Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship - Buds that Blossom Chinnor

BUDS THAT BLOSSOM CHINNOR LIMITED

CHINNOR (OX39 4DU)

Closes in 19 days (Monday 15 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 25 November 2025

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Summary

We are currently seeking to recruit a hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join our team who is also passionate about early years. As an Early Years Apprentice, you will focus on high quality affordable childcare from 9 months - 5 years of age.

Wage

£16,881.80 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 rotating 7.00am - 4.00pm, 8.00am - 5.00pm, 9.00am - 6.00pm (shift work), 30 minutes break.

43 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

You will be responsible for working effectively with colleagues to ensure that the learning environment is appropriate to meeting all children’s individual needs and responsible for key children and cohort tracking of key children group.

Your day to day duties will include:

  • To contribute to the room planning
  • To understand the requirements of the EYFS, health and safety and Ofsted
  • To fulfil the role of a Key Person and work in partnership with parents/carers, ensuring all children’s individual needs are met, including observing, planning, and evaluating developmental activities
  • Ensuring key children’s learning, journeys, next steps, and cohort tracking is up to date
  • To liaise professionally and courteously with parents, children and colleagues and visitors in a polite and professional manner, seeking help or signposting to the correct person within the nursery
  • To prepare daily activities for all children for all children whilst adhering to the EYFS
  • To interact effectively with all children
  • To ensure the process for new children and children who are transitioning is followed appropriately
  • To ensure the procedures for own key children transitioning are followed and all paperwork is up to date
  • To carry out peer-to-peer observations termly
  • To assist in the setting up of the room in the morning, throughout the day and closing the room in the evening
  • To support the team with hygiene for children including nappies, toileting, face and hands wiping and changing a child’s clothes
  • To maintain records and reports
  • To assist with general cleaning, tidying, and sterilising
  • To contribute to the display boards
  • To adhere to and implement all nursery policies and procedures

Where you'll work

BELLWOOD HOUSE
57 LOWER ROAD
CHINNOR
OX39 4DU

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 Level 3 Apprenticeship
  • All learning is delivered online/ remote

More training information

All remote learning, no classroom or college days

Requirements

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

About this employer

Buds that Blossom Chinnor is situated on Lower Road. It consists of two linked building with ample space both inside and outside for the children to explore. We have created an environment which is homely with a wide range of resources.

After this apprenticeship

  • Completion of the level 3 qualification

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002315.

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Closes in 19 days (Monday 15 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

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