Early years Educator Apprentice - Princes Risborough

ASHBOURNE DAY NURSERIES LTD

New road (HP27 0JN)

Closes on Friday 28 November 2025

Posted on 16 October 2025

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Summary

Are you wanting to progress your career in childcare? Ashbourne Day Nurseries in Princes Risborough have a wonderful opportunity to join their established team and complete an Early Years Apprenticeship. You will plan and deliver high-quality childcare, work as part of a team, sharing daily responsibilities and workload.

• Wage:

  £14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

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• Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
• Hours: Monday to Friday - shifts to be agreed at offer stage

  37 hours 30 minutes a week

• Start date:

  Monday 1 December 2025

• Duration:

  1 year 2 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

Your Role:
As an apprentice, you’ll support the delivery of high-quality childcare in a safe, stimulating, and caring environment. You’ll learn from experienced practitioners and contribute to the day-to-day running of the nursery.

Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in planning and delivering engaging learning experiences.
- Promote a child-centred approach aligned with our ethos: care, nurture, teach.
- Support safeguarding, health & safety, and EYFS standards.
- Help assess children’s development under supervision.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment.
- Build positive relationships with children, parents, and the nursery team.
- Participate in training, meetings, and professional development (20% off-the-job learning).
- Positively represent the nursery in the community and at events.

What We’re Looking For:
- Empathy and enthusiasm for working with children.
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
- Willingness to travel across Ashbourne settings if needed.
- GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent) are desirable.

Benefits:
Uniform provided
Closed over Christmas

Where you'll work

Revdale House
New road
HP27 0JN

Training

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

Training provider

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT 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

Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. They will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.
You will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, which includes:
• Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
• Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
• Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid
• Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)

This will be delivered by your dedicated training provider, Realise.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

maths and English (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
• Creative
• Initiative
• Patience
• Team working

Other requirements

Eligible to obtain Enhanced DBS Reference and able to provide original copies of required qualifications. Two satisfactory references, one must be from most recent employer

About this employer

Ashbourne Day Nurseries was established in 2008 by parents, for parents with our first nursery in Oxley Park, Milton Keynes. We created a fun and friendly environment for children to learn and develop whilst following the certified Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.Whilst Ashbourne continue to grow, we embrace the individuality of all our nurseries and provide Ofsted approved childcare within all of our settings. Each setting offers something unique, whether they are located in purpose-built premises, on a farm or in a listed building.

After this apprenticeship

To gain a qualification in childcare whist working in a suitable environment with the support from other practitioners.
Room leader and senior management roles could be available in the future.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347017.

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Closes on Friday 28 November 2025

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