Apprenticeships in the Education and Early Years sector
Roles in the Education and Early Years sector provide apprentices with access to highly rewarding roles where they can play a key part in the early development and future success of learners. Whether it is in an Early Years setting working with children in a classroom, young people and adults at college or mentoring in the workplace, apprentices in these roles can have a lasting impact on those they work with and have the opportunity to develop.
We’ve worked closely with industry experts to develop our apprenticeship offer to ensure you can deliver apprenticeship programmes that reflect the latest industry best practices.
Standards included
| Standard | Level | Assessment |
| Teaching Assistant | Level 3 | EPA |
| Specialist Teaching Assistant | Level 5 | EPA |
| Learning Mentor | Level 3 | EPA |
| Assessor / Coach | Level 4 | EPA |
| Learning and Skills Assessor | Level 3 | EPA |
| Learning and Skills Mentor | Level 4 | EPA |
| Learning and Skills Teacher | Level 5 | EPA |
| Early Years Practitioner | Level 2 | EPA |
| Early Years Educator | Level 3 | EPA |
| Early Years Lead Practitioner | Level 5 | EPA |
You can use Pearson as your end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) regardless of whether you choose to use our on-programme offer.
Apprenticeship standards and End-point Assessments (EPAs)
We’ll provide the expert knowledge, EPA resources and services you'll need at every stage of the process, so you can focus on supporting your apprentices. Our apprenticeship standards programmes are broken down into two distinct areas:
"When choosing an End-Point Assessment Organisation we wanted to ensure our apprentices received the best possible experience. Pearson’s experience, resources and systems re-assured us during the selection process that we were making the right decision."
Apprenticeship Business Manager