Early Years Educator, Level 3 Apprentice
SMART KIDS DAY NURSERY LTD
LONDON (SE15 2LB)
Closes in 28 days (Friday 10 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 September 2025
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Summary
Our Early Years Apprenticeships will develop your knowledge and skills, giving you the chance to earn and learn at the same time. We offer a competitive apprenticeship salary, paid exam days, lunch, NUS & Oyster Benefits. As a caring company, we value our employees and provide constant opportunities to train and progress in your career.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Planned Salary increase after first year of apprentice to at least £20,800 or higher
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday, 7.30am- 4.30pm, or 8.00am- 5.00pm, or 9.00am- 6.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 11 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- Build good relationships with children, parents, and your colleagues
- Safeguard all children in our care
- Ensure that children are in a safe environment and that their needs are met
- Observe, monitor and engage children in activities that will support their development in all the 7 areas of learning
Where you'll work
113 ASYLUM ROAD
LONDON
SE15 2LB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PARENTA TRAINING LIMITED
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
- The qualification you'll receive at the end of your training will be an NVQ Level 3 Early Years Educator
- Training will include a Paediatric First Aid qualification
- The apprentice will do their training at the nursery premises and online
- The training will be one day a week
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
We are a family run Nursery where all employees are committed to providing exceptional care to the children in our setting. Our 48 places nursery offers various facilities on site, and we are really proud of the safe, fun, and educational environment that we have created.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successfully completing your apprenticeship you may be offered a permanent position at one of our nursery sites as a Level 3 Nursery Educator
- We also provide ongoing training which could provide opportunities to progress towards room leader, deputy manager and manager positions
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SMART KIDS DAY NURSERY LTD
Amber-Rose Buckfield
admin@crystalnurseries.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341817.
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Closes in 28 days (Friday 10 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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