Early Years Level 3 Apprentice

BRADFORD DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST

Bradford (BD5 8FG)

Closes in 9 days (Monday 28 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 14 April 2025

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Summary

St Matthews C of E Primary School & Nursery are looking for an Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprentice to work within their team. As part of your position, you will work as a member of the nursery team, showing initiative & creativity to ensure a high standard of childcare is maintained at all times.

Wage

£13,348.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday 8.15am - 3:30pm Term Time Only

33 hours 45 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 6 May 2025

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

Support for pupils:

  • Be ready to receive pupils on arrival to school and from break or lunchtime
  • Support individual pupils’ learning activities, attend to additional learning needs, and help in development
  • Help with the care and support of pupils including those with SEND
  • Contribute to the health and well-being of pupils
  • Establish and maintain relationships with individual pupils and groups
  • Be an effective model for pupil behaviour
  • Support pupils in achieving daily targets
  • Support pupils in their individual learning and development, for example, in their acquisition of cognitive and learning skills
  • Help pupils to develop their literacy and numeracy skills, and thus to improve their attainment across the curriculum

Support for the teacher:

  • Help to prepare classroom resources and records for pupils
  • Contribute to the management of pupils' behaviour, both in the classroom and on the playground, as required
  • Support the school curriculum, especially literacy and numeracy activities
  • Provide support for learning activities
  • Support the use of ICT in the classroom
  • Assist in the maintenance of a safe environment for pupils and staff
  • Assist in the presentation of display materials
  • Support teaching staff or senior colleagues with routine administration
  • Contribute to the planning and evaluation of learning activities
  • Support teachers in planning and preparing lessons, resources and the classroom during weekly planning meetings; assist in the recording of pupils’ progress

Support for the school:

  • Monitor effective working relationships with colleagues and parents
  • Attend weekly staff briefing meetings
  • Contribute to the maintenance of pupils' safety and security
  • Review and develop their own professional practice
  • Recognise confidentiality, child protection procedures, Health & Safety, and the policies of the Governing Body and the MAT
  • Provide first aid to children (after training)
  • Assist the teaching staff in the smooth transition between educational phases
  • Liaise effectively with parents and other parties, as required

Where you’ll work

Ivy House Road
Bradford
BD5 8FG

Training

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

College or training organisation

BRADFORD COLLEGE

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

  • Early Years Educator Level 3
    Work based learning - all observations/meetings etc. will take place at the nursery
  • No weekly release day into college
  • All work/assignments set via CRM system, Aptem
  • Training will include paediatric first aid qualification

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C or 4)
  • Maths (grade C or 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
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Reliable
  • Punctual
  • Time Management

About this company

St Matthews CofE Primary & Nursery is an academy within Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust. The successful candidate will be employed by BDAT although their main place of work will be at St Matthews CofE Primary & Nursery. BDAT strives to be diverse and inclusive employer a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We encourage and welcome applications from everyone.

After this apprenticeship

Potential long term position upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BRADFORD COLLEGE

Nathan Roebuck

N.Roebuck@bradfordcollege.ac.uk

07776956292

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315085.

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Closes in 9 days (Monday 28 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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