Early Years Apprentice
LINGFIELD COLLEGE
Lingfield (RH7 6PH)
Closes in 24 days (Friday 10 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 September 2025
Contents
Summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring apprentice to join our team. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is ambitious and wants to gain an early year's qualification while getting experience. They will create meaningful relationships with the children, staff team and with parents.
- Wage
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£11,778 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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Full-time flexible shifts to include 7.30am- 4.30pm. 8.30am 5.30pm or 9am- 6pm, 30 hours a week Monday to Friday, 50 weeks a year, with additional hours available.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 11 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
We are currently recruiting an Early Years Apprentice to join our friendly Nursery team providing a safe, caring and stimulating environment for children, from 6 months to 4 years of age.
Day-to-day tasks include working in partnership with parents, carers, and professionals to promote the well-being of the children, implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, and assisting with creative displays within the Nursery.
You will have experience working with young children and be able to provide a fun and stimulating learning environment. You will be keen to work towards a childcare qualification and have knowledge of the EYFS curriculum. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work on your own initiative are essential.
Salary: Salary discussed at interview
Hours of Work: Full-time flexible shifts to include 7.30am- 4.30pm. 8.30am- 5.30pm or 9am- 6pm, 30 hours a week Monday to Friday, 50 weeks a year, with additional hours available
Contract: Fixed term for 18 months for completion of apprenticeship
Annual Leave: 5.6 weeks paid holiday inclusive of the usual statutory holidays to be taken in agreement with the Head of Nursery
Salary: This role attracts a competitive apprentice salary
Pension: Nest Pension Scheme
Where you'll work
Lingfield College Racecourse Road
Lingfield
RH7 6PH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BEST PRACTICE NETWORK 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
- An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation
- At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying
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
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Thank you for your interest in working at Lingfield College. We are delighted that you are considering our school! Working at Lingfield is an opportunity for motivated, determined and caring individuals to help children of all ages discover a love of learning. So if you are looking for a stimulating and rewarding job, you have come to the right place. We are committed to ongoing personal development and with leadership and management training and sponsored learning programmes, we can help you achieve your professional goals. Set within almost 40 acres of beautiful grounds, Lingfield College is just 25 miles (and 40 minutes by train) from London, and we offer excellent staff benefits. As we receive many high-quality applications, we will interview at any point during the recruitment process, so early applications are very much encouraged.
After this apprenticeship
Once you have finished the apprenticeship, there may be an opportunity to continue working for the same company and progress on to Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner, EYITT, ECT or Level 3 Early Years SENCO.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342402.
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Closes in 24 days (Friday 10 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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