Early Years Educator Apprenticeship – Oasis Academy Limeside

OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING

Oldham (OL8 3SB)

Closes tomorrow (Monday 15 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 8 December 2025

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Summary

Are you passionate about helping children embark on their educational journey? We seek enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals to join our Early Years team in our vibrant primary school setting. They will work with children under the age of five to support their learning and development and help them achieve their full potential.

• Wage:

  £15,615 a year

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  £8.58 per hour (first 12 months), then National Minimum Wage. Please also note that this role is term-time only!

• Training course: Early years educator (level 3)
• Hours: Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.

  35 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

• Support the planning and delivery of age-appropriate activities in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum
• To create a welcoming and inclusive environment, foster positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues, and liaise with appropriate external agencies
• Work with teachers and teams to differentiate teaching resources, materials and delivery
• Participate in planning, implementing and evaluating learning activities with the teacher, providing feedback to the teacher and children on their progress, next steps and behaviour
• Support the teaching by monitoring, assessing, and recording pupils' progress and next steps
• Assist in the creation, development and review of individual pupil development plans, such as Education and Health Care Plans (ECHP)
• Support students in developing and implementing their own personal and social development
• Assist the children with their physical care routines, whilst encouraging their independence, e.g. changing nappies, eating, dressing, washing hands, etc.
• Participate in staff, team and planning meetings

Where you'll work

Third Avenue
Oldham
OL8 3SB

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

• Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
• All learning is delivered online/ remote alongside the full-time placement at the school

More training information

No college or classroom days

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (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
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

About this employer

Oasis Limeside is a dynamic, inclusive primary school dedicated to providing a supportive and stimulating environment for children aged 3 to 11 years. Being part of the Oasis family of Academies, the overarching vision of our Academy is to provide a place where everyone SHINEs with possibility. We want to ensure that all of our young people, whatever their starting points or background, get the education they deserve and they deserve nothing less than exceptional.

After this apprenticeship

• To be confirmed by employer

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004291.

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Closes tomorrow (Monday 15 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

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