Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
APPLEBLOSSOM CHILDCARE LTD
Sunderland (SR4 6SF)
Closes in 14 days (Monday 27 July 2026)
Posted on 9 July 2026
Contents
Summary
Support the care, learning, and development of young children in a safe and nurturing environment. Working alongside experienced practitioners, the apprentice helps deliver engaging activities, follow safeguarding and health and safety procedures, and build positive relationships with children and families.
- Wage
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£16,640 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 2026
- Duration
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15 years
- 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
Support children's learning and development through play and planned activities.
Help provide a safe, caring, and stimulating environment.
Assist with daily routines, including meals, personal care, and outdoor play.
Observe and record children's progress.
Support the planning and delivery of age-appropriate activities.
Build positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues.
Follow safeguarding, health and safety, and nursery policies.
Encourage positive behaviour and promote children's wellbeing.
Work as part of the nursery team while completing the Level 3 apprenticeship.
Attend training and complete apprenticeship coursework.
Where you'll work
Merle Terrace
Sunderland
SR4 6SF
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)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
- Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
- Paediatric First Aid
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9)
- Maths (grade 4-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
Working hours - Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
About this employer
Apple Blossom Day Nursery Pallion St. Luke’s is situated in a newly purpose built building with a lovely secure garden within the grounds of St. Luke’s Church., It is located at the end of Pallion Shopping Terrace, close to the Sunderland Royal Hospital and Sunderland City Centre.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Potential progression into a role after the apprenticeship is completed.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKILLS NORTH EAST LIMITED
Laura Kirkup
laura@sne.org.uk
0191 250 4590
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041707.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Monday 27 July 2026)
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