Tudor School - Early Years Educator Apprenticeship – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

To deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years. The successful candidate will ensure that the preschool nursery is a safe environment for children, staff and others and to assist the Early Years Lead and Deputy managers in providing a high-quality establishment for early years children.

Annual wage

£10,816 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Automatic pay increase after one year on programme for 19+ year olds

Training course

Early years educator (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:15am till 3:30pm (with a 30 minute lunch-break)

32 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 25 November

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

To ensure the provision of high standards of physical and emotional care
To ensure that the welfare and safety of children are paramount within the setting and that any child protection concerns are always immediately and appropriately acted upon, following Safeguarding policies and procedures
To act as a key person to a small group of children, liaising closely with and building effective relationships with parents/ carers and ensuring each child’s needs are recognised and met
To assist with the planning of the curriculum using the EYFS Statutory framework to teach and support children to make progress in all areas of the curriculum
To help set up and tidy away at the end of the session
To attend relevant training/conferences/meetings to support professional development, keeping up to date with childcare/education practice
To assist with the preparation and maintenance of materials and equipment and to ensure high standards of hygiene and cleanliness are always maintained
To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures, and medical histories
To identify and help meet the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) alongside the EY SENCo
To guide all team members with the early identification and intervention for children who may benefit from additional support regarding their physical, emotional and social development
To ensure confidentiality of all information received
To maintain adequate records and up-to-date documentation as requested by the Pre-School manager
To liaise and facilitate close partnership working with parents, other family members and staff to help ensure that the particular needs of children are met, and that parental choice is considered in terms of care given
To actively participate in staff meetings, planning meetings, parents’ evenings, fundraising events and training sessions outside normal working hours, as required

Desired skills, qualities and qualifications

Skills & Personal Qualities Required:

Good communication skills with children, within the team and with parents/ carers
Demonstrable knowledge of child development and children’s needs
Ability to work with parents/carers/families to encourage partnership working
Ability to communicate respectfully and effectively at all levels including professional, and practitioner levels, and to engage with children, parents and families
Ability to work as part of a team and take instructions and act on them
Good record-keeping, report writing and presentational skills
Good organisational and time management skills
Awareness of health & safety and practical hygiene issues
Ability, flexibility and willingness to take on other responsibilities or duties as deemed necessary

Where you’ll work

Queens Road

London

N3 2AG

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Your training course

Early years educator (level 3)

Equal to A level

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.

Your training plan

The successful candidate will obtain a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship standard qualification
Online apprenticeship training supported by our skilled tutors
Functional Skills in Maths (if required)
Training schedule has yet to be agreed upon, further details will be made available at a later date

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade Grade 4)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths (grade Grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship 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
Reliable
Caring
Passionate about children
Flexible

Other requirements

LMP Education and Sporting Education are committed to anti-discrimination and equal opportunities for all. We are equally committed to Safer Recruitment Policies, Safeguarding, the Prevent Duty and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers.

About this company

Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.

https://www.inspire-ata.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Potential full time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

INSPIRE ATA LIMITED

Katie Munn

Katie@inspire-ata.co.uk

07752430280

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282378.

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