Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprentice at Westfield Nursery, Radstock

MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP

Radstock (BA3 3XX)

Closes in 10 days (Tuesday 8 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 24 June 2025

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Summary

We are looking to recruit an apprentice to join our small and welcoming team. You will work with and be guided by experienced members of our nursery family and develop your skills and understanding of working with young children.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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This role is term time only and therefore the advertised salary is pro-rata based on the term-time only nature of this role.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8.30am- 3.00pm Term time only

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

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

We encourage and support all our children to become independent learners and thinkers and provide a happy and safe environment where they can develop independence, curiosity, cooperation and confidence.

The role of an Early Years Educator is as variable and diverse as the children we teach and care for. We expect a lot from our team but also give a lot in return. To gain as much from this apprenticeship as possible, listed below are a few of the duties we will expect from you:

  • You will work closely as part of a team so empathy, kindness, patience and a sense of fun is a must
  • When you are ready, you will undertake children’s personal care, such as helping with clothes, toileting and nappy changes
  • You will help set up and pack away resources and activities and actively encourage the children to participate in keeping their nursery tidy
  • You will support children during snack and lunch times to develop their understanding of healthy eating and help develop their social skills
  • You will promote a positive attitude to physical play and encourage being outside, rain or shine
  • You will help meet and greet the children when they arrive and understand their needs with regard to settling in strategies for individual children
  • You will need to take safeguarding training and be able comply and adhere to school policies with regard to safeguarding, confidentiality and behaviour
  • You will promote the work and image of the school and nursery by always maintaining high standards of personal appearance and adopting a friendly, professional approach to parents and carers, members of the public and the wider community
  • You will maintain a positive, friendly and patient attitude towards the children and staff
  • You will ensure that inclusion, diversity and equal opportunities are promoted and protected at all times
  • You will play and interact with the children to enhance and support their development, enjoyment and understanding of the world around them
  • You will support children to develop all of the areas of learning
  • You will provide children with a positive language rich environment in which to grow

You will gain an understanding of the EYFS, birth to 5 and the Characters of Effective Learning in order to be able to help plan and organise appropriate and fun activities for the children that follow their own individual interests.

We will provide you with:

  • Guidance and support to develop positive relationships with children in our care
  • Support to learn how to observe and record children’s leaning so that you can help scaffold and develop their next steps and show their progression
  • A warm, friendly working environment where asking questions is welcomed and initiative is encouraged

This role may be closed early if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Where you'll work

Westfield Primary School
Longfellow Road
Radstock
BA3 3XX

Training

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

College or training organisation

SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC

Your 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.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Reliable
  • Punctual
  • Enthusiastic

Other requirements

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check. Please consider how you will travel to the place of work, particularly if you rely on public transport.

About this company

Westfield nursery is attached to Westfield Primary school and consists of 2 main rooms, Ladybird and Hedgehog. We provide play, care and education for all children from 2 years to 5 years. We are a free flow nursery and actively encourage the children to access the outside garden areas, including a small wooded area and the school fields and grounds.

http://www.westfieldprimary.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Foundation stage degree in Early Years
  • Potential ongoing career at the setting

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC

SS&L the training provider

enquiries@sslcourses.co.uk

0330 332 7997

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327814.

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Closes in 10 days (Tuesday 8 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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