Nursery World - Nursery Management: Training

A range of providers, from established chains to maintained nursery schools, have set up their own training arms. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the practicalities of taking training in-house.

Ask a nursery owner why they opened a training business and they are likely to say it is because they could not find quality training elsewhere.

Recent updates to early years teaching standards appear to have made little impact on the number of nurseries deciding to provide training on their own turf. But how easy is it to open your own training centre? And should more nurseries be joining in?

Bright Kids is one of the latest nursery chains to launch a training arm, MBK Training. It began training Bright Kids staff last year, and opened a training facility in June this year, from which four staff deliver continuing professional development (CPD) courses on subjects such as Early Years Foundation Stage requirements and nursery management. It has a new premises and is now offering courses to other settings.

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