Early Years Educator Apprentice

ALDERSYDE NURSERY LIMITED

HARTLEPOOL (TS26 0DS)

Closes in 23 days (Friday 5 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 12 May 2026

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Summary

  • Aldersyde Day Nursery has been operating since 1991 and we seek an enthusiatic, friendly, passionate Early Years Apprentice
  • A nursery educator creates and maintains safe welcoming learning environments for children and responsible for understanding, supporting and working with children to provide learning opportunities

Wage

£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Why work at Aldersyde ?

Above minimum wage

Length of service rewards

Free, safe off road parking

Free meals offered

Christmas bonus

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
30 hours per week 25 hours in nursery - hands on job 5 hours college (one afternoon a week) Nursery is open 8 am - 5.30 pm Monday to Friday

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 29 June 2026

Duration

2 years

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

Qualities:

To work across a day nursery environment working with children from 0-5 years:

  • Approachable with excellent interpersonal & communicational skills
  • Good time management
  • Ability to remain calm, positive, and enthusiastic when working under pressure
  • Passionate about children’s learning
  • Work in partnership with our parents, professionals and work as part of our team to achieve the very best for our children

Key Skills and Attributes:

  • To work towards an early year’s qualification
  • To be able to complete a portfolio of work in an agreed timescale by a workplace assessor
  • To attend work-based training such as staff meetings and other relevant training to the role

Where you'll work

ALDERSYDE
THE PARADE
HARTLEPOOL
TS26 0DS

Training

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

Training provider

HARTLEPOOL COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

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

  • You will work in Aldersyde nursery for 25 hours working across all ages from 0-5 years and 5 hours a week will be spent in college in a classroom with dedicated Early Years tutor who will support with the written/theory part of the qualification
  • At the end of the training the applicant will receive an Early Years Level 3 qualification
  • Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
  • The applicant will be supported during their training with a work-based mentor

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

Start date for employment would be as soon as DBS and references are approved.

About this employer

  • Aldersyde Day nursery have been operating in Hartlepool since 1991

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Successful trainees will complete an early year’s educator L3 qualification which allows them to work in early years
  • Progression can include room leader, Sendco roles, deputy manager or manager roles of early years settings

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HARTLEPOOL COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000031293.

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Closes in 23 days (Friday 5 June 2026 at 11:59pm)