Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
Laira Green Primary School
Plymouth (PL3 6BP)
Closes in 10 days (Monday 23 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 March 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a caring and motivated Early Years Apprentice to join our friendly Preschool team. You'll help little learners thrive through play-based activities, create a nurturing environment, and assist with observations. Perfect if you love working with children and want to gain a qualification in early years education!
- Wage
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£12,759.50 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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Monday- Friday. Hours to be confirmed at interview.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
We are seeking a caring and committed Early Years Teaching Assistant to join our team where staff wellbeing is a high priority and everybody is valued. The successful candidate will work alongside the Early Years team to deliver high-quality care and education, in a nurturing, inclusive, and stimulating environment.
What we offer:
- Friendly, inclusive working environment with a strong team ethos
- Supportive leadership team who show appreciation for everybody’s contribution
- Opportunities for training and development
- Calm, well-resourced classrooms
- Free access to the Champion Health App providing a comprehensive range of health and wellbeing resources
- Opportunity to increase earnings through afterschool clubs
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the delivery of high-quality early years education and care of children
- Provide attentive, age-appropriate care including support with toileting, dressing, and social routines
- Provide one-to-one or small group support as needed, including for those with additional needs
- Supervise and support children during indoor and outdoor activities, snack times, mealtimes, toileting and transitions
- Build warm, trusting relationships with children, helping them to settle and feel secure
- Promote children's personal, social, and emotional development through sensitive interactions
- Contribute to observations, assessments, and planning for next steps in learning
- Maintain a safe, hygienic, and welcoming classroom environment
- Work effectively as part of a team and communicate clearly with staff and families
- Follow all safeguarding, behaviour, and health & safety policies
Where you'll work
Laira Green Primary School
Bramley Road Laira
Plymouth
PL3 6BP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST
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 Standard
- Functional Skills in maths and English, if required
- Once a month sessions at Argyle Community Trust: Foulston Park
- You will have regular visits every 6 to 12 weeks from your designated assessor who will support, and monitor your progression throughout your apprenticeship
- As an additional qualification you will also achieve Emergency and Paediatric First Aid and Food Hygiene
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9 (A-C))
- Maths (grade 4-9 (A-C))
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Firm and Consistent
- Approachable and Friendly
- Hopeful and Optimistic
- Solution focused
Other requirements
Applicants should be able to be able to problem solve independently and find solutions to problems presented. Effective written and oral communication skills when working with pupils and communication with parents, colleagues, pupils and other professionals. Effective use of technology within daily activity.
About this employer
We are very proud to welcome you to Laira Green Primary School where our mission is simple: to create an inspired community of learners who are equipped with the skills, experience and confidence they need for a happy and successful future. Our core values: Be Kind, Be Determined, Be Proud, underpin everything that we do, from our broad and balanced curriculum, to our extensive extra-curricular club offer. Our highly skilled staff share a commitment to give every child the best possible start in life regardless of any obstacles they may face, through the highest quality teaching and learning. We work closely with families and other professionals to ensure that our children receive the best possible care and support, enabling them to be the best that they can be and this is something that we are very proud of.
After this apprenticeship
The employer is very committed to staff development and training, and to assist the successful apprentice to progress through all their training, with a hopefully view to future employment for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST
Thaila Morse
thaila.morse@pafc.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019123.
Apply now
Closes in 10 days (Monday 23 March 2026 at 11:59pm)