Apprentice Early Years Educator- Sir Leslie Martin Day Nursery-Northwich CW8 1LU

SIR LESLIE MARTIN NURSERY LTD

NORTHWICH (CW8 1LU)

Closes in 30 days (Friday 28 August 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 28 July 2026

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Summary

Are you passionate about working with young children and making a real difference in their early development? We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner Apprentice to join our outstanding Day Nursery and Preschool ! Our setting offers a supportive, nurturing environment where both children and staff can thrive.

Wage

£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
The setting is open 8.00am to 6.00pm so you will be covering these times Monday to Friday working 37.5 hours each week

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

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

What you’ll be doing:

  • Helping to plan and deliver engaging learning experiences tailored to each child’s needs and interests
  • Supporting your colleagues across the nursery to provide a caring and stimulating environment
  • Observing and assessing children’s development and contributing to their learning journeys
  • Creating a safe, inclusive, and inspiring setting both indoors and outdoors
  • Promoting British Values through play and everyday interactions
  • Ensuring the health, safety, and wellbeing of all children in line with our safeguarding policies
  • Following our nursery policies as well as relevant external guidelines and frameworks
  • Supporting positive behaviour and helping children to understand and express their emotions
  • Building strong, respectful relationships with children, families, and the wider team

Where you'll work

THE MARTINS BUILDING
BRADBURNS LANE
HARTFORD
NORTHWICH
CW8 1LU

Training

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

Training provider

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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

Your training plan:

  • Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard
  • Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English
  • End-Point Assessment (EPA)
  • Employee Rights and Responsibilities (ERR)
  • Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS)
  • First Aid Training

Requirements

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
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental

Other requirements

You will be required to pass a DBS check and provide 2 references.

About this employer

Children love adventures. They love new challenges, trying new things, making new friends, learning new skills, and receiving positive feedback from all our staff.

We are continually developing our activities to keep your child engaged, physically and mentally.

However, children also love quiet time. Reading a new book or having it read to them while they look at the pictures in a cosy corner. Children love dressing up and being a prince or a princess. Building castles and having a wonderful adventure all their own.

We believe in stimulating a child’s interests by introducing new topics on a weekly basis, and to do this, we have creative practitioners, fantastic facilities packed full of toys and equipment, and plenty of space to play, inside and out – to ensure every day is a fun-filled adventure.

https://sirlesliemartindaynursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Health & well-being programme

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

For the successful candidate , once the apprenticeship is achieved there may be ongoing employment within the business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Sally Baldwin

sally.baldwin@eden-ts.com

01924907336

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045139.

Apply now

Closes in 30 days (Friday 28 August 2026 at 11:59pm)