Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship - Cliffe House Day Nurseries
CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES LTD
Baildon, Horsforth, Ilkley, Leeds, Pudsey, Shipley
Closes in 23 days (Saturday 31 January 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 January 2026
Contents
Summary
Would you love the opportunity to work for an award-winning nursery group, to be immersed in the magic of children's play? The position is full time, you will EARN AS YOU LEARN, completing your apprenticeship at nursery with our in-house, face-to-face early years tutors, with no need for college. Progression from level 2.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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40 hours across 5 days - Monday to Friday. (34 hours in role in the nursery rooms and 6 hours study time/off the job hours - exact shifts to be confirmed)
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 7 February 2026
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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7
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
- Opportunities available at - Cliffe House Day Nurseries - Adel - Bramhope - Horsforth - Shipley - Pudsey - Baildon - Burley
- Create awe and inspiration for the children you care for through creating exciting activities and teaching them new skills
- Gain new knowledge, skills and behaviours throughout your apprenticeship to become a qualified practitioner
- Support all their daily needs from helping them at mealtimes, supporting their sleep needs and their well-being too
- Teach them through a range of play types both indoors and outdoors as well as taking them on outings to enhance their cultural experiences
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Cliffe House Day Nursery, Baildon, BD17 6BY
- Cliffe House Day Nurseries Featherbank, Back Featherbank Terrace, Horsforth, LS18 4SZ
- Main Street, Burley In Wharfedale, Ilkley, LS29 7DG
- Cliffe House Day Nurseries, Bramhope, Leeds, LS16 9AL
- Cliffe House Day Nurseries Adel, East Moor Lane, Leeds, LS16 8ND
- Technico House, 171 Richardshaw Lane, Stanningley, Pudsey, LS28 6AA
- Unit 2, Peel House, 2 Taunton Street, Shipley, BD18 3NA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES 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
- All training will take place at the nursery, at your place of work.
- This will be delivered to you face-to-face, with your own dedicated tutor, whether one-to-one or in small groups with other students. Group sizes are max of 4 students
- Your coaching sessions happen once a month or more often if needed, the training is unique and tailored to your learning needs, we come to you!
- Training schedule is unique to each student to meet your individual needs
- Support is always here; this is something we pride ourselves on and the consistency of the same tutor throughout your course
More training information
- Early Years Educator Level 3
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
- Cliffe House Training are a unique training provider who has developed their academy to ensure that support is always there for its learners
- They value their delivery of face-to-face learning sessions, unique to you as the student
- You will receive your own online learning platform to submit and receive your work, and everything is developed in a manageable way, all learning is completed in your contacted hours
Requirements
Essential qualifications
Other in:
Desirable 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Cliffe House is a family run business with our staff well-being at the heart of our success. We pride ourselves in helping staff excel in their childcare journey with us and this year we celebrate 27 years since we first started this amazing journey providing a home from home for lifelong learning.
http://www.cliffehousedaynurseries.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- A great holiday allowance
- Annual salary reviews
- Annual Christmas party
- Dress down days
- Nursery uniform provided for you
- Christmas closure
- Refer a friend scheme
- Discounted childcare
After this apprenticeship
This can lead to a career as a head of room/senior practitioner, deputy or nursery manager as well as many other early years roles.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000007104.
Apply now
Closes in 23 days (Saturday 31 January 2026 at 11:59pm)