Early Years

Why Birth to 5 Matters is essential reading for every early years trainee, including what’s new in the updated second edition.

Fully Funded Qualifications for Adults in Early Years, Care, and Schools Sectors. Get high-quality training tailored to your career goals.

Early years practitioners recognise the importance of strong resilience, mental health, and wellbeing in supporting these transitions, enabling children to cope with the inevitable changes that lie ahead.

We are delighted to welcome Sue Keenan to our Side by Side team as our Play and Inclusion Tutor…. but what is a Play and Inclusion Tutor you may ask?

It’s that time of year again when young people who have worked so hard over the past two years to get to this gateway to their future, experience either elation or total deflation.  No matter how many times people say ‘it really doesn’t matter…you can still succeed in life’ it does not hold back the wave of disappointment that washes over you.

We're continuing the celebrations of Side By Side Training 10th year by offering Level 4 qualifications at a reduced price during the month of June 2019. Each of the following courses will be just £750 (normally £1000) saving you £250!!!

On 1st May 2017, the new Employer-Led Apprenticeship system was introduced. Essentially apprenticeship funding still exists, indeed the government is still aiming for its target of 3 million apprenticeships starting in England between 2015 and 2020, but now employers are ‘in the driving seat’ of the apprenticeship journey for their employees.