Early Years Apprentice
Westacre Montessori School
East Walton (PE32 1PU)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 9 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 April 2025
Contents
Summary
Gain hands-on experience in a nurturing Montessori environment while working towards your Level 3 qualification. We offer a supportive & welcoming setting where you can develop your skills, make a difference in children's lives, & build a rewarding career in early childhood education. Apply today to take the next step in your professional journey!
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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• Monday to Thursday:
Working hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (8 hours per day), including the 30-minute lunch break.
• Friday:
Working hours: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM (5 hours), including the 30-minute lunch break.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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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
As an Early Years Educator Level 3 apprentice at West Acre Montessori, you will be actively involved in providing high-quality care and education to young children. Here’s what an average day might look like:
- Attending to the needs of children: Support children in their learning, personal development, and well-being, ensuring a safe, stimulating environment for them to thrive
- Taking on the Key Person Role: Build strong relationships with children and their families, offering personalised care and development plans
- Conducting Observations: Regularly observe and assess children’s progress, documenting milestones to ensure their development is supported
- Using Online Journal Blossom: Record observations and update children’s progress via the Blossom online journal, maintaining accurate and timely records
This apprenticeship will provide you with hands-on experience and valuable training to develop your skills as an Early Years Educator!
Where you’ll work
Westacre Montessori School
Common Lane
East Walton
PE32 1PU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
THE COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA
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
The apprentice will complete a Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship, with training taking place primarily in the workplace, supported by the College of West Anglia. The apprentice will gain hands-on experience at West Acre Montessori while receiving the necessary guidance and support from the college.
Upon successful completion, the apprentice will achieve the Level 3 Early Years Practitioner qualification.
Additionally, the apprentice will receive Paediatric First Aid training, ensuring they are fully prepared to support the health and safety of children in early years settings.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*- C/ Grade 4-9)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths (grade A*- C/ Grade 4-9)
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
- Team working
- Creative
- Patience
- Empathy
- Adaptability
- Reliable and responsible
- Able to use initiative
- Passion for early education
Other requirements
Please note that West Acre Montessori is located in a rural area, so applicants should consider their ability to commute to and from the location. Access to reliable transport is essential due to the setting's location away from public transport links.
About this company
West Acre Montessori is a nurturing and supportive early years setting that follows the Montessori method of education, focused on promoting independence, creativity, and a love for learning in young children. Our team is dedicated to providing high-quality care and education in a safe, stimulating, and enriching environment. We believe in creating a calm and welcoming atmosphere where children can grow at their own pace, develop essential skills, and build a strong foundation for future learning. At West Acre Montessori, we value the importance of collaboration, respect, and personal development, ensuring our staff and apprentices have the opportunity to thrive and make a positive impact in children's lives.
After this apprenticeship
Upon completion of this apprenticeship, you will have the opportunity to pursue further qualifications, with the potential to complete a Montessori Early Childhood qualification. This will open doors to a range of career opportunities in early childhood education.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA
Rosie Reynolds
rosiemontessori@icloud.com
01760337316
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316673.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Friday 9 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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