Childcare and Early Years Courses, Training & Qualifications

Childcare focuses on how to provide proper care and support services for children. Caring for children can involve more than just physical care.

A childcare worker attends to the basic needs of infants and toddlers, such as changing their diapers and preparing their meals. They are also responsible for supervising the children's schedules, such as play, nap, and mealtimes.

A childcare worker is responsible for the safety of infants, toddlers, and younger children when parents and other family members are unavailable. They are also responsible for children's wellbeing, including the schedules and calming children down.

Childcare professionals can become significant players in children's lives as they are also responsible for guiding them towards a bright and fulfilling future.

Childcare and early years is not just about the preparation for primary school. It aims for the holistic development of a child's learning and wellbeing. 

Childcare workers attend to children's needs while helping to foster early development. 

Children are safe and healthy with high-quality childcare. It also helps in the development of the skills they need to succeed in schools and other environments. 

Yes, all our childcare and early years online learning are externally peer-reviewed and accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK). Some sector-specific courses and programmes are also accredited by relevant organisations, including Corporate Member (The CPD Certification Service), NOCN, NCFE and Awards and Training Qualifications UK (TQUK). Please check the course overview section for details about the accrediting or awarding body.

 The CPD Certification Service (CPDUK) accredits all of our statutory and mandatory training courses as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

On completion of each childcare and early years course and training, you have to take the end of course assessment and achieve a pass mark of 80% to be able to download a CPD certificate in PDF form, unless otherwise specified in the overview section of the course.

Yes, all our childcare and early years courses are delivered online. We do not provide any classroom or face-to-face training.

Yes, you can complete your childcare and early years e-learning courses and training at your own pace, in your own time. You can leave the course and start where you left off. You do not have to restart the online course from the beginning.

Unlike many e-learning portals, our LearnPac LMS allows learners to complete their online training courses at their own pace, in their own time, and on any device of their choice.

All our childcare and early years courses and qualifications are externally peer-reviewed and approved by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).

These online early years foundation stage distance learning comply with the universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Our CPD certificates are recognised internationally and can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit.

Our childcare and early years online courses are only suitable for individuals wishing to improve their theoretical knowledge and may be used in conjunction with a practical based session as blended learning.

If your training policy and local authority guidance state you need a practical based session alongside the theoretical knowledge assessment, which is strongly recommended, then candidates will have to source that separately as we do not offer classroom-based training solutions.

The Mandatory Training Group is the leading provider of accredited childcare and early years online learning.

Contact our Coventry based Support Team on 024 7610 0090 or via Email to discuss how we can help your organisation with online childcare and early years online learning for your organisation.