Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship

WELL PLACE DAY NURSERY LTD

Kent (TN11 8BH)

Closes tomorrow (Saturday 31 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 19 January 2026

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Summary

Are you enthusiastic about working with children, watching them develop under your care? If so, this role could be for you. Well Place Day Nursery is looking for the perfect addition to their team, who is looking to continue their career in a friendly and supportive nursery while studying for their Early Years Educator Level 3 qualification.

• Wage:

  £18,720 a year

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  Annual

• Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
• Hours: 9 hours per day (including lunch and breaks) - Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday with 6 hours study time. Hours as agreed between 7am and 7pm.

  36 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 30 March 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 9 months

• Positions available:

  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

Well Place Day Nursery is a privately owned nursery and preschool located in the grounds of Penhurst Place. In this setting you will be valued as an individual and welcomed into a friendly and nurturing team who believe in working together to create the best environment for the children in our care. You will be encouraged to explore your potential and supported in further training in you choose to.

What you will do:

• As an Early Years Educator Apprentice, you will be driven and committed with a child centred approach to learning
• Collaborating with experienced staff the successful candidate will learning from experienced colleagues

Key Responsibilities:

• To ensure that the children are happy, settled and well cared for
• To deliver a high standard of learning, development, and care for children
• To shadow and learn to be a key person for named children and to plan for individual needs and to keep accurate records
• To ensure that the nursery is a safe environment for children, staff, and others
• To work as part of a team to ensure effective and appropriate communication with parents, carers, members of staff and external agencies
• To undertake and be responsible for a range of tasks/duties, as instructed by your line manager, which are relevant to the role
• To ensure health, hygiene and safety standards are maintained
• To adhere to all the nurseries operational policies and procedures
• To complete all academic aspects of the apprenticeship

Where you'll work

Well Place Farm
Penshurst
Tonbridge
Kent
TN11 8BH

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

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

• Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship
• On the job mentoring with experienced colleagues
• Training will include paediatric first aid qualification

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• Maths (grade 9-4)
• English (grade 9-4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Excellent communication
• Good command of English
• IT Literate
• Committed to helping children
• Warm and positive approach
• Lots of creative ideas
• Profound sense of humour
• Willingness to learn
• Dedication to work
• Team Player
• Patient and Calm
• Genuine desire to nurture
• Supports children’s growth

Other requirements

• This is a 21-month apprenticeship and includes 18 months of learning and a 3-month end point assessment
• To apply you must have lived in the UK for a minimum of 3 years before the start date of the apprenticeship learning and have authorisation to work in the UK
• You cannot apply if you already have a qualification equal to or higher than the apprenticeship standard being studied
• You can apply if you have a higher qualification than the apprenticeship standard in an unrelated subject
• You should live in the area local to the employer and the college campus offering the apprenticeship
• This is a combination of work and learning so you will need to commit to the learning and stay at the employers until the apprenticeship is successfully completed
• There is no public transport to the nursery so own transport will be essential

About this employer

Well Place Day Nursery is a small, privately owned day nursery and pre-school situated on the beautiful Penshurst Place Estate. We offer a homely environment where children aged 3 months to 5 years old can feel safe and secure whilst enjoying the wide variety of activities and experiences we have to offer. The nursery is in a quiet rural, yet easily accessible area. Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, and the surrounding areas can be easily reached by road and for those who commute by train, Tonbridge and Hildenborough stations are only ten minutes away.

After this apprenticeship

To be a fully-fledged member of the team with opportunities to develop with supported training and coaching.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004205.

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Closes tomorrow (Saturday 31 January 2026 at 11:59pm)