Tailor CV
☰ Menu

← All apprenticeships

Childcare Apprenticeship – Level 3 Early Years Educator (WM)

Early Steps Dudley Limited · Dudley · posted 25 June 2026

Wage
£12,480 a year
Hours
30 hours a week
Duration
1 Year 1 Month
Level
Advanced (Level 3)
Standard
Early years educator (level 3)
Starts
16 September 2026
Closing date
15 September 2026
Positions
1

Apply on the official government service →No Apprentice League account needed — we never gate applications.

  • 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 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 Early Steps Dudley Limited

Early Steps Dudley Day Nursery is owned by sisters Kerry and Vicky. They maintain strong family values that form the foundation of the Early Steps’ ethos. They are committed to making every child they provide care for feel part of their childcare family.

With a home from home environment in mind they chose to follow The Curiosity Approach to children's care and learning. This approach brings curiosity, awe, and wonder into early childhood and this helps create and nurture the thinkers and doers of the future.

They are proud to have achieved The Curiosity Approach accreditation and they are the FIRST accredited setting in the whole of the Dudley Borough.

Skills they're looking for

Communication skillsOrganisation skillsProblem solving skillsLogicalTeam workingCreativeInitiativeNon judgementalPatience

Entry requirements

  • GCSE English (grade 4) — essential
  • GCSE Maths (grade 4) — essential

Where you'll work

  • BANK ROAD, GORNAL WOOD, DUDLEY, DY3 2NT

Similar apprenticeships