Fully Funded Early Years Training Offer
Staff working in Greater Manchester’s Early Years industry are being offered fully funded training opportunities to help children achieve their potential.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has awarded a £1.5m contract to Acorn Training to deliver Early Years training. The training aims to ensure that those working within the Early Years sector have access to high quality continued professional development, as part of the Skills for Growth programme, funded through the European Social Fund.
Costs are often cited as the biggest barrier to development in the Early Years sector and the industry has identified a number of skills gaps. The new free courses will be a fantastic opportunity to combat this and improve outcomes as well as social mobility for young children and their families.
Acorn Training will focus on upskilling individuals who work with children from birth to age five to better understand and support early development and learning. They are committed to developing teaching and deepening learning, so that teachers and practitioners can make a difference to every child.
The programme aims to connect those working in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) settings with Early Years teams so that everyone can benefit from their experience, knowledge, and passion to inform understanding of how children learn and develop. The Skills for Growth programme is available as a result of GMCA securing funding from the European Social Fund to deliver a three-year programme, working in partnership with businesses and training providers.
The programme will benefit:
- Individuals working in Primary Schools
- Maintained Nursery Schools
- Private, voluntary or independent sector Early Years Settings
- Those working as childminders
Training sessions available include:
- Improving Knowledge & Understanding
- Developmental Milestones
- Developmental Concerns
- Teamwork around Children
- Safeguarding, Health & Wellbeing
- People Management
- Safer Recruitment & Selection
- Leading Practice
- Vocational, Education & Training
The brochure of free training available is here Early-Years-Training-in-GMCA-2-compressed.pdf (acorntraining.co.uk)
To apply for Early Years training please visit: Skills for Growth - Early Years - Acorn Training Ltd