Level 3
Childcare Apprenticeship – Level 3 Early Years Educator (NL)
LITTLE RAINBOW NURSERY LIMITED · Pontefract
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- Pay
- £12,480 a year
- Hours
- 30 a week
- Length
- 13 months
- Starts
- 19 Nov 2026
- Advertised closing date
- 18 Nov 2026
- Openings
- 1 position
- Last checked
- an hour ago
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What you would do
This apprenticeship is ideal for someone with some prior knowledge and experience within a nursery or school setting and especially someone passionate in childcare and early years, looking to further their career.
Day to day
- Providing an excellent range of activities that ensures that the child learns whilst having fun
- Supporting children’s learning and development, including supporting planning and observations
- Preparing and maintaining the environment and resources for the children
- Preparation of food for breakfast, snack and afternoon tea
- Supporting children’s self-help needs
- Being creative and enthusiastic
- Following safeguarding rules
- Undertaking first aid training as required
- Undertaking training as appropriate to meet any changes in standards or appropriate legal requirements as required
- Ensuring that all health and hygiene requirements are always adhered to
What you would study
Early years educator (level 3)
- You will gain a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification at the end of the course
- All training is completed remotely via teams
- Your tutor will be there to support you throughout and visit your setting
- Online remote training sessions will take place once every week for the first 8 weeks, and they’ll be scheduled in as and when
- You will complete your Level 3 Paediatric First Aid
Training provider: SWIFT ACI
Working week
Apprentices are required to be as flexible as possible to meet the needs of the business. Monday to Friday. Shifts TBC.
What you need
- GCSE English at grade 4 (essential)
- GCSE Maths at grade 4 (essential)
Skills they are looking for
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
After the apprenticeship
- After completion, you will develop into a Level 3 practitioner, with the potential of a permanent position upon successful completion
- There is also the potential to go into other childcare-orientated roles, e.g. social work, teaching, managerial roles etc.
Where
Pontefract, Yorkshire and the Humber (WF8).
About LITTLE RAINBOW NURSERY LIMITED
Everything we do and hope to achieve at Little Rainbow Nursery is based on understanding, trust and respect for the individual. This principal dictates how we treat each child, parent, carer and member of staff, regardless of their position, personal background or circumstances, as we seek to brace the diversity that we are blessed with in our wider community.
Reference 2000060888.
Report a problem with this listing- Pay
- £12,480 a year
- Hours
- 30 a week
- Length
- 13 months
- Starts
- 19 Nov 2026
- Advertised closing date
- 18 Nov 2026
- Openings
- 1 position
- Last checked
- an hour ago
Applications are handled by the Find an Apprenticeship service.
Know someone this would suit?