If you want to train for a qualification, you need to discuss it
with your manager first. The type of setting you work at will
determine the qualification you need. Information on courses can be
found by accessing the websites of training providers who are
members of our Training Providers Forum. A list of these training
providers is at the bottom of this page.
Alternatively, phone and speak to a Training Consultant.
Funding to support your qualification
To
apply for funding to support the cost of your qualification,
complete the
funding application form and return to Workforce Development:
Early Years and Childcare.
Funding applications will be considered on a monthly basis while
funding remains.
To be eligible for this funding you need to
- ensure that your setting has registered all staff on the
CWDC online
audit tool;
- be an EYFS playwork practitioner working at least 15 hours per
week in a school or private, voluntary or independent
Ofsted-registered setting;
- have at least six months relevant work experience when the
qualification starts;
- not be studying for another qualification.
Colleges and training providers
In
Suffolk, the following approved training providers are members of
our Training Providers Forum. These training providers meet with us
on a regular basis to ensure that qualifications are of a high
quality and meet the needs of our practitioners.
Follow the links for information on courses offered by
individual training providers.
Anglia Training Solutions
Telephone 01206 368768
ERUDIO (Montessori
Training)
Melton Montessori School
PBD
Pre-school learning
Alliance
Suffolk New College
Nestor formerly Suffolk NVQ
Consortium)
The Childcare
Company (Distance Learning)
West Suffolk
College
YMCA Training at
Ipswich, Stowmarket and Lowestoft
Universities
University Campus Suffolk
(Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft)
Anglia Ruskin
University (Cambridge and Chelmsford)
Open University (distance
learning)