Pre-School Apprentice
Somerset County Council
Yeovil (BA21 5RL)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 29 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 September 2025
Contents
Summary
A pre-school within Birchfield Community Primary School. Our vision is ‘to provide a happy, caring & stimulating environment where children will recognise & achieve their fullest potential. If you have the commitment, skills and passion for helping us deliver high-quality childcare, we’d love to hear from you!
- Wage
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£13,741 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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Monday – Friday 8.30am – 3.45pm with a 5pm finish on a Thursday.
Term time only.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- 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 will work as part of a team to help our young children learn and develop. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience and will be trained to undertake the same duties as our preschool assistants. Duties include:
- Planning, setting up and carrying out activities with the children to provide stimulating play experiences
- Responsibility for the care and education of the children within a key person structure
- Supporting snack and lunch times
- Assisting with personal care
- Building relationships with parents/carers
- Ensuring the safety of the children and following safeguarding procedures
- Attending training courses as required
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for an enhanced criminal record disclosure to be undertaken.
Where you'll work
Birchfield Community Primary School
Birchfield Road
Yeovil
BA21 5RL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YEOVIL COLLEGE
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 apprenticeship training is delivered through a combination of workplace learning and regular college attendance. This training will teach you the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the Early Years Educator standard. On completion, the apprentice will receive a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification. Functional Skills in Maths and English may also be required, depending on current level.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
- Maths (grade Grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
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
- Customer care skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
You MUST be prepared to commit to your work and training for the duration of the apprenticeship. In some cases, you may be required to have a telephone interview with Yeovil College prior to your application being passed on. If a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date, it may close earlier, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
About this employer
With over 400 children in our primary school and over 100 on the roll of our preschool, we work hard to provide a range of stimulating, challenging and enjoyable educational opportunities for our children. Our preschool is passionate about providing children with the best start in their early education and offers comprehensive training, wonderful children and a dedicated team of staff
After this apprenticeship
Completion of this apprenticeship would allow progression into a Pre-School Assistant role.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YEOVIL COLLEGE
Victoria Davey
Victoria.davey@yeovil.ac.uk
01935845561
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342197.
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Closes in 13 days (Monday 29 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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