Early Years Apprentice
Parkside Nursery School
Loughborough (LE11 2BN)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 29 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 September 2025
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Summary
We’re looking for an apprentice to support children’s care, learning, and development in our nursery. You’ll gain experience in the baby, toddler, and preschool rooms, as well as care for older children from the local school. While working towards your Level 3 apprenticeship, you’ll take on more responsibilities as your skills and knowledge grow.
- Wage
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£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Salary may vary due to hours worked. This role requires you to work between 30 - 40 hours each week.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 6.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 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 Child Development: Help plan and deliver age-appropriate activities that promote physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development
- Safeguarding and Welfare: Ensure children's safety, following safeguarding and health & safety policies at all times
- Observe and Record: Track children's progress and development through observations and contribute to planning next steps
- Partnership with Parents: Communicate effectively with parents and carers, sharing updates and supporting home learning
- Inclusive Practice: Support all children, including those with special educational needs or disabilities
- Professional Development: Engage in training, reflective practice, and continuous improvement
Where you'll work
25 Charnwood Road
Loughborough
LE11 2BN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LOUGHBOROUGH 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
- A mixture of blended learning in the workplace and taught delivery every other Friday at Loughborough College
- Diarised visits from dedicated Trainer/Assessor
- Attendance to Loughborough College for Functional Skills (if required)
- On-the-job training
- Off-the-job training
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
BTEC in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Enhanced DBS update service (desirable) and a full valid Paediatric First Aid certificate (desirable).
About this employer
Parkside Nursery school is Located at 25 Charnwood Road, Loughborough, Parkside Nursery School is a warm, family-run setting offering high-quality early years education and care for children from birth to 11 years old. We pride ourselves on our nurturing ethos—committed to delivering high-quality care and pre-school education tailored to the individual needs of each child. Our dedicated, stable team of qualified staff go above and beyond to motivate and support children’s development, offering a broad, balanced curriculum that adapts to every learner.
http://www.parksidenurseryschool.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Annual leave entitlement. Free staff uniform. Access to free online courses.
After this apprenticeship
Once completed their level 3 the applicant will have the opportunity to further their career such as become a room leader, deputy manager or continue their learning whilst working.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE
Sophia Cleaver
apprenticeships@loucoll.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341772.
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Closes in 17 days (Monday 29 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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