Early Years Apprentice
THE LITTLE KEW NURSERY LTD
RICHMOND (TW9 4HF)
Closes in 10 days (Tuesday 28 October 2025)
Posted on 14 October 2025
Contents
Summary
Level 3 Apprenticeship with The Little Kew Nursery in Richmond.
- Wage
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£16,320 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 8:30am - 5:30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 4 November 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
Childcare & Learning:
- Assist with the care, supervision, and education of children under the guidance of qualified staff.
- Support the planning and delivery of activities in line with the EYFS.
- Help set up play areas and learning environments that are safe, stimulating, and inclusive.
- Observe children’s development and contribute to learning records with supervision.
Daily Routines:
- Support children with daily routines including meals, toileting, and rest.
- Help maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming nursery environment.
- Follow nursery policies and procedures for health, safety, and safeguarding.
Professional Development:
- Attend training sessions, complete coursework, and work towards the assigned Early Years qualification.
- Learn and apply best practices in childcare and education.
- Reflect on your own practice and seek feedback from mentors and supervisors.
Teamwork & Communication:
- Work as part of a team, supporting colleagues as needed.
- Communicate effectively with children, staff, and parents (under supervision).
- Uphold confidentiality and professionalism at all times.
Where you'll work
ATWOOD AVENUE
RICHMOND
TW9 4HF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
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 will take place at home, the workplace or Twickenham Training Centre.
This will be one day per week.
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
About this employer
An Early Years Apprentice works under the guidance of qualified practitioners to gain hands-on experience in caring for and educating young children. They support daily nursery routines while studying towards an Early Years qualification.
After this apprenticeship
Full-time early years' educator, early years lead practitioner or nursery nurse.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346526.
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