Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship
HAXBY PLAYGROUPS CIO
YORK (YO32 2YH)
Closes in 18 days (Friday 28 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 November 2025
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Summary
Haxby Playgroups Headlands is looking for an individual who is keen to work in the childcare sector. Are you interested in caring for and educating children, wish to gain a professional qualification in a friendly environment? This opportunity will enable you to progress to a career in early years care and education.
- Wage
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£12,759.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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This post is term time only. The apprentice will be paid the hourly rate for the national minimum apprenticeship wage for their age
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
8.45am to 3.15pm
Term Time Only
32 hours 30 minutes 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
- Under supervision, keep records of children’s development and learning journeys
- Liaise professionally with and support parents and other family members
- Be able to work well in a team
- Attend out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent's evenings, fundraising events, etc.
- To ensure high standards in all aspects of care and development in line with the EYFS for all children attending the setting
- To organise resources for activities and experiences in the setting
- To assist in enhancing the developmental progress of children
- To implement the daily routine within the setting
- To maintain a high standard of cleanliness and good housekeeping
- To maintain a thorough knowledge of all the setting's policies and procedures; ensuring that they are followed and respected
Where you'll work
HEADLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL
OAK TREE LANE
YORK
YO32 2YH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
AIRE VOCATIONAL TRAINING 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
Training will tke place in the workplace delivered by Aire Vocational Training, member of the Aspiration Training group, with monthly contact with a vocational coach, either face to face or through a teams call.
You will have access to an e-portfolio and a well resourced Learning Hub which you will use with the support of your tutor/coach to grow and evidence your knowledge, skills and behaviours. This will prepare you for your final Apprenticeship Assessment.
More training information
The Apprentice will be working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard (Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours)
This will be delivered in the workplace.
Off the Job training will be given, equating to approximately 7 hours per week to complete all the necessary training during term time
Within this standard you will also complete:
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid or Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
- Apprenticeship Assessment- which will comprise of two activities: Observation of practice and portfolio-based professional discussion with an external assessor
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Passing a DBS check
About this employer
We are a happy pre-school with fabulous purpose-built facilities within the grounds of Headlands primary school. Staff are attuned to meeting the emotional needs of all children. We are very child-centred planning for children’s developmental stages and interests. Children are free to choose from a wide number of exciting activities, both indoors and outdoors and staff support children to learn through positive interactions and purposeful play. We have excellent transition arrangements to the primary school. We believe in placing the emphasis on giving the children a wide range of different experiences, inspired by their individual interest and needs from which they can develop to their full potential, in an enjoyable way. In partnership with each child’s parents or carers we aim to create a caring, safe, secure, stimulating, relaxed, happy and supportive environment, where each child is valued as an individual and is encouraged to develop at their own pace. Most of all we want all children to enjoy their learning experience and to provide equal opportunities for all. Haxby Playgroups is a member of the Pre-School Learning Alliance and in accordance with this, Haxby Playgroups committee agree to adopt their constitution.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon achievement, there may be opportunity to apply for a permenant position if there is one available and opportunities to progress to more senior levels of responsibility
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
AIRE VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED
Lynette Lee
lynettelee@avtl.co.uk
07786383434
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000350327.
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Closes in 18 days (Friday 28 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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