Level 3 Early Years Apprentice

NANSTALLON PRE SCHOOL

BODMIN (PL30 5JZ)

Closes in 21 days (Thursday 11 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 21 August 2025

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Summary

Nanstallon Pre-School is offering an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and motivated person to join their team as an Early Years Educator Apprentice. You will be working in our team to discover the world of Early Years Education and will learn and develop in the role.

Wage

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

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Pay review after 3 months

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.45am-2.45pm.

30 hours a week

Start date

Friday 12 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

Responsibilities will be:

  • To help provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times with support from the pre-school manager and staff.
  • To develop an understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum to enable children to make individual progress.
  • To understand and work to preschool policies and procedures, including how to deal with safeguarding issues appropriately and learn how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies.
  • To plan and eventually lead activities which ensure each child is reaching their full potential.
  • To work towards becoming a key person.
  • To learn how to ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments etc.
  • To liaise with pre-school staff to learn how to ensure parents/carers are informed about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
  • To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the preschool aims and objective.

Where you'll work

NANSTALLON
BODMIN
PL30 5JZ

Training

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

Training provider

CORNWALL COLLEGE

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 Apprenticeship Standard.
  • Mandatory Qualifications (e.g. First Aid): Paediatric First Aid.
  • Structure of college delivery (e.g. day or block release): Day release - Tuesday St Austell.
  • Functional Skills in English and maths if required.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C)
  • Maths (grade 4/C)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Reliable
  • Calm under pressure
  • Enjoys the outdoors

Other requirements

We are in a rural location, so transport is a necessity. There is a car park on site.

About this employer

Situated in the heart of Nanstallon, Nanstallon Pre-School has been running since 1990 and we have been in our purpose built, eco building in the grounds of Nanstallon School since February 2010. We are registered with OFSTED to provide part-day care, welcoming children the intake after they are two years up to five years. We are a registered charity and not run for profit. We are registered to offer places under the Early Years Education Grant Scheme, this means that a child can have up to 15 hours of subsidised funding per week beginning the term after their third birthday. We are also participating in the 15 hours subsidised funding scheme for 2 year olds and subsidised funding scheme for 30 hours per week for 3 year olds, both are dependent on individual circumstances. We had our last Ofsted inspection in January 2023 and passed with a ‘Good’ outcome.

https://www.nanstallonpreschool.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Possible permanent role if a position is available and finances allow.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL COLLEGE

Holly

01209616452

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338323.

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Closes in 21 days (Thursday 11 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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