Early Years Apprentice Level 2/3
MUCH WOOLTON OLD SCHOOL NURSERY LTD
Liverpool (L25 7TX)
Closes on Sunday 19 July 2026
Posted on 9 December 2025
Contents
Summary
To help create a happy and stimulating atmosphere where children can develop to their full emotional, physical, social and intellectual potential in a bright attractive safe and healthy environment.
- 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 to Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 5 December 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 help create a happy and stimulating atmosphere where children can develop to their full emotional, physical, social and intellectual potential in a bright attractive safe and healthy environment. This work is undertaken as part of a nursery staff team working together for the benefit of all the children in their care.
- Work as part of a well developed team who all have many years experience of working in early years.
- Support the staff during the day to day runnings of the nursery.
- Model play and good vocabulary to the children during play.
- To be involved in the observations, monitoring, assessments, plans, policies and curriculum with regards to the children’s welfare and education.
- To set high standards and expectations for the children by personal example in terms of punctuality, appearance and manner of address.
Where you'll work
Much Woolton Old School Nursery
School Lane
Liverpool
L25 7TX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SWIFT ACI
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
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
Other requirements
A full enhanced DBS check.
About this employer
Much Woolton Old School Nursery is a small private nursery located in South Liverpool. Nestled within beautiful gardens, children have the opportunity to explore and play outdoors every day, regardless of the weather.
Our staff members are fully trained and possess extensive experience in Early Years education. We take pride in being a small setting, accommodating between 20 to 30 children per session. This intimate environment allows us to quickly build strong relationships with each child and their families, enabling us to deliver personalised and unique care.
We welcome children from the age of two and implement a 'free-flow' system throughout all areas of our setting. This approach fosters interaction among children of all ages, promoting development in various areas while also encouraging independence. The success of this method has been remarkable. Above all, we prioritise creating an environment where our children feel safe, secure, and at home during their time with us.
After this apprenticeship
Apprentices once qualified can continue to develop their CPD by gaining further experience and potentially become SENCo etc. There are many other courses that can be offered once qualified to support progression.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SWIFT ACI
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004541.
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Closes on Sunday 19 July 2026
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