Staff Training and Development

Early Years and Play Care are skilled Professions requiring particular kinds of competencies. Ongoing training enables workers to extend their skills and competencies, which in turn contributes to a high quality service
Qualifications held by staff are outlined below:

• Foundation Degrees
• Early Years Teachers
• Level 3 Diploma for Early Years Practitioners
• P.G.C.E.
• Montessori Teaching Diploma
• Level 7 in Leadership and Management
• Level 4 in Early Intervention
• Masters in Early Childhood
• The National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL)
• CPP
• Advanced Certificate in Play work
• BA in Play work
• BA Hons in Education
• BA hons in Drama
• IQA
• Assessors Award
• NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education
• NVQ Level4 in Childcare and Education
• Dip HE in Play work
• NVQ Level 3 in Customer Care

All of the staff are First Aid, Food Hygiene and Safeguarding trained.