Early Years Alliance

Early years membership organisation

Early Years Alliance

The Early Years Alliance is the largest and most representative early years membership organisation in England. We support early years providers to deliver quality, affordable and sustainable care and learning to families, and work to ensure that all children, regardless of background, are given the best possible start in life. The Alliance’s vision is a society where every child enjoys the same opportunity to learn through play. We believe families should be at the centre of policy-making and parents empowered to become more involved with their child’s learning and development.

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CPD Courses & Workshops

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Let’s Talk the Learning Walk

Early Years Alliance

Are you ready for your conversation with Ofsted? Do you want to find out how to showcase your provis...

Training Course

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Business Health Check for Childminders

Early Years Alliance

This insight session is an opportunity to consider key elements of business planning. You will gain...

Seminar

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Charity Structures and Key Elements of Becoming a...

Early Years Alliance

This insight session is an opportunity to consider different charity structures; the benefits; barri...

Seminar

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A walk through the Early Years Foundation Stage (E...

Early Years Alliance

This insight session is an opportunity to explore the content and requirements of the Early Years Fo...

Webinar

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Challenging Conversations

Early Years Alliance

This insight session is an opportunity to explore challenging conversations and understand how to co...

Webinar

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Inspirational Leadership And Management

Early Years Alliance

This course will focus on the key attributes to becoming an inspirational leader and manager which c...

Training Course

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The role of the key person in inspiring young chil...

Early Years Alliance

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) stipulates that each child must be assigned a key person. In...

Training Course

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Promoting effective family engagement

Early Years Alliance

Securing effective and dynamic partnerships with families is an essential part of the educator role...

Training Course

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Understanding the needs of two-year-olds

Early Years Alliance

This course will focus on understanding the learning and development needs of two-year-olds and how...

Training Course

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Observation; assessment and planning- a child cent...

Early Years Alliance

The interactive workshop explores the importance of observing children and considers the role of the...

Training Course

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Voice of the child

Early Years Alliance

This training supports attendees to understand what the Voice of the Child is. Learners will discove...

Training Course

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Effective staff management through supervision and...

Early Years Alliance

This insight session is an opportunity to consider the impact of effective supervision. Learners wil...

Webinar

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The Joy of Language

Early Years Alliance

With the increased focus on communication and language development in early years this session will...

Seminar

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An Introduction to Gender Bias – Gender Stereotypi...

Early Years Alliance

In this workshop learners will have the opportunity to define what gender stereotypes are and consid...

Training Course

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Developing emotional intelligence through outdoor...

Early Years Alliance

This course aims to assist practitioners in understanding the development of children's emotional i...

Online Course

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Getting to grips with the revised Early Years Foun...

Early Years Alliance

This workshop will explore two non-statutory guidance documents Development Matters and Birth to Fi...

Online Course

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Supporting speech- books; stories; songs and rhyme...

Early Years Alliance

This course will focus on the identification and application of practical approaches for the develop...

Online Course

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Safeguarding in the early years – the role of the...

Early Years Alliance

This training is a requirement of the Early Years Foundation Stage and Working Together to Safeguard...

Online Course

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An introduction to working with children with Spec...

Early Years Alliance

This workshop will discuss fundamental elements to working with children with special educational ne...

Online Course

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Getting to grips with the revised Early Years Foun...

Early Years Alliance

This workshop session explores the changes to the EYFS in detail focusing on key areas such as: the...

Online Course

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Looking towards your Ofsted inspection - for child...

Early Years Alliance

This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of what happens before; during and after an early ye...

Online Course

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Inspiring outdoor learning environments for two ye...

Early Years Alliance

Having access to nature and the outdoors has been shown to improve children’s development and love o...

Training Course

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Exploration of the curriculum and articulation of...

Early Years Alliance

During this workshop learners will through discussion explore the intent of the early years curricul...

Online Course

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Overview of roles and responsibilities of an early...

Early Years Alliance

This insight session is an opportunity to consider and identify the roles and responsibilities of ke...

Webinar

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Supporting children for whom English is an additio...

Early Years Alliance

During this course learners will be able to explore through discussion how multilingual children lea...

Training Course

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Developing a child’s ‘thinking brain’ in the early...

Early Years Alliance

During this Insight; participants will explore what is meant by the term ‘executive function’ and ho...

Webinar

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Exploring other income streams

Early Years Alliance

This insight session is an opportunity to discuss and network with other providers to consider what...

Webinar

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Key elements of effective budgeting

Early Years Alliance

This insight session is an opportunity to consider key elements of effective budgeting and how it ca...

Webinar

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Looking towards your Ofsted inspection – group pro...

Early Years Alliance

During this course learners will be able to take part in discussion and group work that enables them...

Training Course

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Quality teaching and learning in the early years

Early Years Alliance

During this course educators will have the opportunity to discuss their role in supporting children’...

Training Course

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Implementing the GDPR

Early Years Alliance

The purpose of this course is; to help you understand what GDPR is; key steps to help your setting b...

Online Course

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Getting to grips with the Early Years Foundation S...

Early Years Alliance

During this training learners will have the opportunity to consider the vital importance of the prim...

Training Course

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