Early Years Educator Apprentice (Red Hall Primary School)
Red Hall Primary School
Darlington (DL1 2ST)
Closes in 24 days (Friday 26 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 September 2025
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Summary
Start your childcare career at Red Hall Primary School, supporting young children’s learning and development in a caring, inclusive environment. This hands-on role includes training towards a Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship, helping you build essential skills for a rewarding future in education.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 4.30pm
Friday 8.30pm - 4.00pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 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
Your main duties would include, but are not restricted to:
- Support EYFS staff in delivering high-quality early years education
- Assist with children's personal care, learning activities, and behaviour support
- Build positive relationships with pupils, parents, and staff
- Promote inclusion and independence among children
- Help prepare resources, displays, and maintain a safe learning environment
- Attend training and contribute to school life, trips, and meetings
- Support planning, assessment, and use of ICT in the classroom
- Follow safeguarding, health & safety, and school policies
Where you'll work
Red Hall Primary School
Headingley Crescent
Darlington
DL1 2ST
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
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
You will be completing the Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard with Darlington Borough Council Learning & Skills. This programme equips you with the knowledge and practical skills to support children's development in early years settings. Training is delivered through a blend of online learning and expert-led sessions, covering key topics such as child development, safeguarding, and play-based learning.
Throughout the apprenticeship, you’ll be supported by experienced tutors with real-world early years' experience. You’ll gain valuable hands-on experience in the class, working with children in the Early Years Foundation Stage while earning a nationally recognised qualification.
More training information
Training will be provided to achieve the following qualifications:
- Level 3 Early Years Apprenticeship Standard
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
Drop-in training sessions will be take place weekly, at Darlington Borough Council Learning & Skills training centre (DL1 4QZ). Here you will develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours to ensure these exceed the minimum requirements for the Early Years Level 3 apprenticeship standards.
Requirements
Essential 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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Emotional resilience
- Flexibility
- Relationship building
- Passion in job role
Other requirements
The position would be subject to passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. You may be required to attend our training centre in Darlington (DL1 4QZ) and you will need to make your own way there for drop-in sessions. Travel to and from the employer's site, based in Darlington (DL1 2ST). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
About this employer
Red Hall Primary School and STRIVE, offers education to children between the ages of 2 – 11 years of age. Our school motto is ‘Believe and Achieve’. Red Hall Primary is a school where ALL children no matter what their home situations or academic levels are given the skills to ‘believe’ in themselves and to ‘achieve’ their very best. The school is at the heart of the community. We support our families in many different ways and believe partnership is at our core. Creating strong links with parents and carers gives our children the best possible start to their educational success. The school is on a journey to improve, not only itself, but the lives of all of its stakeholders, offering them the best opportunities to succeed in the future. We want our children to have the best possible start in life and go onto achieve well during their ongoing educational life.
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the apprenticeship may lead to full-time employment and/ or further training.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
Graham Curry
graham.curry@darlington.gov.uk
07949845325
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339827.
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Closes in 24 days (Friday 26 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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