Early Years Educator Apprenticeship

Early Years Educators work with and care for children from birth to 5 years. They play a massive role in supporting children to have the best start to their education. As an Early Years specialist, you will personally help to close the gap and increase the life chances of the children you work with.

What you'll do

Early Years Educators play a massive role in supporting children to have the best start to their education.

• You will work as part of a team planning, monitoring and evaluating activities for children from birth to approximately five years of age
• Ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of the children in the room at all times is essential
• To build positive relationships with the children, families, colleagues and internal/external professionals

Training

On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will be awarded:

• Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship
• NCFE Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (EYE)
• Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid OR Level 3 Award Emergency Paediatric First Aid
• Apprentices will achieve an EYE qualification, which has been approved to count towards the EYFS level 3 child: staff ratios

After the apprenticeship

• It is up to you what you do when you have finished your apprenticeship
• There may be an opportunity to stay on at the same company and progress to the next level of apprenticeship, or you may want to look for a new job or professional development opportunity

Skills

• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Patience

About the employer

Wimbledon Village Montessori is multinational co-educational school, taking children from the ages of 2 + to 5 years old. Our children go on to take up places at the local Preparatory Schools and High Schools. It is open from Monday to Friday from 8:50am to 3pm. We have a capacity to cater up to 40 children. Our main classroom is over 175 square meters of open space and an additional small room for focus group activities. We have an open door policy, which allows students and instructors to interact freely. The nursery has an outside area which is the Emmanuel church garden used for free play and is available during morning and afternoon sessions and we use a large hall for Montessori work cycle and various movement activities.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Early years educator (level 3), Education and early years
• Apprenticeship level: Advanced (level 3)
• Training provider: BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED
• Expected duration: 1 Year 6 Months
• Hours: 36 hours a week. Working week: Our core opening hours are 8:15am- 3.15pm, Monday to Friday.

Term-time only.

Salary paid.

• Start date: 2 December 2026
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £14,976 a year