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Apprentice Level 3 Early Years Educator in a Nursery - AJ

TENTERDEN
£16.6k/yr
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An exciting opportunity to continue your childcare career with Parenta Training

Working within a supportive early years setting. Develop your knowledge and skills whilst working towards a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification and supporting children aged 0-5 to learn, develop and thrive.

Wage

  • £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
  • National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Training course

  • Early years educator (level 3)

Hours

  • Monday - Friday with varied shifts between 6.00am and 6.00pm.
  • 40 hours a week

Start date

  • Thursday 1 October 2026

Duration

  • 1 year

Positions available

  • 1

What you'll do at work

  • Support children's learning and development in line with the EYFS framework.
  • Plan and deliver engaging activities with support from experienced staff.
  • Complete observations and contribute to assessments and learning journeys.
  • Support children's personal, social and emotional development.
  • Promote positive behaviour and inclusive practice.
  • Work closely with colleagues and families to support children's progress.
  • Ensure the health, safety and well-being of children at all times.
  • Follow safeguarding, child protection and confidentiality procedures.
  • Recognise and appropriately report safeguarding concerns.
  • Contribute to a nurturing and stimulating learning environment.

Where you'll work

UNIT 11 PICKHILL BUSINESS CE
SMALLHYTHE ROAD
TENTERDEN
KENT
TN30 7LZ

Training provider

  • PARENTA TRAINING LIMITED

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.

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Training schedule

Training will be delivered through a combination of workplace learning, regular progress reviews and ongoing support from a dedicated tutor at Parenta. Off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the Occupational Standard and will support apprentices in developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to achieve their apprenticeship.

Essential qualifications

  • GCSE in:
    • English (grade Pass)
    • Maths (grade Pass)

Desirable qualifications

  • GCSE in:
    • Early Years Practitioner (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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

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Other requirements

Before applying, please ensure you can reliably travel to and from the employer's location each day by checking public transport routes and travel arrangements before submitting your application.

Applicants must have a genuine passion for working with children and be committed to completing their apprenticeship qualification.

This role involves regular contact with children and may include regulated activity. The successful candidate will be expected to fulfil safeguarding and child protection responsibilities and maintain professional conduct at all times.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, successful applicants will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including two satisfactory professional references, an Enhanced DBS check, right to work checks, identity verification and qualification checks where applicable.

For any queries regarding this vacancy, please contact Parenta on 0800 002 9242. Please do not contact the employer directly regarding this vacancy.

Our purpose-built nursery comprises of spacious rooms designed to provide our children with areas in which to play, rest and enjoy mealtimes. We pride ourselves on how homely and comfortable our environment is. It has been thoughtfully resourced with the children’s interests and Early Years Curriculum in mind. We plan for open-ended activities to optimise the potential for imaginative play and problem solving and critical thinking. All children have access to a beautiful garden, which is carefully resourced to cater for every age group’s needs. From our garden we access open countryside where we walk, run and explore the changing seasons and the natural world.

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Successful apprentices may secure a permanent Early Years Educator position with opportunities to progress into Room Leader, Third in Charge or other senior Early Years roles.

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

PARENTA TRAINING LIMITED

Anna Joergensen
Anna.Joergensen@parenta.com
01622934345

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000050613.

Closes in 30 days (Wednesday 30 September 2026 at 11:59pm)

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Skills

Safeguarding
Child protection
Communication skills
Attention to detail
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience

Location

Unit 11, Pick Hill Business Centre, Small Hythe Rd, Tenterden TN30 7LZ, UK

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