Early Years Apprentice
S & D CHILDCARE LTD
Somerset (BA22 8HL)
Closes in 19 days (Wednesday 25 February 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Yeovilteenies Day Nursery, we are a busy day nursery based on the RNAS Navy base in Yeovilton, which has children ranging from 3 months to 5 years.Yeovilteenies is part of a growing nursery chain called S&D childcare Limited, Yeovilteenies being the first of 4 nurseries to open in 2018.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 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- Friday
1 day a week at college
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 9 March 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
- Assist in Childcare Activities: Support early years educators in planning and carrying out a range of engaging and age-appropriate activities that promote children’s development.
- Observation and Monitoring: Assist in observing and documenting children's progress, ensuring all records are accurate and up to date using EYLOG.
- Child Supervision: Ensure a safe, secure, and stimulating environment for children, constantly supervising and attending to their individual needs.
- Support Learning & Development: Help promote early education by supporting children’s learning following the EYFS and nursery curriculum.
- Personal Care: Assist in providing care for children, including feeding, changing, and helping with personal hygiene.
- Health & Safety: Follow health and safety guidelines, ensuring that the nursery environment and practices meet regulatory standards.
- Parent Communication: Engage with parents and carers to give feedback on their child’s development and well-being under supervision.
-Teamwork: Work collaboratively with nursery staff and contribute to the team’s efforts to provide a high-quality learning environment.
- Training & Development: Attend training sessions and workshops to further develop knowledge and understanding of early years education and care.
Where you'll work
Yeovilteenies Day Nursery
RNAS YEOVILTON
Ilchester
Somerset
BA22 8HL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YEOVIL COLLEGE
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
The apprenticeship training is delivered through a combination of workplace learning and regular college attendance. This training will teach you the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the Early Years Educator Level 3 standard. On completion the apprentice will receive Early Years Educator Level 3 qualification. Functional Skills in Maths and English may also be required depending on current level.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
- Maths (grade Grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
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
About this employer
Yeovilteenies Day Nursery offers high quality care to meet the needs of all children aged 3 months – 5 years. We are a nursery for children of serving military personnel and civil servants based at and employed by RNAS Yeovilton. We strive to provide a friendly, safe environment for your children to learn and grow. Our qualified team of staff are committed to delivering a service to develop your children’s independence, self-confidence, and social skills before starting school. At Yeovilteenies we understand all children develop at their own pace, which is why we offer a range of activities tailored to your child’s specific needs. We strongly believe that outdoor play is essential to a child’s development and therefore take the early years curriculum both inside and out when planning activities.
https://www.yeovilteenies.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
After this apprenticeship
Potential to become a full time member of staff.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YEOVIL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000012358.
Apply now
Closes in 19 days (Wednesday 25 February 2026 at 11:59pm)