Early Years Educator apprenticeship

Smarty Pants day Nursery

London (E15 2SD)

Closes on Sunday 30 November 2025

Posted on 20 October 2025

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Summary

Please only apply if you have already obtained your Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Diploma/Qualification please.

Wage

£19,500 a year

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Five days per week. Full time. All year round. 7.5 hours per day excluding 1 hour for lunch (unpaid). Open at 8am and close at 6pm. Shifts TBC. BUT new staff are on middle shift start 8.45am to 5.15pm or 9am until 5.30pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 5 December 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

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 relevant apprenticeship standard/framework and completing work in a timely manner
  • To the accountabilities above, the apprentice may be required to undertake any of the duties normally

Skills and Attributes:

  • 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 organisational skills
  • Administrative and basic IT skills
  • Calm and caring nature
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Able to work on your own initiative

Where you'll work

1 Abbey Lane
London
E15 2SD

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

You will be assigned a Development Coach who will have 121s with you on a monthly basis via Teams and will visit the nursery for further teaching and observation.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 - 9)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths (grade 4 - 9)

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
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Patience

Other requirements

Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

About this employer

Smarty Pants has been trading for a number of years and is Good OFSTED rated in 2023. Jennifer the owner goal is to ensure all her employees are learning something new like Forest School or SENCO as want to ensure the career paths are being met.

Company benefits

Free parking available for staff. Extensive outdoor garden available throughout the year. Four days inset staff training per year. Support with CPD to gain additional qualifications. An additional days holiday after two years’ service.

After this apprenticeship

Progress to senior roles such as room leader, SENCo and safeguarding officer.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE CHILD CARE COMPANY (OLD WINDSOR) LIMITED

Ali Franklin

ali.franklin@thechildcarecompany.com

01753 978514

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347241.

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Closes on Sunday 30 November 2025

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