3. To work in partnership with parents/carers, sharing information about children’s progress and encouraging parents and carers to become involved with the EYFS setting.
4. To assist in the implementation of the EYFS framework for all children and liaise with parents and carers in the recording and sharing of information.
5. Manage a wide range of children’s behaviour in a way that promotes their welfare and development.
6. Ensure that the physical needs of children are met and maintain a high level of hygiene and cleanliness in the EYFS setting.
7. Observe all policies and procedures, Ofsted Regulations and Curriculum Guidance.
8. Encourage children and families to play and use outdoor areas.
9. Work as part of the EYFS team and the wider school team, sharing and contributing in the ongoing development of the whole programme.
10. Undertake continuous professional development that is supportive of the post.
11. At all times carry out duties in accordance with Northumberland County Council and Cramlington Village Primary School equal opportunities and in the spirit of anti-discriminatory practice.
12. Undertake any other duties and responsibilities as required, commensurate with the grade of the post.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You are therefore under a duty to use the school’s procedures to report any concerns you may have regarding the safety or well-being of any child or young person.
Where you'll work
Bowmont Drive
North
NE23 2SN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
Training course
Early years lead practitioner (level 5)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.
- Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, social, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the educational setting.
- Support and promote children’s diverse speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions to support verbal, nonverbal interactions and engagement with written communication.
- Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.
- Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children's learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.
- Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.
- Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.
- Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.
- Plan, carry out and guide appropriate personal care routines for individual children.
- Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.
- Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.
- Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.
- Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.
- Cultivate professional partnerships with parents, carers, colleagues and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.
- Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.
- Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.
- Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.
- Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.
- Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.
- Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children's progress and planning future learning possibilities including the safe use of digital technology to communicate effectively in both oral and written English.
- Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
- Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of educational settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice, supporting teams and guiding change.
- Identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
- Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.
- Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.
- Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.
- Apply the principles of sustainability and segregate used resources for reuse, recycling, and safe disposal .
- Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.
- Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, social, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the educational setting.
- Support and promote children’s diverse speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions to support verbal, nonverbal interactions and engagement with written communication.
- Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.
- Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children's learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.
- Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.
- Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.
- Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.
- Plan, carry out and guide appropriate personal care routines for individual children.
- Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.
- Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.
- Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.
- Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.
- Cultivate professional partnerships with parents, carers, colleagues and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.
- Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.
- Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.
- Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.
- Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.
- Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.
- Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children's progress and planning future learning possibilities including the safe use of digital technology to communicate effectively in both oral and written English.
- Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
- Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of educational settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice, supporting teams and guiding change.
- Identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
- Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.
- Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.
- Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.
- Apply the principles of sustainability and segregate used resources for reuse, recycling, and safe disposal .
Training schedule
Training will be conducted at Cramlington Village Primary School, working towards a Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner apprenticeship standard. This will include Functional Skills if required.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 9-3 or A*-D)
- Maths (grade 9-3 or A*-D)
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
- Initiative
- IT Skills
- Logical
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
About this employer
We are a 3-11 Primary School with approximately 170 pupils on roll, proudly serving a fantastic community in Cramlington, Northumberland. We have a dedicated teaching team and are very proud of how together, with our pupils, parents, staff and governors, we are a community of learners that grow and flourish together. Our caring and supportive ethos is designed with our children and families at the heart and centre of everything we do. We have a dedicated teaching team and are very proud of how together, with our pupils, parents, staff and governors, we are a community of learners that grow and flourish together. Our caring and supportive ethos is designed with our children and families at the heart and centre of everything we do. It is our belief that all children can succeed, and we are relentlessly focussed on enabling our children to achieve academically, as well as celebrating personal success. We aspire for our children to leave us as learners who look at the wider world with the confidence and knowledge that they can make a difference, and that they matter. Our curriculum, outdoor provision and teaching is personalised to meet the needs of our pupils. We are a fully inclusive school and welcome families from all backgrounds. We are proud of the support we offer for children with special educational needs and their families. We work closely with external agencies to ensure the best possible support is in place.
After this apprenticeship
At the end of the apprenticeship there could be a possibility of a full-time role for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335527.
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Closes in 24 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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