CC17 Early Years level 3 apprentice at Oakmount Day Nursery Ltd
OAKMOUNT DAY NURSERY
PRESTON (PR5 6AN)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 27 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 14 October 2025
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Summary
Carry out training as required, H&S, Safeguarding etc. Carry out off the job hours. Caring for the needs of children under 5 years old. Planning activities and enhancing child development.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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3 days apprentice hours to be arranged plus opportunity of 2 further days of full employment £7.55 rising to £10.00 per hr at Apprenticeship rate dependant on experience.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Rota between 7.30am and 9.00pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 8 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
- Carry out training as required, H&S, Safeguarding etc.
- Carry out off the job hours.
- Caring for the needs of children under 5 years old.
- Planning activities and enhancing child development.
The candidate will be trained in all aspects of Early Years education with regards to child development and specific care needs.
There will be training on health and safety and safeguarding and apprentices will be required to familiarise themselves with these practices.
There will be opportunities each week to spend time with different age groups and undertake and be involved in planning activities for children.
There will also be opportunities to complete written work and ‘off the job hours’.
The nursery has an experienced staff training manager who will be available at all times to work alongside apprentices to guide them through the course requirements and help facilitate their training needs to work towards being a fully qualified early years practitioner.
Where you'll work
KELLET LANE
BAMBER BRIDGE
PRESTON
PR5 6AN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
RUNSHAW 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
This Apprenticeship is completed within the workplace. You will be assessed through written work, verbal discussion and observation throughout your training. You will be given time by your employer to complete portfolio work, attend training, workplace shadowing and any other opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge.
More training information
EPA (End Point Assessment) – Towards the final few months of the apprenticeship you will complete your End Point Assessment. This includes a professional discussion underpinned by portfolio. A knowledge test. All assessment methods will be conducted and graded by an independent EPAO.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Other 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
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
DBS check.
About this employer
We are a Children’s Day Nursery located in Bamber Bridge, Preston. We are registered for 98 children per day and have 34 staff members.
After this apprenticeship
Progression to full employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
RUNSHAW COLLEGE
Hayley James
james.h2@runshaw.ac.uk
01772418609
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346401.
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Closes in 13 days (Monday 27 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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