Apprentice Early years Educator - Woodlands Nursery Ruislip Ltd- HA4 7BU
WOODLANDS NURSERY RUISLIP LIMITED
RUISLIP (HA4 7BU)
Closes in 24 days (Friday 19 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 November 2025
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Summary
Apprentice early years educator is required at Woodlands Nursery. We are looking for someone with a love of working with children, where you will gain the Level 3 qualification.
- Wage
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£15,704 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 - Friday. Shift work between 8am-6pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- 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 contribute to the room planning
- To understand the requirements of the EYFS, health and safety and Ofsted
- To liaise professionally and courteously with parents, children & colleagues
- To prepare daily activities for all children
- To interact effectively with all children
- To assist in the setting up of the room in the morning & throughout the day
- To encourage and support children to develop their language, motor and social skills
- To supervise indoor and outdoor play activities
- To supervise snack and mealtimes including cleaning
Where you'll work
WOODFORD HALL
POPLARS CLOSE
RUISLIP
HA4 7BU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
Requirements
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Situated just off Ruislip High Street, the nursery is easily accessible by local bus routes and the London Underground via Ruislip Station. Open for 51 weeks of the year, it sits in a quiet cul-de-sac and benefits from a large, secure grassed area. Co-owners Debbie Gumm and Carol Hrano bring extensive experience from both privately run and local authority nurseries, guided by their own understanding as parents. With 50 years of combined practical experience, they believe it is this blend of professional training and personal insight that gives Woodlands its warm, family-focused character. Debbie’s early career was spent with the London Borough of Brent, working at Gladstone Park Day Nursery and later at Furness Day Nursery, before taking time out to raise her four children. She later became Officer in Charge at Unicorn Nursery, where she met Carol. After earning her NNEB, Carol worked at Whittlesea Special Needs School and then spent seven years at Princess Avenue Day Nursery, eventually becoming Deputy Officer in Charge before starting her own family. She returned to work at Unicorn Nursery in 1991, which she and Debbie went on to purchase. In 1992, they formed their partnership with a clear aim: to create a nursery they would confidently choose for their own children—safe, nurturing, stimulating and supportive of every child’s development.
After this apprenticeship
For the successful candidate, there is the opportunity of ongoing employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002034.
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Closes in 24 days (Friday 19 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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