Early Years Level 3 Educator Apprentice
Atlas Primary School (Priestley Academy Trust)
Bradford (BD8 8DL)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 21 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 August 2026
Contents
Summary
An exciting opportunity has become available for an Early Years Level 3 Educator to join Atlas Primary School who are part of the Priestley Academy Trust in September.
If you are looking to start a career in Early Years or progress after completing your Level 2 Practitioner, then apply now!
- Wage
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£15,600 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.
Between the hours of 8am and 4pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 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
Support for pupils:
- Be ready to receive pupils on arrival to school and from break or lunchtime
- Support individual pupils’ learning activities, attend to additional learning needs, and help in development
- Help with the care and support of pupils including those with SEND
- Contribute to the health and well-being of pupils
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual pupils and groups
- Be an effective model for pupil behaviour
- Support pupils in achieving daily targets
- Support pupils in their individual learning and development, for example, in their acquisition of cognitive and learning skills
- Help pupils develop their literacy and numeracy skills, and thus improve their attainment across the curriculum.
Support for the Teachers:
- Help to prepare classroom resources and records for pupils
- Contribute to the management of pupils' behaviour, both in the classroom and on the playground, as required
- Support the school curriculum, especially literacy and numeracy activities
- Provide support for learning activities
- Support the use of ICT in the classroom
- Assist in the maintenance of a safe environment for pupils and staff
- Assist in the presentation of display materials
- Support teaching staff or senior colleagues with routine administration
- Contribute to the planning and evaluation of learning activities
- Support teachers in planning and preparing lessons, resources and the classroom during weekly planning meetings; assist in the recording of pupils’ progress
Support for the School:
- Monitor effective working relationships with colleagues and parents
- Attend weekly staff briefing meetings
- Contribute to the maintenance of pupils' safety and security
- Review and develop their own professional practice
- Recognise confidentiality, child protection procedures, Health & Safety, and the policies of the Governing Body and the MAT
- Provide first aid to children (after training)
- Assist the teaching staff in the smooth transition between educational phases
- Liaise effectively with parents and other parties, as required
Where you'll work
Lincoln Close
Bradford
BD8 8DL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BRADFORD COLLEGE
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
- All work to be done in the workplace & work uploaded to our CRM System - Aptem
- College days once per holidays (TBC)
- No college release days per week or month
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C or 4)
- Maths (grade C or 4)
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
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
- Passing an enhanced DBS Check is required
About this employer
Welcome to Atlas Community Primary School. We are a one-form entry school in the heart of the community in Manningham, Bradford.
At Atlas, we work with the whole family as well as the child – we work with other agencies to provide support where it is needed and encourage parents and families to get involved with a range of sessions and activities in school. It is through working together that we can ensure a postive future for our pupils.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Potential full-time permanent role
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BRADFORD COLLEGE
Nathan Roebuck
n.roebuck@bradfordcollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045898.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Friday 21 August 2026 at 11:59pm)