Early Years Educator Apprentice

OAK HILL COMMUNITY NURSERY

LONDON (SE4 2NX)

Closes in 31 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 29 August 2025

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Summary

Join the Oak Hill Family – We're Hiring! Are you friendly, warm, passionate, and dedicated? If so, we’d love to welcome you to our Oak Hill Family! We’re currently looking for a committed professional Level 3 Early Years Educator to join our vibrant team. If this sounds like you, please get in touch.

Wage

£25,288.25 a year

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£12.55 per hour

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday between the hours of 7.45am - 6.15pm

37 hours 45 minutes a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 October 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

  • Plan and facilitate enjoyable, meaningful, and stimulating activities using both indoor and outdoor settings
  • Tailor activities to meet the needs of individual children at various stages of development
  • Build strong relationships with parents and carers, working together to support each child’s growth
  • Foster a collaborative, respectful, and positive relationship with your team members

Where you'll work

29 WALLBUTTON ROAD
BROCKLEY
LONDON
SE4 2NX

Training

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

Training provider

TRAINPLUS 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

Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

  • Training will take place in the workplace, including being mentored with further opportunities to shadow senior members of staff, as well as with your assessor/tutor
  • You will have 6 hours/week dedicated to your apprenticeship work, as well as the relevant training to help develop your skills and progress within the organisation

More training information

TrainPlus will work with you on a 1-to-1 basis to guide the development of your knowledge, skills, and behaviours, helping you to prepare effectively for you within your career aspirations

Requirements

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
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Patience

Other requirements

Previous experience working in a nursery setting is desired, as well as a genuine passion for Early Years education

About this employer

Oak Hill Community Nursery is owned, directed and managed by members of the community. It is a purpose built and self – contained facility within Hatcham Oak Children’s Centre. Our aim is to provide high quality care and education for all children who attend, by delivering an active play based learning programme in a caring, safe, welcoming, relaxed, stimulating and vibrant environment. The environment reflects the diversity of social and cultural backgrounds of the community and all children, parents/carers and families are valued and respected.

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Company benefits

- Regular paid staff social events to boost morale and build team spirit - Exciting team building days out - Free uniform and daily lunch provided - Employee of the Moment gift card scheme Extra annual leave days awarded for each year of service

After this apprenticeship

  • Once qualified, you will integrate into the team as a qualified member of staff at level 3, with potential opportunity for future progression based on performance within the role

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TRAINPLUS LTD

Samantha Cordwell

s.cordwell@oakhill.org.uk

0207 639 6047

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339571.

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Closes in 31 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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