Early Years Educator L3 Apprenticeship - Blue Hoots Pre-School PT
BLUE HOOTS PRE-SCHOOL & OUT OF SCHOOL CARE LTD
Kidderminster (DY10 3JN)
Closes in 23 days (Sunday 30 November 2025)
Posted on 6 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Working for this long standing privately owned nursery we would expect you: To provide a caring, secure environment, through individual attention and group activities and to organise appropriate range of leisure and educational activities for children between the ages of 0 – 5. This is a part time position, 28.5 hours per week.
- Wage
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£11,189.10 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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Mon - Fri between 7.30am - 5.30pm 1 day off per week.
28 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 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
Working for this long standing privately owned nursery we would expect you to:
To provide a caring, secure environment, through individual attention and group activities and to organise appropriate range of leisure and educational activities for children between the ages of 0 – 5
Key Areas
- Activity planning
- Liaison with parents
- Supervise care of children
- Direct play work
Main duties and responsibilities:
Activity Planning
- To provide a safe, creative and appropriate play opportunities for a range of age groups
- Preparing activities, organising programmes/ themes and arranging equipment
- To ensure that all activities are inclusive for all children to take part in
Liaison
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To help to develop and maintain good relationships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring needs
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To encourage parental involvement and support through the development of effective working relationships
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To share good practice with other staff as needed
Supervision and care of children
- Ensure that activities are carried out in a safe and responsible manner in accordance with statutory responsibilities
- Ensure that risk assessments are completed prior to commencing activities with children
- When involved in cooking, ensure that food preparation and handling is carried out within the guidelines set out by our policies and procedure and that the food is balanced and healthy in accordance with recommended dietary requirements
- To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and young people in the workplace, ensuring that all staff and volunteers observe Nursery policies and procedures to keep children safe from harm.
Direct Playwork
- To plan wide range of creative and enjoyable activities
- Ensure that play meets the full range of children's individual and group needs
- To fully support inclusive practice, and ensure that all children can be involved in the activities offered if they wish
Other
- To undertake continuous professional development, including short courses and qualifications relevant to a Nursery Practitioner
- To promote the aims and objectives of the nursery
- To be aware of the settings responsibilities according to the SEND Code of Practice and ensure these are incorporated in the daily practice
- To understand and adhere to policies, procedures and standards at all times
- To ensure the nursery offers the highest standards of physical and emotional care, health and safety, and food hygiene at all times
- To assist with the preparation and maintenance of materials and equipment
- To record accidents in the accident book
- Ensure children are collected in strict accordance with the nursery’s Child Collection Policy
- To ensure the nursery offers a high quality, inclusive environment which meets the needs of all children, regardless of culture, religion, and physical or emotional development
- To always ensure confidentially within the nursery
- To participate in activities which fall outside of normal working hours as required, e.g. Training, Staff Meetings, fundraising events, etc.
- To undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time to time by the Manager and Deputy.
This role is term time only.
Where you'll work
Blue Hoots Pre-School & Out Of School Care Ltd, The Old School House, Birmingham Road
Kidderminster
DY10 3JN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKERN LODGE 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
Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
Maths and English Function Skills if required.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent 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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
This is a physical and active role and you will need to be alert and have the ability to get involved. This role is term time only Part Time.
About this employer
In April 2002 the Old School House in Blakedown, Kidderminster was re-designed and renovated to provide a premier pre-school and out of school care facility. Blue Hoots is registered with OFSTED and our Inspection was in August 2023 the outcome was GOOD. Blue Hoots has also taken part in the Early childhood Environment Rating Scale, known as ‘ECERS’ with a good outcome, we also have periodic environmental health inspections and regular fire drills. Blue Hoots offers flexible childcare for children from 3 months to 5 years. We encourage parents’ to use minimum of 2 days per week as it has been proven to make separation anxiety easier. We allocate funding between the hours of 8:30am 4:00pm term time only for all children.
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of your level 3 apprenticeship there may be the opportunity for a full time job and further training.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKERN LODGE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349888.
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Closes in 23 days (Sunday 30 November 2025)
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