Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship - Trott's Hill Primary School
Trotts Hill Primary School
Stevenage (SG1 5JD)
Closes in 22 days (Sunday 16 August 2026)
Posted on 21 July 2026
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Summary
A rewarding, hands-on progression opportunity for staff working with young children during their early developmental stages.
As an apprentice, you’ll gain hands-on experience, learn new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Minimum Apprenticeship Wage: £8 an hour. Wage to be agreed with school.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday (exact hours TBC) 37.5 hour a week
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 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
Working as part of an Early Years Team, you will help plan and deliver activities set by the Government for the learning, development, and care of children from birth to 5 years old.
Through the programme, you’ll prepare for a more senior EYFS role and gain the skills to help promote an inclusive environment including:
- Learning and development in infants and young children, including the significance of attachment, and the role and responsibilities of a key person
- Explore attachment theories and philosophical approaches and how they are linked to early childhood learning
- The importance of holistic development and an understanding of the EYFS and non-statutory guidance to plan, observe and assess in all areas of the Early Years Curriculum
- How to work cooperatively with parents/carers, colleagues, and other professionals to enhance babies’ and young children’s learning
- Gain opportunities to share good practice and ideas with apprentices from other EYFS settings
Where you'll work
Wisden Road
Stevenage
SG1 5JD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SPORTING FUTURES TRAINING (UK) 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
- Early Years Educator Level 3
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
Discover new knowledge in fortnightly live, interactive virtual sessions led by experienced EYFS teachers.
Work through self-paced online learning on our platform, ESF Learn, and complete practical tasks that will directly enhance your current practice.
Engage in optional SEND masterclasses every six weeks, led by qualified teachers and SEND experts.
Collaborate with other apprentices working in similar environments throughout the programme.
More training information
Benefit from high-impact sessions for schools and nurseries. You’ll be brought up to date in various aspects of SEND and mental health by leading speech and language therapists, dyslexia assessors, educational psychologists, autism specialists and a range of other experts.
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Enjoy working with young children
About this employer
I would like to wish you a very warm welcome to Trotts Hill Primary School. Trotts Hill is a welcoming and happy school where everyone is valued and respected. Staff place great emphasis on personal, social and emotional development by fostering caring attitudes, thoughtfulness, mutual respect, self-discipline and self-confidence. We aim to develop each child as an individual, nurturing their strengths and talents.
Parents and carers play a very important part of school life and we value strong partnership with them. We encourage our parents to become involved in all aspects of school life, so that, as partners, we can promote high standards of learning, behaviour and attitudes to enable every child to reach their full potential.
We believe Trotts Hill is a school to be proud of; a place where children learn and enjoy doing so.
https://www.trottshill.herts.sch.uk/Welcome/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
After completing this apprenticeship, you might go on to become room leader, deputy manager, or manager in a nursery.
With additional training, you go on to become a Level 5 Early Years Lead in a school, or work in the community as a health play specialist or a family support worker.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SPORTING FUTURES TRAINING (UK) LTD
Adam Baker
a.baker@esfapprenticeships.co.uk
01784 222300
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039295.
Apply now
Closes in 22 days (Sunday 16 August 2026)
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