We are seeking to appoint an Apprentice Early Years Educator Level 3 to work at one of our Early Years Sites within The Constellation Trust from September 2025.

The Sites are:

Appleton Primary School

Bricknell Primary School

Francis Askew Primary School

Paisley Primary School

Rokeby Primary School

Stoneferry Primary School

Please indicate your preferred Early Years site in the 'Personal statement' section of your application.

Salary: National Apprenticeship Wage: £7.55 per hour, for 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time plus 5 additional training days (39 weeks per year).

Early Explorers is the Constellation Trust’s new nursery brand, created to deliver exceptional early years education rooted in curiosity, nature, and imagination. Our nurseries are places where children are encouraged to wonder, explore and thrive, guided by caring practitioners who understand the power of early learning.

From September, we are launching six school-based nurseries across our Trust, each designed to provide high-quality, accessible provision for 2-year-olds. These settings will share a consistent vision, curriculum, and ethos, fostering discovery, connection, and child-led learning.

As part of our commitment to delivering excellence across every site, Early Explorers will operate as a centralised team, employed by the Constellation Trust. This means practitioners will benefit from shared resources, collaborative practice, and the unique opportunity to work across multiple settings.

We are looking for passionate early years educators who are excited to be part of something new, helping shape a culture of high expectations, play-based learning, and relational care across our family of nurseries.

Summary of the apprenticeship

The Constellation Trust includes primary, secondary and an alternative provision school working together to provide the best learning opportunities for the pupils within our network of schools. Each school serves its own community and has its own unique identity. Together we benefit from working in partnership, share good practice and have a joint central service support team.

The Constellation Trust is looking for Early Years Educator Apprentices to support in the Early Explorers (2–3-year-olds) provision and work as part of a team. Under the guidance of qualified early years staff, the successful candidates will be involved in working with individuals or small groups of children.

What will the apprentice do at work?

As an Early Years Educator Apprentice, you will work closely with experienced educators to support the development and well-being of children aged 2-3, including pupils with special educational needs, on a 1:1 basis or in small groups. You will assist in planning and implementing engaging activities, play opportunities and experiences, observing and documenting children's progress, and creating a nurturing environment conducive to learning and exploration.

Main responsibilities:

• Support pupils’ learning, including working with individuals and groups using knowledge, experience, specialist skills and training

• Use specialist knowledge/experience to provide appropriate support to pupils in relation to their individual needs

• Contribute to the creation of an appropriate learning environment through display and classroom organisation

• Contribute to the creation of appropriate learning resources

• Provide pastoral support to pupils within the nursery environment

• Assist children in matters of personal needs and their general health including first aid and welfare matters

• Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual provision leaders

• To contribute to raising standards by ensuring high expectations are promoted for pupils

• Provide general support to pupils, ensuring their safety, by complying with good H&S practice

• Accompany lead staff and pupils on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required

• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the lead staff.

• Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual provision leaders

• Provide support to pupils to achieve learning goals

• Assist the provision lead with the planning of learning activities

• Assist the provision lead in monitoring pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed

• Provide detailed and regular feedback to the provision lead on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems etc.

• Provide general admin support, for classroom activities e.g. produce worksheets for agreed activities etc.

• To provide support in literacy/numeracy/SEN strategies

• Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use

• Contribute to curriculum planning, evaluation and implementation

Apprentices who are 19 years or younger when starting the apprenticeship and who do not have the desirable GCSEs in English and Maths must be willing to complete Level 2 Functional Skills in English and Maths in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship.

Future prospects

• Possible further development leading to full-time employment within the Trust

• Move on to the Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship which is equivalent to a foundation degree, paving the way for you to obtain your degree and become a teacher