Early Years Apprentice
JITTERBUGS NURSERY LTD
SCARBOROUGH (YO11 2TD)
Closes in 7 days (Friday 7 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 October 2025
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Summary
Join Jitterbugs, a fantastic nursery setting offering hands-on experience and mentoring to support your development in early years education. You'll be part of a passionate, supportive team dedicated to helping every child thrive, while gaining real-world skills and recognised qualifications in a nurturing environment.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 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 to Friday. Working hours are between 08:00am and 18:00pm. Work hours/ shifts and day off in week to be agreed at time of appointment.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 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
- To support fellow educators/practitioners in delivering the setting’s curriculum and standard of practice
- To work towards an early years qualification with support from the setting’s staff and training provider
- To seek support from members of the team to assist your learning
- To work closely with children aged 0-5 years old, looking after their daily needs such as feeding, nappy changing and toileting
- To work as part of a team to deliver and meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage for all children
- To plan, provide and support age-appropriate play opportunities in line with the curriculum and individual needs of the children in your care
- To ensure the safeguarding and welfare of all children in your care
- To observe, assess and record children’s learning and development progress
- Provide an enabling environment that meets the needs of each unique individual child
- To build and maintain positive relationships with parents/carers.
- To adhere to and follow the setting’s policies and procedures.
- To attend regular team meetings
- To ensure standards of health and safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
- To attend additional training events and meetings as identified by the Setting Manager for training requirements
- To liaise and work in partnership with external agencies (both statutory and voluntary) to support
children within the setting as appropriate - To undertake any other duties as deemed necessary by the Setting Manager
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of duties. The apprentice will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties outlined by the Setting Manager.
Where you'll work
3-7 TRINITY ROAD
SCARBOROUGH
YO11 2TD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CRAVEN 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
- A high level of support with monthly tutor visits and taught lessons
Work alongside qualified professionals whilst undertaking on-the-job training - At the end of the course, a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification will be awarded and Paediatric First Aid
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above or equivalent)
- Maths (grade 4 or above or equivalent)
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
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Committed
- Resilient
- Caring
- Sense of humour
- Be reflective
- Work well under pressure
- Flexible
- Positive
- Self- motivated
- Self- reflective
- Hardworking
About this employer
Our journey began in 1999, and since then, we’ve flourished into a thriving nursery in the Scarborough area. Our commitment to excellence in childcare has earned us the honour of receiving ‘outstanding’ ratings from Ofsted on four consecutive inspections. We are immensely proud of this recognition and strive to maintain this level of quality in everything we do on a daily basis. At Jitterbugs, they wholeheartedly believe that early years play a vital role in a child’s life. These formative years are filled with exploration, learning and development. They are dedicated to providing a nurturing environment that fosters growth and supports each child’s unique along with supporting our parents/carers.
After this apprenticeship
- Successful completion of this apprenticeship could lead to a permanent Level 3 position in the nursery when the qualifications and standard is achieved
- The apprentice will also attend all relevant training courses in the setting to further develop their knowledge
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CRAVEN COLLEGE
Phil Armitt
parmitt@craven-college.ac.uk
01723588072
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347349.
Apply now
Closes in 7 days (Friday 7 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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