Early Years Educator Apprenticeship N20 0ET

ELLIE'S LITTLE KINGDOM LIMITED

LONDON (N20 0ET)

Closes in 27 days (Friday 29 May 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 29 April 2026

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Summary

An Apprentice Early Years Educator is required at Ellie's Little Kingdom. We are looking for someone with a love of working with children who will gain an Early Years Educator Level 3 qualification. The successful candidate will be organising resources for activities and experiences in the nursery.

• Wage:

  £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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• Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
• Hours: 40 hours a week in 8 hour shifts anytime from 7am-6pm.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Saturday 30 May 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 6 months

• Positions available:

  3

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 organise resources for activities and experiences in the nursery
• To assist in enhancing the developmental progress in children
• To implement the daily routine within the nursery
• To maintain a high standard of cleanliness and good housekeeping
• To maintain a thorough knowledge of all the nursery’s policies and procedures, ensuring that they are followed and respected

Where you'll work

127 SWEETS WAY
WHETSTONE
LONDON
N20 0ET

Training

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

Training provider

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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

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

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4/C)
• Maths (grade 4/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
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

About this employer

Our ethos at Ellie’s little kingdom is to build a home away from home environment, to make our setting and the children’s experiences with us as nurturing as possible. An integral part of our early year’s curriculum is creating a homely environment for children in the formative years of their lives. It focuses on the development of positive relationships between children and teachers, as well as providing them with the necessary home features to support their learning and development.
 
By providing a safe, secure and nurturing environment, we can ensure that children have the best possible start in life. Through this curriculum, we can also help to promote positive mental health and wellbeing by encouraging children to build meaningful relationships with those around them.

The nursery has been specifically designed with home features i.e., wallpaper and low-level accessible resources to give children the freedom to explore and engage with the environment and their chosen activity. We have a consistent staff regime and ensure we use the same practitioners to build positive and nurturing relationship. This provides our children a strong continuity of care. By building positive relationships with the children and their parents we can ensure we build secure foundations to meet all children’s needs and developmental milestones.

Our nursery provides a mixture of adult and child led play. The early years of a child’s life are incredibly important for their development. It is during these years that children learn about the world around them, develop their skills and gain knowledge that will help them in future life. That is why it is essential to provide an early years curriculum that promotes learning through a mixture of adult and child-led play.
 
 
We place an emphasis on each child’s Communication and Language and Expressive Arts and Design skills, this is the forefront of our curriculum intent. We promote this by providing the children with various opportunities to be creative, use their imaginations and various media and materials to enhance their knowledge and skills.

https://ellieslittlekingdom.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

For the successful candidate, there is the possibility of ongoing employment upon completion of the relevant qualification.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Georgia Carter

georgia.carter@eden-ts.com

01924927836

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000029154.

Apply now

Closes in 27 days (Friday 29 May 2026 at 11:59pm)