Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
New Life Day Care
Billingham (TS23 3EQ)
Closes on Tuesday 18 November 2025
Posted on 18 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Northern Skills are recruiting on behalf of New Life Daycare for a Level 3 Early Years Educator. To support the teaching and learning to individuals and/or groups of pupils in the learning environment. Working within a set of clear guidelines and instructions, and under the direct supervision of a teacher.
- 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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Monday - Friday
Shifts vary between 8am - 6pm
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 2 December 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
Child Development and Care:
- Provide high-quality care and education to children, ensuring their individual needs are met
- Support children’s holistic development, including their social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth
- Deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum effectively, adapting activities to suit the developmental stages and interests of each child
- Encourage children’s independence, confidence and self-esteem through positive reinforcement and engaging activities
- Identify and support children with additional needs, working closely with specialist when required
Environment Management:
- Create and maintain a safe, clean and stimulating environment that promotes learning through play
- Organise resources and material to support a variety of activities, ensuring they are age appropriate and inclusive
- Conduct regular risk assessments to ensure the safety and well-being of all children in the setting
- Promote healthy practices, including hygiene routines, balanced nutrition and physical activity
Planning and Assessment:
- Plan, prepare and deliver engaging and developmentally appropriate activities that align with the EYFS framework
- Observe and assess children’s progress maintaining detailed and accurate records to track their development
- Use observations to inform planning and tailor activities to meet the needs and interests of individual children
- Prepare reports and share insights with parents, carers and colleagues to ensure a collaborative approach to each child’s development
Parental Engagement:
- Build strong, positive relationships with parents and carers acting as a trusted point of contact
- Communicate regularly with families about their child’s progress, achievement and any concerns
- Provide guidance and support to parents offering advice on child development and learning strategies
- Encourage parental involvement in the setting’s activities and events to foster a sense of community
Team Collaboration:
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure the smooth running of the setting and consistency in care
- Share ideas, resources and best practices with team members to enhance the quality of provision
- Participate in team meetings, training sessions and professional development opportunities to stay updated on best practices and policies
Safeguarding and Compliance:
- Follow safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure the welfare and protection of all children
- Be vigilant in identifying and reporting any signs of abuse, neglect or other concerns in line with organisational protocols
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements including health and safety regulations, data protection and equality and diversity policies
Where you'll work
Low Grange Avenue
Billingham
TS23 3EQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MIDDLESBROUGH 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
- Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship standard
- Day release one day per week
- Middlesbrough College
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Creative
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
New Life Day Care welcomes children from the ages of 6 weeks up to 5 years old. We are a full day care/wrap around setting and welcome two, three and four year funding to children in the community.
After this apprenticeship
Depending on the circumstances of the business upon completion of the apprenticeship programme there could be a potential position of employment available.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342828.
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Closes on Tuesday 18 November 2025
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