This apprenticeship is made up of the Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard.

In apprenticeships, Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours (KSBs) are essential components that define the competencies an apprentice must demonstrate.

The Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard is made up of these Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. They are assessed at the end of the Apprenticeship in an End Point Assessment and cover topics such as:

– Promoting the health, well-being, self-regulation and resilience of all children through learning rich environments, opportunities for challenging play and a healthy attitude towards risk taking.
– Providing playful, sensitive interaction opportunities that reflect children’s needs, interests and motivations to facilitate and extend deep level learning.
– Participating in and leading daily routines and practice, including children’s personal care, play and maintaining the physical environment.
– Being an effective key person and advocate for the child, supporting the child’s developmental, emotional and daily needs within a secure and caring relationship.
– Leading and providing support in disseminating best practice in the use of observation, assessments and planning to meet children’s needs
– Promoting, demonstrating and facilitating a clear understanding of diversity and equality to support all children, including those with additional needs, of high ability, with English as an additional language and with additional needs and disabilities
– Ensuring full compliance with all safeguarding legislation, policies and strategies at a national, local and setting based level
– Demonstrating leaderful practice through the effective deployment of resources and practitioners keeping the child’s voice and needs central to practice
– Reflecting and building on practice through ongoing professional enquiry and action research to contribute to the pedagogical approach of their educational setting.
– To be accountable for day-to-day practice, longer term planning, management and training
– Establishing engaging, inclusive and collaborative relationships and participate in multiagency meetings to meet the individual needs of children
– Leading as a reflective practitioner, guiding and supporting the development of the reflective practice of others
– Provide the team with constructive feedback on an informal day to day basis and contribute to formal performance management as necessary
– Ensuring compliance with all Health and Safety legislation, policies and strategies at a national, local and setting based level
– Maintaining effective administrative systems including development records, assessment information, report writing and record keeping
– Working in collaborative partnership with parents and carers in the planning, implementation and review of strategies in place to support

There is no college attendance for this apprenticeship. Learning will take place both within the workplace and in your non-working time. You must be able to study independently outside of the workplace. Your practical skills will regularly be observed by your assessor.