Find an apprenticeship
Early Years Level 3 Apprenticeship
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Acresfield Academy Apprenticeship Opportunity
Acresfield Academy is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Apprentice to join a welcoming nursery team. This is an excellent opportunity to begin or further your career in Early Years, working alongside an experienced, hardworking, and highly successful team who will provide support, guidance throughout your apprenticeship.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
As an Apprentice Early Years Practitioner, you will:
- Support children's learning and development through high-quality play-based experiences
- Assist in planning and delivering engaging activities appropriate to children's individual ages, stages, and interests
- Promote children's emotional wellbeing, independence, and positive behaviour
- Provide high-quality care, including supporting personal hygiene routines, toileting, and changing where required
- Prepare and serve meals, snacks, and drinks in line with food hygiene and allergy procedures
- Support children during mealtimes and encourage healthy eating habits
- Help create and maintain a safe, clean, stimulating, and welcoming learning environment
- Observe children's progress and contribute to assessments, learning journals, and planning
- Build positive relationships with children, parents, carers, and colleagues
- Follow safeguarding, health and safety, and all nursery and school policies and procedures
- Work effectively as part of the nursery and wider school team
- Demonstrate professionalism, confidentiality, and a commitment to continuous improvement
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Your training provider will be Best Practice Network.
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 / C)
- Maths (grade 4 / C)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other Requirements
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Our nursery, attached to the school, provides high-quality early years education for 26 children aged 3 and 4 years. We have established a strong educational nursery where children are encouraged to develop curiosity, confidence, and independence through high-quality early learning experiences.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
We are looking for someone who understands the importance of the early years as the foundation for lifelong learning and who can help children thrive in a calm, nurturing, and stimulating environment. Our nursery is well resourced and designed to provide a modern, enabling, and welcoming space where children can flourish.
This is an excellent opportunity to begin or further your career in Early Years, working alongside an experienced, hardworking, and highly successful team who will provide support, guidance, and challenge throughout your apprenticeship.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
Benefits
- A Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification
- Valuable hands-on experience in a nursery environment
- Support and mentoring from experienced early years professionals
- Online learning delivered by Best Practice Network
- The opportunity to build a long-term career in early years education, with potential for a permanent role
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location