Early Years and Childcare Training Programme

• help you and your staff identify training and development needs
• continue to develop training networks to support and extend existing skills for all childcare practitioners
• enhance your awareness of relevant issues affecting you
• build on existing strengths in providing opportunities to access training to meet the needs of new and existing childcare practitioners
• ensure that relevant training is available to enable you to meet Ofsted Safeguarding and Welfare and Learning and Development Requirements.

• knowledge, qualifications and working experience of their subject area
• understanding of the issues and difficulties involved in working in childcare provision and in different settings
• training methods and activities used; we prefer experiential, active learning experiences and not 'chalk and talk'
• value for money
• reliability

• Provide sufficient training courses to support all Ofsted requirements in relation to the Early Years and Childcare Registers.
• Develop Early Years and Childcare Practitioners skills, attitudes, values and behaviours in relation to their safeguarding role so that they can better support children in prevention from harm, abuse and neglect and taking appropriate actions should safeguarding concerns arise.
• Increase the percentage of registered early years and childcare practitioners with a level 3 qualification.
• Promote pathways to higher education and Early Years Teacher Status.
• Develop skills, knowledge and abilities to care for and educate children aged under 3 by providing specific training, information, advice and guidance.
• Develop a strategy for E-learning including webinars, blended learning and stand alone modules
• Improve Health and Wellbeing outcomes for children by the provision of education, advice, guidance and information.

In February 2023 the Department for Education (DfE) launched their free, flexible, online Early Years Child Development training aimed at helping childminders, nursery practitioners and nursery managers to refresh and strengthen their child development knowledge. 

The first 5 modules of the training covering child and brain development, personal, social and emotional development, communication and language and physical development are available and can now be completed in any order. 

• flexibility
• lower cost
• mobility
• can be tailored to your needs
• technological possibilities
• global

• Lack of structure
• Adaptability struggle
• Technology issues
• Computer proficiency
• Time Management
• Self-motivation
• Cheating