Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship - Cub - Headingley

Summary

Cub is a nurturing early years nursery committed to providing exceptional early years education with a passionate and experienced team. Cub offers a safe, inspiring environment where every child is supported to explore, learn, and grow. Focused on building strong relationships with families and creating a positive workplace for staff.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

Extra holiday (20 days + bank holidays + Christmas week + your birthday) Clothes allowance Free Lunch Free drinks Perkbox and EAP Free parking Discount on childcare

Training course

Early years educator (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday (hours depend on apprentice age). Shifts TBC.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 June 2026

Duration

1 year 4 months

Positions available

4

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

• To support and advocate for the mission and objectives of Cub, The Modern Nursery
• To contribute to the curriculum delivery within an allocated room, ensuring that practice and provision meet the statutory requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
• To work as a Key Person to a group of children; this role includes:
• Building warm, supportive relationships with children based on trust and respect
• Working in positive partnerships with parents and carers, and sharing information promptly and professionally
• The completion of ongoing observations and accurate assessments of children
• Using these assessments, alongside your knowledge of the child’s interests, to plan stimulating and engaging activities
• Maintaining accurate and informative records relating to the children’s development, and supporting the children to make excellent progress
• To maintain the health, safety, and security of all children through a vigilant approach to risk assessment, hygiene, and welfare
• To follow all nursery policies and procedures, and support less experienced colleagues to do the same
• To have a confident knowledge of safeguarding, with a full understanding of policies and procedures, to act and respond when necessary, and support less experienced colleagues to do the same
• To take an inclusive approach with regards to special educational needs and disabilities
• To engage positively with visitors and external agencies
• To contribute and engage in the wider development of the nursery, including the Cub Curriculum
• To provide cover in other rooms as required
• To keep up to date with current developments and research, and disseminate updates to the team
• To be an effective and supportive team member who communicates professionally with others

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

• Cub Headingley, 2 Shire Oak Road, Leeds, LS6 2TN
• Cub Wetherby, The Croft, Wetherby, LS22 5HG

Training

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

Training provider

CLIFFE HOUSE DAY NURSERIES 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.
• 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.

Training schedule

• All training will take place at the nursery, at your place of work
• This will be delivered to you face-to-face, with your own dedicated tutor, whether one-to-one or in small groups with other students. Group sizes are max of 6 students
• Your coaching sessions happen once a month or more often if needed. The training is unique and tailored to your learning needs. We come to you
• Training schedule is unique to each student to meet their individual needs
• Support is always here; this is something we pride ourselves on and the consistency of the same tutor throughout your course

More training information

• Cliffe House Training Academy are an outstanding, unique training provider that has developed its academy to ensure that support is always there for its learners
• They value their delivery of face-to-face learning sessions, unique to you as the student
• You will receive your own online learning platform to submit and receive your work, and everything is developed in a manageable way; all learning is completed in your contracted hours

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Level 2 Early Years Practitoner (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness