Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
The Beeches Primary School
Peterborough (PE1 2EH)
Closes in 31 days (Monday 25 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 April 2026
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Summary
This vacancy is within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) team, working specifically in the Reception classroom. The successful candidate will be part of a supportive team of teachers and teaching assistants, who work together to provide a high-quality learning environment for children aged 4–5.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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Salary is £8p/hr for the first year of the apprenticeship and is term time only (38 weeks per year)
Actual salary £10,441.92 (FTE £15,434.29)
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 17:00 with 30 minutes for lunch.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
Each Level 3 Early Years Apprentice will be working with one teacher and as part of the reception team, supporting the class teacher and teaching assistant in creating a safe, engaging, and stimulating environment where our youngest children can develop a real love of learning.
They will assist with both indoor and outdoor activities that encourage exploration, curiosity, and independence. Indoors, the apprentice may support children during phonics sessions, shared reading, early writing tasks, and practical maths activities such as counting, sorting, and recognising numbers and shapes. Outdoors, they will help to organise play-based learning experiences that develop physical skills, problem-solving, teamwork, and creativity, such as building, role play, and investigating the natural environment.
The apprentice will be expected to observe children’s learning and help adapt activities to meet individual needs, encouraging participation and confidence.
They will play an important role in modelling excellent language, speaking clearly and positively, extending children’s vocabulary through conversation, storytelling, and questioning. By interacting sensitively and enthusiastically with the children, the apprentice will build strong relationships and support social and emotional development.
Overall, their role is to contribute to a nurturing classroom where children feel valued and motivated to learn through play, discovery, and guided activities.
Where you'll work
The Beeches Primary School
Beech Avenue
Peterborough
PE1 2EH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
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
- Learners will be required to attend a mandatory college-based day at Peterborough College, which takes place 1 day every 3 weeks for approx 6 hours duration
- You will also complete a Paediatric First Aid course alongside the apprenticeship
More training information
- An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation
- At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Literature and/or Language (grade C/4 or above)
- Mathematics (grade C/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
- Team working
- Good standard of English
- Creativity
- Enthusiastic
- Positive Attitude
- Willingness to Learn
- Reliable
Other requirements
- You will be required to undergo an enhanced disclosure to a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check
- Apprenticeship vacancies may be advertised through various marketing and recruitment activities and therefore can be closed early
- Please do not use AI to answer the supplementary questions as applications where this is obvious, will automatically be rejected for short-listing
About this employer
This is a large inner city school working with a diverse community in one of the most deprived areas of Peterborough. The school has 3 classes for each year group ranging from Reception up to Year 6.
The apprentice position would be in our Reception provision. Each Reception class has up to 30 children and has an experienced teacher and teaching assistant in each ready to offer support, ongoing CPD and guidance.
After this apprenticeship
- There is a possibility that this could lead to a position in the EYFS team at the end of the apprenticeship
- However, there is no guarantee as vacancies depend on school budgets at the time
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028220.
Apply now
Closes in 31 days (Monday 25 May 2026 at 11:59pm)