Apprentice Level 3 Early Years Educator

GOOD TIME CHILDCARE LIMITED

Wallsend (NE28 8TS)

Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 March 2026

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Summary

At Good Time Childcare, we are committed to providing a safe, happy and homely environment in which we seek to encourage the learning and development needs of every child in our care.

Wage

£19,200 a year

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday - Flexible shifts between the hours of 7am – 6pm.

36 hours a week

Start date

Monday 13 April 2026

Duration

1 year 3 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

  • To ensure the effective day-to-day running of the setting, adhering to policies and procedures of Good Time Childcare, ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, the Children's Act all within the requirements and guidelines laid down by Ofsted and the Early Years Foundation standards.
  • To know, understand and follow all policies of the organisation and ensure that the Manager is informed immediately if there are any issues or concerns regarding these.
  • To ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in accordance with the current General Data Protection Regulations.
  • Supervise the children, ensuring that staff are in different areas of the room watching and observing what is happening for ALL children at ALL times to ensure their well-being, health and safety
  • Plus other duties 

Where you'll work

Wiltshire Drive
Wallsend
NE28 8TS

Training

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

Training provider

SKILLS NORTH EAST 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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4 to 9)

Other in:

EYE (grade Pass)

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

Other requirements

  • Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
  • Driver's licence desirable due to location 

About this employer

We recognise that each child is unique with unique needs and interests and we will ensure that we provide childcare that meets their unique needs in a fun, friendly and flexible way.

We believe that well-organised children's facilities help develop a child's social skills as well as aiding their general development, therefore giving them a better start in life. We try to ensure a warm and homely atmosphere allowing children to relax and play.

We believe that each child is a unique individual and we use this as the basis of our approach to childcare. Children are therefore allowed to make choices within the setting based on their own preferences and staff will take their wishes into consideration when planning the sessions.
 

Company benefits

  • Birthday bonuses.
  • Annual staff training day.
  • Free Uniform.
  • Discounted childcare for staff.
  • Lots of opportunities to learn and progress within the company.

After this apprenticeship

Lots of opportunities to learn and progress within the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SKILLS NORTH EAST LIMITED

Cathryn

cathryn@sne.org.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021575.

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Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:59pm)