Early Years Educator Apprentice

LITTLE WIZARDS PRE-SCHOOL LTD

STOCKPORT CHESHIRE (SK12 2PY)

Closes in 30 days (Sunday 15 February 2026)

Posted on 15 January 2026

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Summary

Working with children from 9 months to 5 years, understanding their development and how as an early years practitioner you can support them with a varied and rewarding early years curriculum following the EYFS.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
You will work a four day week in nursery from 8.30am 4.00pm on a rota. You will have one day a week for study time, you can either work from college or home on this day.

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 23 February 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

  • Follow the nursery and childrens daily routines.
  • Support the staff in the care and learning of the children.
  • Help to set up and prepare the the nursery daily with clean and thought provoking invitations to play.
  • Support the staff in planning age appropriate actitivies and recording progress.
  • Ensuring the safeguarding and welbeing of the children in our care.
  • Any other duties that fit your role or add to your knowledge, skills or behaviours. 

Where you'll work

UNIT E B'S MILLS
BUXTON ROAD
STOCKPORT CHESHIRE
SK12 2PY

Training

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

Training provider

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

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

You will attend on-campus activity days every 6 weeks, transport is availble, you will also be visited in the workplace on a regular basis by your instructor-mentor who will complete observations and professional discussions. 

You will spend approx 20% of your working week completeing off the job training, this includes on-campus activity days but, will also be training in the workplace such as shadowing. 

More training information

You will work alongside a warm and friendly team setting up the environment for the children daily with intersting and challenging activities, you will take part in the daily routine of the nursery serving snacks and lunch and cleaning all with the support of the qualified staff. Time will be given for you to complete your course work weekly and you will have the support of a mentor within the nursery.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade 4 or above)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Reliable
  • An interest in the industry
  • Ability to learn from peers
  • A desire to learn

Other requirements

Please consider how you will get to work each day. 

We reguarly take the children outdoors in all weathers. 

About this employer

We are an independant nursery with places for 70 children per day from 9 months-5 years. the owners are also the managers and are onsite every day. We open at 8.30am and close at 5.30pm term time only with limited days holiday club.

http://www.littlewizardspreschool.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

You will receive a uniform, lunch every day and the chance to join the staff on two social events a year paid for by the company.

After this apprenticeship

Excellent potential for a permanant role with the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000008865.

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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 15 February 2026)

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