Early Years Educator Apprentice Level 3
CASTLE NURSERY LTD
Bromsgrove (B61 0AZ)
Closes in 18 days (Wednesday 4 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 February 2026
Contents
Summary
An Early Years Educator apprenticeship combines hands-on work in childcare with study. Apprentices support children’s learning and development, follow safeguarding practices, work with families and colleagues, and earn a qualification while gaining practical experience.
- 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 - Friday 7:30am - 6pm
Shifts will be required - maximum of 40 hour working week.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 16 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
- Supporting children’s learning through play and activities
- Planning and setting up learning environments
- Observing and recording children’s development
- Assisting with personal care (feeding, toileting, hygiene)
- Ensuring children’s safety and well-being
- Communicating with parents and carers
- Working as part of a nursery or school team
- Following safeguarding and early years policies
- Helping with routines like snack time and outdoor play
Where you'll work
BHI Parkside
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0AZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HALESOWEN 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
- A combination of on-the-job training in the nursery and college learning
- Typically 4–5 days working in a childcare setting
- Around 2 days per month at college (face-to-face) with assessor support
- Includes off-the-job training (coursework, assessments, training sessions)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
You must successfully pass a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check to be considered for this opportunity.
About this employer
Castle Day Nursery in Bromsgrove provides high-quality childcare and early education for babies, toddlers, and preschool children. The nursery follows the EYFS framework and offers a safe, nurturing environment where children learn through play and structured activities. Castle Day Nursery is rated Good by Ofsted. Staff support children’s development, wellbeing, and learning while working closely with families.
After this apprenticeship
After completing the apprenticeship, you can become a qualified early years practitioner, then progress to senior practitioner, room leader, deputy manager or nursery manager. You can also move into teaching or specialist roles, or progress to a higher-level apprenticeship such as Level 5 for leadership or management.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HALESOWEN COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014953.
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Closes in 18 days (Wednesday 4 March 2026 at 11:59pm)