Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

Summary

Have you completed a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship or have some experience working with SEND children? A great opportunity to progress to Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship for someone motivated and enthusiastic with an interest in working 1-2-1 with children with additional needs.

Wage

£14,976 to £23,793.12, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

Training course

Early years educator (level 3)

Hours

Monday- Friday, between 7.30am- 6.00pm (agreed in advance on a rota basis).

36 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 October 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

• Be responsible for working 1-2-1 in your key room as their key person, ensuring their care and with support from qualified staff ensure their learning and development
• Ensure the children in your key group meet the leaning objectives according to the Early Years Foundation stage by planning for and observing their development with support from the qualified members of staff
• Create individual learning journeys to record and evaluate your key groups leaning and development and progress
• Gain a full understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage
• Provide an interesting, fun, age-appropriate learning environment with a variety of activities that stimulate the children’s learning in you care
• Make and maintain learning materials and resources
• Record key information regarding the child’s daily routine following the nursery systems that have been put in place
• Feedback the children’s routine to parents on a daily basis, creating continuous partnerships with parents
• To have a full understanding to the settings policies and procedures and ensure they are implemented
• Ensure all children are continuously stimulated and a range of activities are provided for all the children ensuring that they reach their full potential
• Assist in the daily domestic duties of the nursery, including ensuring the nursery is kept safe, secure and clean at all times

Where you'll work

The Old Church
New Street
Shrewsbury
SY3 8JN

Training

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

Training provider

JUNIPER TRAINING 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

• Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
• End Point Assessment
• Off the job training
• Functional skills in English and maths (if any skills gaps are identified)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and Maths (grade 4-C or above or Level 2 FS)

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
• Number skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Patience
• Kind and caring nature
• Willingness to learn and grow
• 1-2-1 working with SEND

Other requirements

• You must already have a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner qualification to be able to apply for this role or have some previous experience in an Early Years setting or with SEND children?