Early Years Apprenticeship Level 3 at Chiltern Nurseries Ltd

  • Company: CHILTERN NURSERIES LTD
  • Location: SM2 5QP
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: £15,704.00 per year
  • Sector: Education and early years
  • Ref: NAS-2000017720
  • Application Deadline Date: 25/03/2026
  • Start Date: 26/03/2026
  • Positions Available: 3
  • Working Week: Monday - Friday, with shift patterns between 7.30am and 6.30pm. Shifts to be confirmed.

Brief Description

We have provided a home-from-home environment since 2002. There’s an opportunity for an apprenticeship and join our team, to begin your childcare journey. We also offer career progression, further training, and support staff to complete their childcare degrees. It requires dedication, punctuality, and enthusiasm to be successful.

Training to be Provided


  • Early Years Educator level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

  • EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage)

  • Safeguarding

  • Prevent training

  • How to promote Equality and Diversity

  • Young children’s development

  • Importance of play

  • Communicating with babies and young children

  • Supporting the health and wellbeing of children

  • Supporting children with special educational needs (SEND)

  • How to effectively support numeracy and literacy development in children

  • Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)

  • Paediatric First Aid

  • Promote the health and well-being of children

  • Food and Hygiene (short course)

  • Be able to support all organisational processes and procedures

  • How to promote the well-being and resilience of young children

Future Prospects


  • Ongoing training and development

  • Team leading course

  • Management course

  • We support staff who wish to complete their childcare degree

  • Forest School leadership course

Vacancy Detail


  • To provide high quality care and education for all children within our settings

  • To learn the planning format supporting children’s development, including children’s interests and next steps and contribute to these plans

  • Carry out planned activities with groups of children with early years workers to help support and guide

  • To follow nursery routines and activities, offering attention and support to all children

  • To have a small group of key children and be responsible for tracking their development with the support of the room leader and team

  • To observe and record children’s development contributing to their learning journey

  • To use your initiative, supporting the environment and activity ideas to create excitement and awe for the children

  • Actively promote each child’s self-esteem

  • Awareness of the duty to safeguard all children within our care

Other Information

You will be expected to attend college two Wednesday/Fridays a month, to complete your qualification. This is classroom based and is supported by the college assessor and our in-house training manager. Applicant must be able to successfully obtain a DBS if successfully offered the vacancy.

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