Early Years Educator Apprentice

MINI MONTESAURS LIMITED

Cheadle (SK8 1AQ)

Closes in 15 days (Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 22 September 2025

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Summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a hard working individual who is calm and caring with a passion for working with young children. Working as part of a small team in a new and unique Early Years Provision, you will provide care for children in a homely environment following the EYFS curriculum whilst customising to the Montessori philosophy.

Wage

£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

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Dependant on age and experience.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday. Working hours between 7.45am and 5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 13 October 2025

Duration

1 year 6 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

  • Help and support children with their development.
  • Play and engage with the children.
  • Ensure the policies are followed.
  • Encourage learning and development, through play and teaching.
  • Create a secure environment, using imagination to help children to learn.
  • Be responsible for setting up and clearing away of activities
  • Carry out regular care and routine support; including feeding, supporting sleep, changing nappies.
  • Keep the provision clean, tidy and organised.
  • Support children’s play and relationships.
  • Effectively manage children’s behaviour.
  • Implement the principles of EYFS (early years foundation stage).
  • Monitor, track and record children’s development.
  • Support children with toileting.
  • Ensure that children are properly supervised.
  • Support children’s independence and development.

Where you'll work

4 Wood Street
Cheadle
SK8 1AQ

Training

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

Training provider

THE TRAFFORD AND STOCKPORT COLLEGE GROUP

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

  • Apprentice will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator standard qualification, including Paediatric First Aid.
  • You will be supported via an agreed training plan. Training will be discussed at enrolment and will include input from the employer, training provider and apprentice.
  • The apprentice will receive monthly workplace or virtual visits with a dedicated assessor.

More training information

  • Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification.
  • Paediatric First Aid qualification.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (grade 4/C or above)

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
  • Patience
  • Enthusiastic
  • Able to inspire young children
  • Energetic
  • Resourceful
  • Sense of humour
  • Able to work independently
  • Caring nature
  • Imaginative

Other requirements

CRB is required. Basic first aid is desirable. Must be interested in child development and enjoy being around young children.

About this employer

My Early Years Provision is called Mini Montesaurs, it is a childcare provision which incorporates the homely feel of a childminding setting whilst having the benefits that a nursery offers with more children and staff and all year round year care. As a qualified Early Years Teacher, I use my in-depth knowledge and skills to provide children with the best start into their early years. I follow a Montessori approach alongside a lot of outdoor learning. My provision is purpose built and will allow free flow indoors and outdoors all year round. I believe Early Years is where the love of learning is fostered, imaginations are developed and the foundations of learning are laid. In a supportive yet challenging environment children are able to explore and discover the world around them and prepare themselves for learning throughout their education and in life.

After this apprenticeship

  • The possibility of a full-time permanent post upon successful completion of the apprenticeship for the right candidate.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE TRAFFORD AND STOCKPORT COLLEGE GROUP

apprenticeships@tscg.ac.uk

01618867461

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343188.

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Closes in 15 days (Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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