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When one member of your team starts an apprenticeship with us, the benefits can extend across your whole setting.
Through out partnership with The National College, enrolling one eligible learner on an apprenticeship can unlock free access to The National College’s award-winning CPD platform for your entire team.
This means one Early Years apprenticeship can create a wider professional development opportunity, helping to strengthen knowledge, support consistent practice and invest in every member of your team.
Award-Winning CPD Created for Early Years
The National College is a multi-award-winning CPD platform built specifically for educations. Its online platform gives nursery teams access to expert-led CPD covering important areas of Early Years practice, leadership and compliance.
Rather than relying on occasional training days or sourcing individual courses form multiple providers, your team can access professional development throughout the year from one central platform.
Learning is available online and across different devices, giving team members the flexibility to complete relevant CPD at a suitable time and pace. This can make CPD easier to plan around staffing, ratios and the everyday demands of nurser life.
Professional Development for Your Whole Setting
Every member of a nursery team has different responsibilities, experience and development needs. An apprentice may be building the foundations of their Early Years career, while an experienced practitioner may be preparing for greater responsibility and a room leader may need support with leadership or compliance.
The National College helps settings provide learning that reflects these different needs. Team members can access expert-lead content across areas including:
- Safeguarding and child protection
- Child development and Early Years practice
- Special educational needs and inclusion
- Heath, Safety and wellbeing
- Leadership and staff and development
- Online safety
- Statutory guidance and compliance
This gives nursery leaders a practical way to support individual development while also building greater consistency across the setting.
When teams learn from a shared source of high-quality CPD, it becomes easier to develop a common understanding, reinforce expectation and connect learning with everyday practice.
Keep CPD Planning, Progress and Reporting in One Place
Providing professional development is only one part of the challenge. Leaders also need a clear view of what has been assigned, what has been completed and where further support may be needed.
The National College brings CPD planning, tracking and reporting together through one central platform. Leaders can assign learning, create development plans, monitor progress and access reporting across their team.
Training completed outside the platform, including internal, face-to-face or externally delivered activity, can also be recoded. This helps create a more complete picture of professional development across your setting.
Centralised CPD management can help your nursery setting to:
- Reduce reliance on separate spreadsheets and disconnected records
- Easily see completed and outstanding learner
- Identify gaps and plan future development
- Monitor progress across individual, rooms or settings
- Support consistent standards across your team
- Provide clearer evidence of ongoing professional development.
Turn One Apprenticeship into a Whole-Team Opportunity
Apprenticeships are an effective way to develop individual knowledge, skills and confidence. Through WMC Training, they can also unlock added value for your wider nursery team.
When one eligible learner enrols on an apprenticeship with WMC Training, your whole setting can receive free and unlimited access to The National College Professional Development membership.
One learner can become the starting point for:
- Ongoing professional development across your whole team
- Easier access to expert-left CPD
- Clear oversight of learning and progress
- Strong consistency across your setting
- A more connected approach to workforce development
One learner. Whole-team development.
Speak to us about enrolling an apprentice and unlocking The National College for your setting.
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