Job Description: Apprentice Early Years Educator

Colourbox Montessori is looking for a passionate and caring Apprentice Early Years Educator to join our nursery team and begin a rewarding career in early years education in their Red Lodge site. You will contribute to a warm, safe, and engaging environment while working towards a nationally recognised childcare qualification.

Wage

£16,744 a year

Training Course

Early years educator (level 3)

Hours

30 hours a week, shifts between 7.30am and 6.00pm.

Start Date

Saturday 8 August 2026

Duration

1 year 2 months

Positions Available

1

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

What you'll do at work

Colourbox Montessori is a high-quality early years provider offering a nurturing, stimulating, and child‑centred learning environment. Inspired by the Montessori approach, we support each child’s independence, curiosity, and development through carefully prepared environments and skilled practitioners.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

With training and ongoing support, you will:

• Help ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care for all children
• Actively promote children’s welfare, safeguarding, and safety at all times
• Support outstanding childcare practice and develop your understanding of children’s learning and development
• Work collaboratively within the nursery team, sharing learning and supporting colleagues
• Follow and work within the governance of all Colourbox Montessori policies and procedures, ensuring best practice is consistently maintained

What we can offer:

• Offsite parking
• Uniform
• Additional service-related holiday entitlement
• Training provided
• First aid training
• DBS certificate
• Social events

Where you'll work

Millennium Centre, Lavender Cl
Red lodge
IP28 8TT

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

Training Provider

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

Training Course

Early years educator (level 3)

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.