Early Years Educator Apprentice
Hunwick Primary School
Crook (DL15 0JX)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 22 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 September 2025
Contents
Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a highly trained professional team in our Early Years Department. You will be working with Nursery and Reception children. Do you have a passion for working with children and are looking for a role which is rewarding and will make a difference to a child’s development?
- 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 – Friday, Thursday to attend Bishop Auckland College. The role will be structured between the working hours of 8am – 5:30pm). The day at college will be between 9am-4:15pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 20 October 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
Support for Pupils
- Support learning of small groups or individuals with a range of needs or be a key worker in Nursery
- Help with the care and support of pupils
- Contribute to the health and well-being of pupils
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual pupils and groups
- Be an effective model for pupil behaviour
Support for the teacher
- Assist with classroom resources and lesson preparation
- Contribute to the management of pupils behaviour, both in the classroom and on the playground, as required
- Provide support for learning activities
- Assist in the maintenance of a safe environment for pupils and staff
- Assist in the presentation of display materials
- Support teaching staff or senior colleagues with routine administration
- Adhere to and promote all company policies and procedures
- Ensure Health & Safety and hygiene is to a high standard
Support for the school
- Monitor effective working relationships with colleagues and parents
- Contribute to the maintenance of pupil safety and security
- Review and develop their own professional practiceRecognise confidentiality, child protection procedures, Health & Safety, and the policies of the Governing Body
- Be involved in extracurricular activities, (clubs, activities, trips, open days, presentation evenings)
- Support Wraparound provision as required
- Assist with special activities in the school within school hours (e.g. sports days, plays, concerts, open days)
- To follow the observation and record keeping system and maintain the records for his or her key children so that the children’s attainment and progress are effectively and regularly assessed
- To carry out all responsibilities and activities within the Equal Opportunities framework
- To attend in-service training and meetings as required
- To undertake any other reasonable duties in accordance with the objectives for the setting’s improvement plans
- To carry out all responsibilities and activities with due regard to equality
Where you'll work
School House
Church Lane, Hunwick
Crook
DL15 0JX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BISHOP AUCKLAND 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
You will be required to attend Bishop Auckland College one day per week and will receive reviews in the workplace on a regular basis.
More training information
- When working in a school, you get paid term time only pro rata
- You will not be able to take holidays during term time
- Working in a school can be very rewarding – the hours may involve earlier and later starts (between 8:00am – 5:30pm) depending on wrap-around care needs - Please consider the working hours when applying
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 9-4 / A*-C / Level 2)
- Maths (grade 9-4 / A*-C / Level 2)
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
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory references.
About this employer
Primary School offering education from Early Years Foundation stage to Years 6 Juniors.
After this apprenticeship
To be discussed at the interview.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BISHOP AUCKLAND COLLEGE
David Brough
david.brough@bacoll.ac.uk
01388 743164
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341019.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Monday 22 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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