Apprentice Early Years Practitioner
BRADPOLE CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL GROUP
Bridport (DT6 3DT)
Closes in 12 days (Monday 22 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 June 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner to join our team. This is a rewarding opportunity to support young children aged 2-5 years in a nurturing, safe and stimulating preschool environment whilst earning and gaining qualifications.
- Wage
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£14,976 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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£8.00 per hour for under 19's-or those in their first year of apprenticeship and then rises to NMW.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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The working week is Monday to Friday, during term time. 8.00am - 4.00pm - apart from the training day.
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 3 September 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
- To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
- To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
- To help ensure the preschool meets Ofsted requirements at all times.
- To understand and work to preschool policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents,complaints and emergencies.
- To support key person/persons.
- To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments.
- To work in partnership with senior management to update and review the self evaluation and improvement plan.
- To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the preschool aims and objectives.
Where you'll work
The Sir John Colfox Academy
Ridgeway
Bridport
DT6 3DT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE SIDE BY SIDE PARTNERSHIP 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
The training will take place at the Training Centre in Dorchester on a weekly basis during term time.
More training information
The training course will take 12-15 months followed by a final assessment process. The training is delivered weekly during term time, either a Wednesday or Thursday, at Side by Side Training Centre in Dorchester - https://sidebysidetraining.co.uk/
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
L2 Qualification in:
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
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Conscientious and Reliable
- Willing to Contribute
- Meet Deadlines
- Can work independently
- Confidentiality
- Flexible
- Passionate and Dedicated
Other requirements
Clear DBS.
Ideally GCSE Maths and English at grade 4.
About this employer
We are an Ofsted registered, non-profit registered charity. We provide Early Years Care and Education for children aged 2 to 5 years.
After this apprenticeship
We do look to keeping our staff however a permanent position cannot be guaranteed and will depend on staff requirements at the time.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE SIDE BY SIDE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Lauren Matterface
bradpolepreschool@gmail.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000036005.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Monday 22 June 2026 at 11:59pm)