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Early Years Level 3 Apprenticeship - Pebbles and Petals Day Nursery
P & P DAY NURSERY LIMITED
Walsall (WS1 2LT)
Closes on Monday 2 November 2026
Posted on 30 September 2026
Summary
Are you looking to continue your early years career? At Pebbles and Petals Day Nursery, they believe that the early years build the foundation of a child's future. This new setting aims to create a warm, nurturing and welcoming space where children feel secure and curious to explore the world around them.
The role involves caring for children 0-5.
Wage
£14,560 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Training
Early years educator (level 3)
Monday - Friday hours to be determined. 35 hours a week
Start date Monday 9 November 2026
Duration 1 year 6 months
Positions available 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
As a level 3 apprentice you will be a key member of the nursery team, your daily activities may include:
- Planning and implementing fun and educational activities with the children
- Play alongside and with children to support their play
- Supporting children’s creative and imaginative experiences
- Maintaining development records on key children
- Supervising children at rest times and at mealtimes
- Contributing to and promoting health and safety
- Ensuring the play area is clean and tidy at all times
- Working closely with parents and providing feedback on their child
Useful Qualities to have
- Friendly and approachable
- Patient, and caring
- The ability to interact positively with children and adults
- Flexible and willing to carry out a number of different activities within the job role
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Motivated
- The ability to work using your own initiative
This position would suit a candidate with a bubbly, outgoing personality who is able to work on their own initiative and is prepared to commit to the work required for an apprenticeship.
Where you'll work
3 Birmingham Road
Walsall WS1 2LT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider ASPIRATION TRAINING LIMITED
Training course Early years educator (level 3)
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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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Requirements
Desirable qualifications
- GCSE in: English (grade 4-9)
- Maths (grade 4-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Creative
Other requirements
Please consider travel if using public transport.
About this employer
Pebbles and Petals Day Nursery is a nurturing, spacious place where young minds grow, learn, and prosper. They are dedicated to providing a safe, harmonious, joyful, and brain-stimulating environment that contributes to creativity, awareness about the world, growth, learning, and confidence in every child. Every child is unique, with their own abilities, needs, and qualities that make them special. At Pebbles and Petals Day Nursery, their team of skilled and experienced educators nurtures, supports, and guides each child to grow into an inquisitive, confident, and compassionate learner. They have a flexible daycare and learning program built to meet the needs of every parent, and the curriculum is moulded in a way that meets the needs of every child.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab). The possibility of full-time employment following the apprenticeship maybe available for the right candidate.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ASPIRATION TRAINING LIMITED
Rachael Fletcher
rfletcher@aspirationtraining.com
0152 735 9646
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000056412.
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