21 Early Years courses in Grantham

the totem pole, early years learning & development centre

mini first aid north nottinghamshire, grantham & sleaford

Our Multi Award winning classes are delivered in a relaxed and comfortable style and give you confidence to know what actions to take if faced with a medical emergency. Mini First Aid offers a range of classes across the UK for all the family; parents, grandparents, carers and for children as young as three years old, training them in basic and life-saving first aid.

xcite training ltd.

Xcite Training Ltd was born from a vision and passion for children’s wellbeing, health, & development. Our company grew from a previous collaboration under C&C Training Team and currently trains childcare professionals, teachers and support staff who care for children. We offer a wide range of courses and services; from professional first aid courses to schools, nurseries and childminders as well as parent and children’s first aid. Within our childcare services, we again provide a number of courses to the professional sector and parents alike such as our ‘A-Z of Babies’ or our ‘Sound Asleep’ courses. To promote personal wellbeing and mindfulness you will find fun, relaxing craft days under our Events page to counter the busy day-to-day. Xcite Training constantly changes and adapts to meet the needs of Lincolnshire’s Early Years practitioners and are very proud to have delivered on behalf of the Lincolnshire County Council Early Years team for over 5 years. Why not book a course and join us to learn something useful today?

exploring choices

Heather Rushton: Director of Exploring Choices Ltd. Heather has been a teacher, adviser, senior officer with national and international experience. She has extensive experience of working in Children’s Services within the public sector, particularly in Education but also in, partnership working and integrated services. Heather has held very senior positions in schools, local authorities and nationally. Starting working life as a teacher, Heather became a head teacher, adviser, senior adviser and Director for School Improvement. Heather has worked with and for children in areas of high social deprivation, she has a sincere desire to give children the very best start in life. She has worked in large Local Authorities, metropolitan areas and across regions as a Children’s Services Adviser. Her experience includes improving departmental performance, Health, Children’s Social care, Youth and Education. Heather is curious about what is happening in children’s lives and exploring why it has happened. Her skills to evaluate lead to pertinent identification of changes that need to be made to help them easily benefit from education, care or health programmes. Heather has significant experience with SEN, Literacy and Early Years, Prior to becoming an independent consultant Heather lead the national improvement programme with the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes working with 152 Local Authorities, and 64 voluntary agencies, SCIE, RIP, NfER and RIP. As an independent consultant. Heather inspires confidence in individuals, supports staff to see new ways of working and improve outcomes. Picture David Connor has extensive experience of working in Children’s Services within the public sector, particularly in Education but also in commissioning, partnership working and integrated services. David's experience includes over twenty years in teaching including Headships in three schools, university lecturing with a specialism in Early Years education and work in Eastern Europe developing systems and structures for the delivery of effective education. Following his work in schools, David joined a Local Authority advisory service, initially as an adviser for primary education and then as a senior adviser with responsibility for a team of forty advisers and consultants before eventually becoming Chief Adviser for a large Local Authority with over 430 schools. After a spell as Deputy Director of Education, he was promoted to the post of Strategic Deputy Director of Children’s Services with responsibility for departmental planning, evaluation and quality assurance (Education and Social Care), information and data, external partnerships, commissioning – public, private and voluntary sectors, oversight of schools and workforce development. Since 2010, David has worked as an Independent Consultant undertaking commissions for the Centre for Excellence, National Children’s Bureau, National College and Children’s Improvement Board. This has included evaluations of Local Authority structures and services and assessment against the Test of Assurance, support to Local Authorities to develop new systems and structures for Children’s services and school improvement systems, a scoping study for the development of a Knowledge Transfer Centre in Northern Ireland and the provision of support to aspiring leaders in Children’s Services.

witham training centre

At Witham Training Centre we specialise in the delivery and assessment of Health and Social Care, Residential Childcare and Leadership and Management Qualifications and Professional Development training courses relevant to the Health and Social Care and Residential Childcare, Early Years Childcare, learning disability care settings and settings that care for people with Autism and other complex care needs and behaviours that challenge. We offer a range of RQF (Regulated Qualifications Framework) qualifications that are relevant to the care industry from adult care and childcare through to non-industry specific leadership and management qualifications for individuals wanting to gain a qualification prior to embarking on or progressing through their career. Our Leadership and Management Qualifications are not just specific to the care industry. This Qualification is relevant to leadership and Management roles within all industries. We can deliver any of the qualifications and courses privately to the individual or in conjunction with companies looking to develop their workforce into a well qualified and knowledgeable team by supporting them and assessing them through their studies until their qualification is achieved. In addition to delivering and assessing qualifications we also deliver a range of accredited Professional Development courses and our own professional development courses that are both mandatory and specific to the needs of the care services in which we specialise. These courses are available at our training suite in Newark, Nottinghamshire and externally by prior arrangement. In addition to this we can deliver our non-industry specific courses, which include Fire Safety and Fire Safety and Fire Marshal Training, First Aid at Work, Emergency First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid and Mental Health First aid to individuals and groups from any industry. Witham Training Centre Ltd was founded in 2021 following years of successful staff development within the care homes and childcare settings of the family group. The training facility has grown and expanded to be able to offer the same high quality training to other companies looking to increase or outsource their training needs and to enable individuals who are looking to enhance their CV by gaining the knowledge and qualifications to expand the job opportunities available to them. We welcome any enquiries about what we offer and are happy to discuss bespoke training packages to suit your training needs. All staff at the centre hold a full DBS and are qualified and experienced tutors and assessors.