Pre-School Room Leader Apprentice
ROLE PLAY ADVENTURES LTD
Bridgwater (TA6 7AS)
Closes in 15 days (Saturday 25 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 October 2025
Contents
Summary
This Level 3 apprenticeship develops the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to work in a Early Years setting as a Room Leader with the opportunity to take responsibility for leading the Early Years provision. DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HOLD THE LEVEL 2 EARLY YEARS PRACTITIONER DIPLOMA!!
- Wage
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£28,184 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday: 8am- 6pm
40 hours per week
Flexible- can work four days and 1 day off
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 30 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
Main responsibilities:
- To deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years
- To ensure that the preschool nursery is a safe environment for children, staff and others
- To developing partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development. To be responsible for any tasks delegated by the Deputy Nursery Manager/Nursery Manager
- To complete all academic aspects of the apprenticeship
Main activities:
- To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times
- To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress
- To help ensure the preschool nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times
- To understand and work to preschool nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies
- To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes
- To be a key person
- To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments
- To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement
- To work in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan
- To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the preschool aims and objectives
- Empathy and understanding of children under five
- Excellent verbal and communication skills with children and parents
- Ability to write reports and keep clear and accurate records
- Excellent organizational skills
- Administrative and basic IT skills
- Calm and caring nature
- Ability to work as part of a team Able to work on own initiative
Where you'll work
Victoria Park Drive
Bridgwater
TA6 7AS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE CHILD CARE COMPANY (OLD WINDSOR) 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
The apprentice will be allocated a Development Coach that will have 121s with them on a monthly basis either via Teams and Face 2 Face
More training information
- TQUK Level 2 SEN certificate
- Level 3 Paediatric First Aid
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 - 9)
- Maths (grade 4 - 9)
Other 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check - Pass reference check
About this employer
Our Tiny Travellers room cares for babies aged 6 weeks-2 years. We provide a warm, nurturing environment that, not only promotes development in accordance with the EYFS framework, but more importantly, allows children to feel secure and comforted at all times, providing a home from home experience. Within the 0-2’s room, there are no rigid routines as we believe it is important to base the day around a child’s needs and interests. There are plenty of resources to enhance their development through singing, sensory play, stories and sand and water play. These encourage little ones to develop their fine motor skills and promote confidence and social skills. The development of the children is tracked by our experienced staff who carry out regular observations in accordance with the EYFS to identify any areas where support may be needed and work closely with the parents to ensure every child’s individual needs are being met. We are more than happy to accommodate parent’s wishes when it comes to their child’s routine and always have an open door policy.
https://littleadventuresnursery.com/nursery/victoria-park/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Pension Discounts on gym and health equipment Option to buy or purchase holiday Sickness Pay up to 4 weeks 33 days holiday Birthday day off Free Holiday Club – children 4-10 years old Free Uniform Access to private GP
After this apprenticeship
- When completed Level 3 if they wish to undertake the L5 EYLP that is possible
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE CHILD CARE COMPANY (OLD WINDSOR) LIMITED
Ali Franklin
ali.franklin@thechildcarecompany.com
07394562891
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345918.
Apply now
Closes in 15 days (Saturday 25 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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