Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

Start or progress your career with a Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship. Gain hands-on experience supporting children’s development while achieving a recognised qualification. With expert support and real workplace learning, this is your opportunity to build a rewarding career in Early Years.

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 8am - 6pm.
40 hours a week

Start date
Wednesday 5 August 2026

Duration
1 year 6 months

Positions available
2

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Key Responsibilities and Duties
The Early Years Apprentice will support the work of the Mara Nursery room-based staff and will include:

• Working in partnership with the room staff to provide quality activities according to the age of children.
• To safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of the children in the nursery.
• To maintain and adhere to relevant codes of practice.
• Make accurate and reflective observations based upon the individual needs, interests and stages of development of children.
• To work according to Turtles Nursery values and policies.
• To attend monthly staff meetings and receive training.
• To be flexible within the working practices of the setting.
• To respect confidentiality.
• To develop your role as a key worker.
• Specific childcare tasks- ensuring mealtimes are social, changing children as required, developing activities that are relevant to the age/stage of individual children.

Where you'll work

2A
Well Grove
London
N20 9BN

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider
3 SPIRIT ENTERPRISE UK LIMITED

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)

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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.