Early Years Educator Apprentice

Sunnyside Day Care · Birmingham

EducationAdvanced Level 3On-siteTeaching and education

About the Role

Are you caring, patient, and passionate about helping children thrive? Join a friendly team of early years educators who nurture and support children every day. As an Early Years Educator Apprentice, you'll help create a safe, stimulating environment — both indoors and outdoors — while learning to deliver a play-based EYFS curriculum that helps every child reach their full potential.

No previous experience is needed — full training is provided as part of your apprenticeship, and the programme can be tailored around any relevant skills or qualifications you already have.

What You'll Be Doing

  1. Providing a safe, caring, and stimulating learning environment indoors and outdoors
  2. Delivering a play-based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum to support each child's individual progress
  3. Helping the nursery meet Ofsted requirements at all times
  4. Following nursery policies and procedures, including child protection, safeguarding, and emergency response
  5. Planning activities that support children's early learning outcomes
  6. Acting as a key person for a group of children
  7. Keeping accurate records (attendance, incidents, risk assessments)
  8. Building strong relationships with parents/carers, sharing updates on their child's progress
  9. Supporting senior management with self-evaluation and improvement planning
  10. Taking on other reasonable duties as part of the nursery team

What We're Looking For

  1. Great communication and listening skills
  2. Well organised and a strong team player
  3. Creative, patient, and physically active
  4. Friendly, approachable, and people-oriented
  5. Flexible and reliable

Other Requirements

An enhanced DBS check is required for this role (support provided with the application process).

Why Choose an Apprenticeship?

Earn while you learn! Most of your time is spent gaining hands-on, real-world experience, working towards a recognised qualification alongside a supportive team.

Skills required

Great communication and listening skills, well organised, strong team player, creative, patient, physically active, friendly, approachable, flexible, reliable

Qualifications required

No previous experience or specific qualifications are required; full training is provided

Training you'll get

Full training is provided as part of the apprenticeship

Future prospects

Opportunities to gain hands-on experience and work towards a recognised qualification

The essentials

Hours, commitment and the dates that matter.

Hours 40 hours per week
Roles available 2
Posted 27 Aug 2026
Starts Flexible
Apply by 27 Sep 2026

Training provider

360 Apprenticeships

Delivers the training for this role and manages your application.

Where you'd be based

B27 7UZ

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