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May Gardens Little Learners Childcare Apprentice
Wage
£12,480 a year
Training Course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Alternating shifts of 8:00am–1:00pm and 1:00pm–6:00pm, alternating every other week. 30 hours a week
Start Date
Tuesday 18 August 2026
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions Available
2
About the Role
May Gardens Little Learners are looking for a new Childcare Apprentice. You will be studying toward your Early Years Educator apprenticeship L3.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
We are looking for 2 caring and enthusiastic apprentices to join our nursery. You will work with our experienced educators, learning how to provide care and education from 18 months to 10 years old. You will gain hands-on experience in planning activities, supporting children's learning and development, building positive relationships with families, and promoting safeguarding.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the planning and delivery of engaging, age-appropriate learning activities in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Provide high-quality care and education for children aged 0–5 years.
- Build positive, nurturing relationships with children, promoting their confidence, independence, and wellbeing.
- Observe, assess, and record children's progress, contributing to learning journals and development records.
- Support children's communication, language, physical, social, and emotional development.
- Ensure children's safety and wellbeing by following safeguarding, health and safety, and nursery policies at all times.
- Assist with daily routines including mealtimes, toileting, personal care, sleep routines, and transitions.
- Help create a safe, stimulating, inclusive, and welcoming learning environment, both indoors and outdoors.
- Encourage positive behaviour through praise, consistency, and appropriate guidance.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, parents, and carers to support each child's individual needs.
- Support children with additional needs (SEND) where appropriate, ensuring inclusive practice.
- Maintain cleanliness, organisation, and presentation of the nursery environment and resources.
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Where You'll Work
St. Richards Church Sussex Crescent Northolt London UB5 4DR
Training Provider
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
Training Course
Early years educator (level 3)
What You'll Learn
- 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
At Shaping Lives, we are dedicated to one mission: helping nurseries like yours nurture future generations through high-quality early childhood education. As a trusted training provider, we specialise in developing skilled, passionate educators who make a meaningful difference in the lives of children aged 0–5. Whether you're looking to enhance your current team's skills or recruit new talent, we’re with you every step of the way. Upon completion of this 18-month Apprenticeship, you will have obtained your Early Years Educator apprenticeship L3 Apprenticeship.
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
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The closing date guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
Welcome to Maygardens Little Learners, a nursery dedicated to the growth and development of children aged from 18 months to 10 years old. Our programmes are designed to provide a stimulating and enriching environment at every stage of early years.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in a new tab).
There is a possibility of being offered a full-time role after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is: PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED George Marsh Apprentice.Recruitment@pgon.co.uk 07756875243
Reference Code
VAC2000041118
Closing Date
Tuesday 11 August 2026
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