Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship - Stockton Wood Primary

Liverpool City Council

All Saints Road, Liverpool (L24 3TF)

Closes on Thursday 1 January 2026

Posted on 24 November 2025

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Summary

Are you passionate about nurturing young minds and helping children embark on their educational journey? We seek enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals to join our Early Years team as an Early Years Apprentice in our vibrant primary school setting.

Wage

£13,348.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Increases to NMW after 12 months

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday – Friday 8:15am – 3:30pm, 1 day will finish at 3:45pm (34 hours) Term time only

34 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 January 2026

Duration

1 year 7 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

As an Early Years Apprentice, you will work closely with experienced educators to support the development and well-being of children under the age of 5, including pupils with special educational needs, on a 1:1 basis or in small groups.

Main responsibilities:

  • ·        Supporting Children’s Learning and Development. Helping children with early learning activities such as counting, drawing, reading, and play-based learning.
  • ·        Assisting With Daily Routines. Helping with snack time, mealtime, toileting, handwashing, naptime supervision, and transitioning between activities.
  • ·        Creating a Safe and Welcoming Environment. Setting up play areas, tidying resources, following health and safety procedures, and ensuring classrooms are clean and organised.
  • ·        Supporting Play and Social Interaction. Engaging children in indoor and outdoor play, encouraging social skills, and helping them build confidence and independence.
  • ·        Observing and Recording Development. Supporting staff in observing children’s progress and contributing to notes or developmental records.
  • ·        Working as Part of a Team Assisting qualified practitioners, following instructions, attending meetings or training sessions, and contributing ideas.
  • ·        Safeguarding and Child Welfare Following safeguarding policies, reporting concerns to senior staff, and maintaining confidentiality.

Where you'll work

Stockton Wood Primary School
All Saints Road, Liverpool
L24 3TF

Training

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

Training provider

LET ME PLAY 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

Apprenticeship Details – 19 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship  (All learning is delivered online/ remote). 

Training Provider:  LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)

More training information

No classroom or college days. All remote learning

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above (Level 2))
  • Maths (grade 4 or above (Level 2))

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
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

Our school is located on a large attractive site with lots of green space which supports outdoor learning. Our school building provides us with excellent facilities including generous ICT and library facilities which support life-long learning and a ‘Space for Sports and Arts’ for school and Community use. We have a truly excellent learning environment for the children. Our vision is to ‘Lay the Foundations for Life’ to ensure our children have developed vital skills for the future. Thus, we go beyond the National Curriculum providing a value driven curriculum that promotes Restorative Practice, Emotional Well-being and ‘LifeSavers’ – financial education. We strive to raise aspirations, develop talents and to ensure that all children receive a rich, broad and balanced curriculum.

After this apprenticeship

Completion of the course and potentially a full time role.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001763.

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Closes on Thursday 1 January 2026

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