Early Years Educator - Apprentice - Ford Primary School

LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST

Plymouth (PL2 1PU)

Closes in 21 days (Friday 4 April at 11:59pm)

Posted on 13 March 2025

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Summary

Ford Primary School is looking to appoint a passionate, hardworking and driven Early Years Apprentice to join their outstanding team. You will need to be committed and driven to want the very best from every child and be an outstanding member of our school community.

Wage
£14,565 a year

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Hours / Weeks: 32.5 hours per week / 39 weeks per year Actual salary £10,997

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, working between the hours of 08:45 and 16:30. Hours may change slightly to assist with breakfast clubs and after school clubs.

30 hours a week

Possible start date

Wednesday 30 April

Duration

1 year 3 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

• Attend to the pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal
programmes including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.
• Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning.
• Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
• Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate.
• Prepare classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards and assist with the display of children’s work.
• Be aware of pupil problems/progress/achievements and report to the teacher as agreed.
• Undertake pupil record keeping as requested.
• Support the teacher in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate.
• Gather/report information from/to parents/carers as directed.
Provide clerical/admin support e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, collecting money, etc.
• Support and educate children on all elements of the school curriculum.
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child
protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Be aware of and support differences and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
• Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
• Attend relevant meetings as required.
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance
development as required.
• Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times including before and after school and at lunchtimes.
• Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school
activities as required.

Where you’ll work

Ford Primary School
Cambridge Rd,
Ford,
Plymouth
PL2 1PU

Training

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

College or training organisation

LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST

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.
  • 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

On our 15-18-month Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship standard, you will work towards the following:

Behaviours, Skills & Knowledge
Functional Skills in maths and English at level 2 (if not already exempt through prior qualifications)
End-Point Assessment (EPA)
You will have regular visits within workplace by your apprenticeship provider to observe your progress and competence in the role you are carrying out.

Requirements

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

  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

Suitability to work with young children (an enhanced DBS check will be performed prior to you starting the role). The post holder mainly operates within classroom-based conditions and there is regular background noise, there may be some exposure to environmental conditions when supervising pupils/students outside at lunchtime and during off-site activities and school trips. The post holder will be subject to occasional exposure to pupils exhibiting difficult and challenging behaviour and who are angry or upset. Some lifting, stretching and physical effort required for the preparation of the classroom/playroom for lessons and clearing away afterwards. The post holder will periodically be required to assist with the display of pupils’ work which may involve considerable physical effort. The post holder will be required to concentrate for most of the morning or afternoon whilst observing and assisting the pupils during lessons, there may be occasional emotional stress experienced through exposure to difficult child protection/welfare issues which may cause the child to become angry or upset. We offer: A supportive, friendly, and hardworking team. Supportive parents and governors. Children and staff who enjoy learning together. A commitment to your own professional development.

About this company

The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is: Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge. We would like all our children, irrespective of background or special need, to be prepared for success in their future lives. We will achieve this by nurturing and developing their achievement, their experiences and their skills and we will provide the skills and knowledge needed to promote growth mindsets and build resilience in our children. We recognise the vital part parents play in their children’s learning and are committed to developing partnerships with parents.

After this apprenticeship

There may be the potential for full-time employment as a Teaching Assistant upon successful completion of the apprenticeship across the Learning Academies Trust, for the right candidate.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST

Nina Maxwell

nina.maxwell@ptsa.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295762.

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