Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship - Wroughton Academies

CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST

Great Yarmouth (NR31 8BD)

Closes in 18 days (Sunday 28 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 December 2025

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Summary

Are you passionate about shaping young minds and eager to start your career in early childhood education? Join us as an Early Years Apprentice and embark on a rewarding journey of growth and learning!

• Wage:

  £13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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  £7.55 per hour. Increases to NMW after 12 months

• Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
• Hours: 8.15am to 3.30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays + 8.15am to 4.15pm on Wednesdays With an unpaid lunch break of 30 mins.

  35 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 19 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

During your time as an Early Years Apprentice, you will support development of children within their room through assessing children’s development, setting up provision and interacting with children whilst supporting parents.  

Your day-to-day duties will include:

• Assist in delivering tailored care and educational programmes for EYFS pupils and mealtimes, etc.
• Supervise and provide particular support for pupils with SEND, Pupil Premium and the more able.
• Provide feedback to teachers, parents and the SEND team on individual children and their progress.
• Supporting children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities on a 1:1 basis, small groups or through targeted activities and interventions.
• Provide feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement, progress, next steps, etc.
• Support the planning and implementation of our school’s Early Years curriculum, which embeds our pupils’ abilities, needs and interests.
• Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their behaviour.
• Observe, assess and track the children’s progress and next steps using observations and formative assessments in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Offer constructive feedback to both pupils and teachers, helping to monitor progress and foster achievement.
• Facilitate learning by preparing and leading activities, play opportunities and experiences in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage and ensuring pupils can access learning opportunities.
• Where appropriate, to provide pastoral, first-aid, restorative conversations or other support to children.
• Support the children with their physical care routines, such as changing nappies, toilet training.

Where you'll work

Burgh Road
Gorleston
Great Yarmouth
NR31 8BD

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

• Working towards your Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship. (All learning is delivered online/ remote).
• An apprenticeship includes regular training with your training provider. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
• Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider).

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
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

About this employer

Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 13,500 children and young people. We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.

After this apprenticeship

• Completion of the level 3 qualification and hopefully a permanent role within Early Years.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004048.

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Closes in 18 days (Sunday 28 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

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