Early Years Apprentice
CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LTD
Newport (TF10 7JE)
Closes on Wednesday 11 November 2026
Posted on 5 October 2026
Contents
Summary
The apprentice will help provide high-quality education and care so that children are safe, happy, included and supported to learn and develop. The apprentice will combine practical experience in the nursery with planned apprenticeship learning, gradually developing the knowledge, skills and professional behaviors.
- Wage
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£13,312 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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Days and times to be confirmed - 6 hours allocated to training day (4 hours off-the-job training 2 hours allocated to working in the rooms) 3-4 days of 7-8 hour days.
32 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 25 November 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
- Participating in care routines for all age groups
- Participating in activities and experiences for all age groups
- Begin to share information with Parents using Famly app
- Supporting emotional needs: Responding to individual children with warmth, empathy, and sensitivity
- Supervising play: Overseeing indoor and outdoor activities, free play, and meal or snack times
- Work alongside other practitioners to support day to day practices
- Acknowledge and greet parents as the children arrive
- Share ideas of activities and experiences for children
- Begin to understand and participate in daily routine paperwork
- Become familiar with day to day routines and start to proactively set up activities and experiences
- Completing observations and understanding how these support Assessments of children
- Complete basic Risk Assessments for day to day and specific activities
- Begin to fully communicate with parents / carers accepting handovers from children and recognising when important information is shared
- Show confidence in day to day routines, taking an active role in leading some activities and experiences.
- Begin to undertake a Key Person Role and proactively understand what is necessary for this role
- Begin to share daily progress with parents / carers at the end of their day, recognising the safety precautions and procedures in place for collection
Where you'll work
Chetwynd End
Newport
TF10 7JE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TELFORD 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
- 1 day a week at Telford College
- Work place mentor
- College assessor
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C / 4)
- Maths (grade C / 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Patience
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
Haberdashers’ Castle House School Nursery is a well-established, independent nursery and preparatory school located in Newport, Shropshire. The nursery provides a warm, nurturing and stimulating environment for children in their early years, with a strong focus on high-quality care, learning and development. As part of the Haberdashers’ family of schools, the nursery is committed to helping every child thrive through a child-centred approach that promotes curiosity, confidence, independence and a love of learning. Children benefit from a rich range of indoor and outdoor experiences, delivered by a dedicated team of experienced practitioners who place safeguarding, wellbeing and inclusion at the heart of everything they do. The nursery works closely with families to support each child's individual needs and provides a strong foundation for a successful transition into school life.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Full time L3 position.
Further training with opportunities to be actively involved in an area of interest in the nursery such as SENCo, DSL, Room Lead, Outdoor learning, Sustainability.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TELFORD COLLEGE
Keely Hill-Harding
keely.hill-harding@telfordcollege.ac.uk
01952642255
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000057321.
Apply now
Closes on Wednesday 11 November 2026