Early Years Educator Apprentice
CT Skills
Hay Lane, Kingsbury, NW9 0NG (NW9 0NG)
Closes in 31 days (Monday 8 June 2026)
Posted on 7 May 2026
Contents
Summary
You will be supporting with the general care and guidance of children within the nursery.
- Wage
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£12,480 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 to Friday. Shifts between 8.00am and 6.00pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 12 June 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
Early Years Educator Apprentice @ Little Explorers Nursery, Kingsbury Location: Behind St Sebastian and St Pancras Church, Hay Lane, Kingsbury, NW9 0NG.
PLEASE NOTE: This position is for immediate start. WHO are Little Explorers Nursery? Little Explorers Nursery work in the childcare sector. They have created a safe, caring, and inspiring environment where children can thrive during their most important early years for children from the age of 6 months to 4 years. Their dedicated team nurtures each child's curiosity, confidence, and creativity through play-based learning and meaningful experiences every day.
What will I get from working with Little Explorers Nursery?
Earn: £8 per hour, 30 hours per week.
Our hours: Monday to Friday - shifts between 8am and 6pm.
Qualification: Early Years Educator Level 3 takes approximately 18 months.
What will my day look like?: You will be supporting with the general care and guidance of children within the nursery. Your daily tasks will include:
- Supporting children's learning and development through play
- Supporting children's independence and the learning of new skills
- Helping to plan and deliver engaging activities that reflect children's individual interests and development stages
- Assisting with daily routines such as mealtimes, nappy changing, and outdoor play
- Using personal initiative to recognise and carry out changes in routines (and carrying these out in a time efficient manner)
- Building positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues
- Maintaining a safe, clean, and welcoming environment
- Following the EYFS (statutory framework) and Nursery's individual policies and procedures for the safe and legal running of the setting
- Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.
How does the Apprenticeship work?: Working towards your Early Years Educator Level 3 qualification, you'll attend monthly 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month - NO classroom OR college!) with your tutor and learn about modules including risk management, key person & attachment, learning & development, and more!
You will be given a minimum of 3 hours per week to complete any apprenticeship work (assignments, research, and projects) and will receive at least another 3 hours of training from your employer. All apprenticeship work and training is completed in the workplace, during working hours.
What skills/qualifications do I need? Minimum GRADE 4/C in GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths & English, UK Residency - must have lived in the UK for at least 3 years, genuine interest in working with children.
What happens next? If your application is successful, you will receive a call from our dedicated Recruitment Consultant who will discuss the qualification, location and course length in more detail.
Following this call, you will be asked to write a supporting statement and complete an English and Maths assessment. If you really want to impress us, why not show your enthusiasm and carry out some further research on the employer and the qualification you'll be working towards!
Links are provided below:
Employer website: https://littleexplorersworld.co.uk/
About the qualification:
https://www.ctskills.co.uk/apprenticeships/childcare
Where you'll work
Hay Lane, Kingsbury, NW9 0NG
NW9 0NG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CT SKILLS 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
Working towards your Early Years Educator Level 3 Qualification, you'll attend monthly 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month - NO classroom OR college!) with your tutor and learn about modules including risk management, key person & attachment, learning & development, and more!
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
A Level or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Creative
- Initiative
- Number skills
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
About this employer
Little Explorers Nursery work in the childcare sector. They have created a safe, caring, and inspiring environment where children can thrive during their most important early years for children from the age of 6 months to 4 years. Their dedicated team nurtures each child's curiosity, confidence, and creativity through play-based learning and meaningful experiences every day.
After this apprenticeship
As with any apprenticeship opportunity - if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CT SKILLS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000030444.
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Closes in 31 days (Monday 8 June 2026)
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