Apprentice Level 3 Early Years Practitioner
LITTLE ROOS PRIVATE NURSERY
Barnsley (S702NZ)
Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 September 2025
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Summary
This apprenticeship role supports the care, development, and learning of children aged 0–5 years in an early years setting, while working towards a Level 3 qualification. You'll assist in delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum under the guidance of qualified staff.
- 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, 7:30am to 6.00pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- To support fellow educators/practitioners in delivering the setting’s curriculum and standard of practice.
- To work towards an Early Years qualification with support from the setting’s staff and training provider.
- To seek support from members of the team to assist your learning.
- To work closely with children aged 0-5 years old, looking after their daily needs such as feeding, nappy changing and toileting.
- To work as part of a team to deliver and meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage for all children.
- To plan, provide and support age-appropriate play opportunities in line with the curriculum and individual needs of the children in your care.
- To ensure the safeguarding and welfare of all children in your care.
- To observe, assess and record children’s learning and development progress.
- Provide an enabling environment that meets the needs of each unique individual child.
- To build and maintain positive relationships with parents/carers.
- To adhere to and follow the setting’s policies and procedures.
- To attend regular team meetings.
- To ensure standards of health and safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
- To attend additional training events and meetings as identified by the Setting Manager for training requirements.
- To liaise and work in partnership with external agencies (both statutory and voluntary) to support children within the setting as appropriate.
- To undertake any other duties as deemed necessary by the Setting Manager.
Where you'll work
Mc Lintocks
Summer Lane
Barnsley
S702NZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TOTAL TRAINING PROVISION LIMITED
Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Our approach to learning is blended, including both face-face and virtual delivery. Apprentices will meet with a skills coach once a month.
More training information
At Total Training Provision, we have a clear purpose: to Innovate, Influence and Inspire the future of education.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
- Pass an enhanced DBS check - Provide 2 references, one of which must be from your most recent employer education provider
About this employer
Little Roos Private Nursery provides a safe, caring environment where children learn through play. They focus on nurturing each child’s development with a skilled staff team, helping kids become happy, confident, and ready for their next stage of learning.
https://www.littleroosprivatenursery.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Free childcare - Staff Rewards
After this apprenticeship
There is a strong possibility that you will gain a permanent position as a Junior Client Relationship Manager following successful employment and the achievement of the full apprenticeship.
There will be opportunities for further study, and this will be expected of successful candidates. You may have the chance to pursue a broad range of additional qualifications up to degree level and beyond, in areas such as management, architecture, and surveying.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TOTAL TRAINING PROVISION LIMITED
Annie Mcloughlin
Annie.Mcloughlin@total-tp.com
07841422864
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343389.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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