Early Years Educator Apprenticeship - Sherwood Green Nursery
CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES LTD
Bradford (2 available locations)
Closes in 27 days (Saturday 28 February 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 January 2026
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Summary
Sherwood Green Nursery is committed to delivering excellence in Early Years care and education across both locations. We are passionate and firm believers in providing a safe, stimulating environment to holistically support each child to achieve, thrive, and exceed their expectations.
- 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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35-40 hours across 5 days - Monday to Friday (6 hours study time/off the job hours within contracted hours - exact shifts to be confirmed).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 1 March 2026
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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4
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
- Level 3 apprenticeship vacancy opportunities at - Sherwood Green Nursery Eccleshill, Sherwood Green Gateway.
- A genuine interest in working with young childre
- Willingness to learn and complete an Early Years qualification
- Good communication and interpersonal skill
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Basic understanding of safeguarding and child welfare (training provided
- Punctual, reliable, and professional attitude
- Ability to follow policies, procedures, and instructions
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Sherwood Green Nursery Eccleshill, 22 Sherwood Place, Bradford, BD2 3DX
- Sherwood Green Gateway, 43 Thackeray Road, Bradford, BD10 0JR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES 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
- All training will take place at the nursery, at your place of work.
- This will be delivered to you face-to-face, with your own dedicated tutor, whether one-to-one or in small groups with other students. Group sizes are max of 4 students.
- Your coaching sessions happen once a month or more often if needed. The training is unique and tailored to your learning needs. We come to you!
- Training schedule is unique to each student to meet their individual needs.
- Support is always here. This is something we pride ourselves on, and the consistency of the same tutor throughout your course.
More training information
- Cliffe House Training Academy are a unique, outstanding training provider who have developed their academy to ensure that support is always there for its learners.
- They value their delivery of face-to-face learning sessions, unique to you as the student.
- You will receive your own online learning platform to submit and receive your work and everything is developed in a manageable way. All learning is completed in your contracted hours.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (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
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
At Sherwood Green, we create a space that helps children play, explore, and learn. Our environment is designed to support their growth, based on research that shows how important their surroundings are for learning. We use soft colours and carefully chosen toys and materials to make learning fun and engaging.
After this apprenticeship
This can lead to a career as a head of room/senior practitioner, deputy or nursery manager as well as many other early years roles.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000011963.
Apply now
Closes in 27 days (Saturday 28 February 2026 at 11:59pm)