Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

MOSSGATE DAY NURSERY LTD

MORECAMBE (LA3 2EE)

Closes in 19 days (Wednesday 28 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 7 January 2026

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Summary

Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Standard.

Wage

£6,281.60 to £10,158.72, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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The starting salary for unqualified staff is £12.77, for a level 2 qualification it is £13.19 and £13.34 for a level 3 qualification. We offer automatic rises after 1, 3 and 5 years and salary reviews every April.

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Minimum of 16 hours per week. Monday - Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.

16 hours a week

Start date

Monday 2 February 2026

Duration

1 year 4 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

Some of the responsibilities will include:

Ensuring a safe environment for children and adults in the group which includes:

  • Working as a team member in the daily routine
  • Ensuring equipment is well maintained and safe to use
  • Ensuring good hygiene standards are maintained
  • Ensuring safety procedures for fire drill, arrival/departure and during the session itself are enforced and regularly reviewed
  • Ensuring the provision of high quality care and education for the children which includes:
  • Planning a curriculum, which will offer each day, a wide variety of toys and equipment to stimulate and support children’s learning through play in the foundation stage of the curriculum
  • Acting as a key worker to a small group of children, liaising closely with parents/carers and ensuring each child’s needs are recognised and met
  • Ensuring that all activities reflect positively the linguistic, religious and cultural diversity of the community
  • Attendance on relevant courses and at meetings as required.
  • Ensuring the absolute confidentiality of any information regarding the children, their families or other staff, which is obtained in connection with this employment

All applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS.

Where you'll work

MOSSGATE DAY NURSERY
KINGSWAY
HEYSHAM
MORECAMBE
LA3 2EE

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

TRAINING WORKS (NW) LTD

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

Every 4 weeks at the workplace.

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
  • Team working
  • Patience

Other requirements

DBS check.

About this employer

Mossgate Day Nursery is a modern, purpose built nursery situated in Heysham - a residential area of Morecambe. The nursery prides itself in the support it offers staff with ample additional training opportunities, a staff welfare scheme and a competitive salary.

We are looking for a suitably qualified early years practitioner to join our team, although we are prepared to accept applications from unqualified applicants who can demonstrate experience of working with young children

The nursery operates on a term time basis, open for 38 weeks a year - Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00.

Hours are negotiable.

We pride ourselves in staff morale and well-being , which was identified by the Ofsted inspector who said " Staff well-being is important to leaders in the nursery. Staff clearly enjoy their work and morale is high. This contributes to the very positive atmosphere in the nursery."

https://mossgatedaynursery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Benefits:

  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Employee mentoring programme
  • Health & wellbeing programme

After this apprenticeship

Progress onto level 3.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TRAINING WORKS (NW) LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000007392.

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Closes in 19 days (Wednesday 28 January 2026 at 11:59pm)