Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

HAZLES FARM CHILD CARE LTD

High Ercall (TF6 6AF)

Closes in 16 days (Monday 23 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 March 2026

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Summary

Do you hold Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship or have experience with children? A great opportunity to work towards a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship at High Ercall Day Nursery working in a day nursery environment, caring for children. You will be supporting children's learning. Good progression opportunities.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Potential for increase subject to performance within the job role and apprenticeship learning.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 6.00pm, on a rota basis to be agreed in advance. Additional hours may be available at times by mutual agreement, up to 35 hours per week.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 30 March 2026

Duration

1 year

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

  • To interact with children at their level at all times
  • To play alongside children and support their play
  • Offer ideas and suggestions about activities for children’s play
  • Set out age and developmentally appropriate resources and activities in a way that is stimulating and exciting to the children
  • Share information regarding children’s achievements with staff within the room
  • To support the supervisor in ensuring that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
  • Help children acquire self-help skills, for example, dressing, toilet training, washing hands and others as appropriate
  • Understand and adhere to the company policies and procedures at all times
  • Ensure that the rooms are clean and tidy
  • Assist in the daily domestic management of the setting, ensuring the nursery is kept safe, secure and clean at all times
  • Be prepared to help where needed in preparation of snacks, meals, cleaning equipment and any other daily domestic tasks
  • Prepare, care and cleanliness of the rooms and equipment. Clear away activities, ensuring equipment is stored away correctly
  • To work as part of the team

Where you'll work

High Ercall Day Nursery
Church Road
High Ercall
TF6 6AF

Training

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

Training provider

JUNIPER TRAINING 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
  • Support with English and Maths skills gaps if required
  • End Point Assessment
  • Work-based learning

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

GCSE English and Maths (grade A*-C or 9-4 or Level 2 FS)

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
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Punctual and reliable
  • Kind and caring nature

Other requirements

This is a job that requires stamina, as working with little ones can be demanding. Working with small children can also get messy, so the successful applicant needs to be fully committed to getting involved in the activities and care of the children, which can potentially lead to getting messy.

About this employer

High Ercall Day Nursery (Ofsted Good) opened in September 2017 working in partnership with High Ercall Primary School. To appreciate the high standard of care and education on offer, and the excellent facilities, a visit to the nursery is essential.

https://hazlesfarmchildcare.com/high-ercall-nursery (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Once the qualification has been achieved, we would look to make it a permanent position, if possible, dependent on numbers in the nursery at the time of completion.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED

Diane Jones

diane.jones@junipertraining.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019304.

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Closes in 16 days (Monday 23 March 2026 at 11:59pm)