Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship
FARLEA CHILDCARE LTD
Stafford, UK
Closes in 19 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 August 2025
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Summary
As an apprentice, you’ll gain hands-on experience while studying towards your Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification. You’ll work across three key areas - Breakfast club, nursery, and after-school club - Supporting children aged 2 to 11. You will get a full and relevant recognised qualification which means you can be included in ratio.
- Wage
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£11,778 a year
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Salary may be more up to £10.00ph dependent on age and experience.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, Breakfast club: 8.00am - 8.50am, then straight to the Nursery Setting for 3 hours. Afternoon Break, then 3.15pm - 5.15pm after school club. 1 day per week will be used to do apprenticeship off the job training.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Engaging children in fun, creative, and educational activities
- Supporting the delivery of safe and nurturing care
- Helping with mealtimes during Breakfast Club
- Maintaining high standards of safeguarding at all times.
- Assisting in creating a stimulating and inclusive learning environment
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:
- St Anne S Church Hall Lynton Avenue Stafford ST 17 0 EA, Lynton Avenue, Stafford, ST17 0EA
- Bridgtown Primary School, North Street, Bridgtown, Cannock, UK, WS11 0AZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
JUNIPER TRAINING 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
Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- You will have supportive mentors within the work environment
- Online Monthly masterclasses with a Juniper training skills coach with other early years apprentices doing the same qualification
More training information
On-the-job training in 2 different setting, breakfast club, nursery and after school club, you will be travelling to each setting so you will need your own car
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4+)
- Maths (grade 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
- 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
Must pass Enhanced DBS check to do this apprenticeship. Needs to drive and have own car as you will be travelling to two different locations.
About this employer
At Farlea Childcare, our vision is clear: "To ensure that every child’s needs are met by making every child’s interest, safety, and happiness central to everything we do." Since 1997, we’ve provided a warm, safe, and inspiring environment for children to explore, discover, and thrive. From toddlers to primary-aged children, we are proud to nurture confident, happy learners.
https://farlea.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Free onsite parking. Childcare discount. Ongoing free CPD. Employer of the Term rewards.
After this apprenticeship
- Room Leader
- Team leader
- Settings Deputy Manager
- Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED
Angela Gordon
angela.gordon@junipertraining.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335605.
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Closes in 19 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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