Childcare Apprenticeship – Level 3 Early Years Educator (LE)
Littlegates for Little People · Dry Doddington · posted 29 October 2026
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- 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.
Your training
- 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.
Where it leads
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.
About Littlegates for Little People
Littlegates for Littlepeople is a purpose built nursery with a separate kids club, situated between Dry Doddington and Stubton. We offer childcare from 3 months - 14 years, funding is available for 2, 3 and 4 year olds. Our rural location provides a wonderful outdoors space, this enables your children to explore the countryside with that added sense of security. We have a large indoor hall, full sized tennis court and park area with a football pitch to ensure that the children are given all the exercise they need. Each of our nursery rooms provides an easy free-flow access to our secure gardens.
Skills they're looking for
Entry requirements
- GCSE English (grade 4) — essential
- GCSE Maths (grade 4) — essential
Where you'll work
- Littlegates for Little People, Littlegates Farm, Clensey Lane, Dry Doddington, Newark, NG23 5HT
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