Early Years apprentice
Toad Hall Nursery
Haslemere (GU27 3AT)
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
Posted on 24 April 2025
Contents
Summary
Are you looking to start your career in Early Years, or build on your experience, by gaining a Level 3 qualification in Childcare? We are recruiting for passionate and enthusiastic Modern Apprentices to learn from our experienced Childcare Professionals within our growing Nursery Group.
- Wage
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£15,808 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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40 hours a week, Monday to Friday working on a shift pattern between 8am to 6pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
- Gain job-specific skills
- Being a part of our children’s first 5 years in their learning and development
- Supporting children’s daily routines and needs
- Creating fun experiences and a safe environment
Where you’ll work
Chestnut Avenue
Haslemere
GU27 3AT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HAWK MANAGEMENT (UK) 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.
- 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
Your weekly working hours will be 40 per week, with 20% of your time devoted to off the job learning, to enable you to study and complete tasks set by your Assessor.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
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
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Before we can confirm a start date, we will need to complete our pre-employment checks. These include 2 satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Check.
About this company
Toad Hall Nurseries are rated as an Ofsted ‘Good’ provider of childcare and are responsible for 14 nurseries across Surrey, Hertfordshire and Berkshire. They offer childcare and early education for children from the age of 3 months. Children have a dedicated team of staff looking after them and making sure that they have the best early life experiences. By combining excellent facilities and the expertise of their qualified staff, they ensure that all of the children enjoy their time at the nursery.
http://www.toadhall-nursery.co.uk/careeropportunities (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) • Staff referral scheme • Savings on High Street shops with PerkPal • Annual Christmas Party!
After this apprenticeship
Once you have qualified, you will have the opportunity to apply for Nursery Nurse vacancies that are advertised internally.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HAWK MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
Donna Easton
donna@hawktraining.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316677.
Apply now
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
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