Early Years Educator Apprentice

The West Park Academy

Nottingham (NG17 8EE)

Closes in 31 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 30 September 2025

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Summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a caring, proactive, and responsible individual who is passionate about working with young children and eager to build a career in early years education. The role is ideal for someone looking to undertake formal training while gaining valuable hands-on experience in a nurturing and supportive environment.

• Wage:

  Competitive

  Competitive wage offered

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  The advertised salary is based on 52 weeks of the year, this role will be working 39 weeks of the year, so the actual salary will be £10,956.00. The salary will be paid over 12 even monthly payments to ensure you are paid all year round.

• Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.

  32 hours 30 minutes a week

• Start date:

  Tuesday 11 November 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

About the Role:

An Early Years Level 3 apprentice is required to join our hard working and enthusiastic team. They will be flexible, reliable and highly motivated and they will set high standards for themselves and for the pupils in their care.

The successful apprentice will be supporting teaching staff in providing a safe, happy and well-disciplined learning environment. We are a Multi-Academy Trust that focuses on the most important aspects of children’s education. We offer a collaborative learning community where all schools in the trust work together with the aim to give children “the best deal possible”

The West Park Academy has much to offer to the right candidate, including: a happy and welcoming school where everyone is valued and supported; well-behaved, positive, happy children; supportive parents and a committed and friendly team of hard-working, creative staff.

Key Accountability:

Under the guidance of teachers, the successful candidate will be involved in working with individuals or small groups of children to support the education, personal and social development of pupils and establishing positive relationships to assist pupils complete structured learning activities

Duties may include:

• Support to implement learning activities working with individual or small groups of pupils
• Support to assist the development of varying skills that support pupils' learning
• Support in producing learning resources
• Support to assist in pupil supervision
• Support in monitoring and recording of pupil progress and developmental needs
• Reporting pupil progress to the teacher
• Work within the schools’ policy and procedures
• Working to the apprenticeship framework and completing work in a timely manner
• To undertake any of the duties normally associated with a Teaching Assistant to support with their training and development

Where you'll work

Vernon Road
Kirkby-In-Ashfield
Nottingham
NG17 8EE

Training

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

Training provider

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 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:

• This is a work based programme which means that predominantly, your learning will take place on the site of your employment and within your contracted working hours
• You will work with expert assessors and tutors to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours within the profession
• You will experience a blended learning model

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4)
• Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

About this employer

West Park Academy is a primary school located on Vernon Road in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, They cater to children aged 3 to 11 and is part of The Forge Trust, a multi-academy trust that sponsors and supports schools across the region. West Park Academy’s motto is Labor Omnia Vincit—“Hard work conquers all

After this apprenticeship

• The school is looking for someone they can offer a full time role to and possibly higher education to become A team leader / room manager in the future

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

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apprenticeships@wnc.ac.uk

01623 900798

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344352.

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Closes in 31 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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