Level 3 Early Years Apprenticeship
Little Miss Muffet's Day Nursery
REDDITCH (B97 4NA)
Closes on Friday 28 August 2026
Posted on 24 June 2026
Contents
Summary
Are you looking to gain experience and start a career in Early Years care and education? We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Early Years Apprentice to join our team. This position offers a unique opportunity to gain practical hands-on experience in a nursery setting while working towards a nationally recognised qualification.
- Wage
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£13,312 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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Shifts will be Monday-Friday between 8am and 5:30pm
Thursday will be college day release.
32 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 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
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide care and learning opportunities for children, promoting their communication and language, physical, social and emotional development.
- Help to plan and deliver engaging learning experiences and activities in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, encouraging children’s development, creativity and curiosity.
- Support practitioners in observing and assessing children’s learning and development, recording progress, and maintaining accurate learning and development records.
- Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of all children, following the nursery’s safeguarding, health, safety and hygiene policies and procedures.
- Work closely with colleagues, learning from experienced practitioners and contributing to a positive learning environment and collaborative team working.
- Build secure relationships with parents and carers, offering support and regular feedback on children's progress and well-being.
Where you'll work
188 BIRCHFIELD ROAD
REDDITCH
B97 4NA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Training will consist of 4 days a week in the work setting and one day release to college at our Bromsgrove Campus.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Reliable
- Willingness to learn
Other requirements
A full DBS will be required.
Apprenticeships include time away from working in the setting to complete specialist training in college. You will study to gain professional knowledge and skills on a day release basis.
About this employer
At Little Miss Muffet’s we create a happy, safe and stimulating environment in which each child is cared for
and valued. Every child is encouraged to grow and develop as an individual through a diverse range of play
and learning experiences. We will provide opportunities and activities where children will be encouraged
to explore and investigate in order to develop both their physical and cognitive skills in line with the Early
Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory guidelines. We cater for each child’s individual needs by working in
partnership with parents / carers and other professional outside agencies to ensure the welfare of all our
children and families.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
There may be employment opportunities within the setting after sucessful completion of the apprenticeship if appropriate vacancies arise.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
Sue Portsmouth
sportsmouth@howcollege.ac.uk
01527572684
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038768.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 28 August 2026