Early Years Educator Apprentice
St Andrew’s C of E (VC) Primary School
Ware (SG12 8BZ)
Closes on Sunday 26 July 2026
Posted on 24 June 2026
Contents
Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated early years educator to support children in our early years. Working closely with the class teacher to ensure children can access the curriculum, communicate effectively, and feel safe, supported and included within the school environment.
- Wage
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£13,208 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:45 - 15:15
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 17 August 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
As an apprentice, you’ll gain hands-on experience, learn new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
Duties to include but not limited to:
- Create a fun, engaging and safe environment for the children
- Teach within the EYFS requirements
- Partake in a range of indoor and outdoor activities
- Support the children with a range of self-care needs, such as feeding and personal hygiene
- Communicate with other team members and parents
Work in a school setting with children
Where you'll work
St Andrew S C of E VC Primary School
Mill Race Stanstead Abbotts
Ware
SG12 8BZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HARLOW 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
Early years educator / Skills England
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 3 or equivalent)
- Maths (grade Grade 3 or equivalent)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Self Motivated
- Reliable
- Good Time Management
- Trustworthy
- Adaptability
About this employer
Welcome to St. Andrew’s Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School. We are a friendly, welcoming and inclusive one-form entry primary school with a nursery in the historic and fast-expanding village of Stanstead Abbotts in Hertfordshire.
Our vision and ethos is to help the children “Learn to Love and Love to Learn”.
We aspire to help children to “learn to love” by developing their sense of respect and care for themselves and others. This links with our three school behaviour questions, which are: Is it safe? Is it respectful? Is it helping us to learn?
We help children to “love to learn”. This means that we will see and encourage their strengths and interests so that they become lifelong learners. We offer an engaging curriculum which helps to develop the children’s sense of enquiry as it builds up their knowledge and skills. We promote excellence and confidence in all areas to enable each child to fulfil their potential physically, mentally, creatively, socially and spiritually. We also offer a range of enriched opportunities such as art and science weeks, a range of visits and visitors, residential trips and many extra-curricular opportunities which help to offer our children as many opportunities as possible throughout their time at our school.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Developing into a Level 3 practitioner, with the potential of a full time position upon successful completion
- This could also lead to future teacher training
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HARLOW COLLEGE
Kellie Tighe
ktighe@harlow-college.ac.uk
07377125961
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039047.
Apply now
Closes on Sunday 26 July 2026