Apprentice Level 3 Early Years Educator

WILLOWS MONTESSORI NURSERY LTD

Ryton (NE40 3QP)

Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 14 April 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 31 March 2026

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Summary

Our Ryton nursery is set in the beautiful surroundings of Old Ryton Village and provides 54 full day-care places for children aged from birth to 5 years.

Wage

£14,976 to £23,793.12, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday. Shift pattern: 7.30am - 6.00pm or 7.45am - 6.15pm, over 3.5 days per week. Early shift: 8.00am - 2.00pm. Late shift: 12noon - 6.00pm.

36 hours a week

Start date

Monday 27 April 2026

Duration

1 year 3 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

  • Plan and develop activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your care in conjunction with other team members
  • To work collaboratively with other staff and engage in a good staff team
  • To work alongside the Manager, Montessori Teacher and staff team to ensure that the Montessori principles and practices are fulfilled
  • To act as key person to a group of children
  • To carry out appropriate observations of your key children to share with parents and to keep a record of individual children’s development
  • To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
  • To regularly communicate with parents about their child’s development and progress
  • Liaise with and support parents and other family members as required
  • Plus other duties 

Where you'll work

Willows Montessori Nursery
Ryton Community Centre Barmoor Lane
Ryton
NE40 3QP

Training

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

Training provider

SKILLS NORTH EAST 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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4 to 9)

Other in:

EYE (grade Pass)

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
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Punctual
  • Kind and caring

Other requirements

  • Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
  • Level 2 Early Years qualification or experience working in a nursery

About this employer

We are a small, family-run business offering a friendly, child-centred approach to learning, following the Montessori method of education.

​We provide high-quality, full and part-time care and education for children aged birth to five years, in our site in Ryton village.

Company benefits

  • Training opportunities
  • Childcare discount
  • Team building opportunities
  • Company pension

After this apprenticeship

Growth within the within the company after completing the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SKILLS NORTH EAST LIMITED

Cathryn

cathryn@sne.org.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000024216.

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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 14 April 2026 at 11:59pm)