Early years educator level 3 apprenticeship at a friendly, family run day nursery in Stechford B'ham
First Steps at The Annex
BIRMINGHAM (B33 8BH)
Closes in 17 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 October 2025
Contents
Summary
This is a great opportunity to begin a career in childcare at a family run day nursery with an after-school club. You will be fully supported to achieve your level 3 early years Educator apprenticeship with the potential to gain a permanent role in the future.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 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, with a study day.
Shifts between 7.30am and 6.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 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
- You will be responsible for ensuring a safe and secure, nurturing environment for Children’s learning. Through an evidence-based approach, you will provide opportunities and learning experiences for all children possibly including those with special educational needs and disabilities.
- Learning and developing the skills to successfully observe, monitor and record children's learning and development.
- Plan and carry out activities to encourage children's progress.
- Communicate and engage with children to support their learning journey.
- Follow policies and procedures within the setting.
- Support the preparation of meals and snacks.
- Liaise with colleagues, parents/ carers and other professionals.
- Be able to use own initiative.
- Any other day to day tasks as requested all at a high level of Outstanding care.
Where you'll work
32A LYTTELTON ROAD
STECHFORD
BIRMINGHAM
B33 8BH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOLIHULL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE
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
You will study the knowledge, skills and behaviours required including EDI, safeguarding, Health & safety, the role and responsibilities of the key person, Children’s learning and development, enabling environments, observation, assessment and planning along with reflective practice. You will receive this in the workplace, and off the job training in the form of college day release resulting in achievement of Level 3 Early years educator apprenticeship and Paediatric First Aid Award.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- dynamic
- positive
- Caring, fun and kind
- Reliable
- Hardworking
- Passionate
- Empathy
- Professionalism
- Integrity
- Ethics
- Record Keeping
Other requirements
Must be prepared to work inside and outdoors with children as necessary. Undergo mandatory training.
About this employer
An amazing opportunity to begin a career in childcare with a day nursery in Stechford, Birmingham. This role would be great for someone with childcare knowledge/ experience or a Level 2 Early Years qualification. As a family run nursery we have over 20 years of working with children and our aim is to deliver the EYFS curriculum in a truly inspiring and engaging way. We support and develop our staff to build a happy team.
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Company benefits
Free uniform and training DBS costs covered
After this apprenticeship
Permanent position on successful completion of apprenticeship and possible progression onto a level 5 qualification.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOLIHULL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE
Elaine Reeves
apprenticeships@solihull.ac.uk
01216787181
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346188.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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