1. Early Years Training Calendar
Current external training opportunities
| Date | Title | Time | About the session | How to Book |
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| Tuesday 11 November 2025 |
Working Smarter with AI: Practical Ways to Utilise AI in Early Years |
10.00am - 11:15am |
Supporting Compliance, Planning, and Communication in Line with EYFS 2025 |
Book a place |
| Tuesday 18 November 2025 |
The Role of Leadership in Early Years: Driving Excellence and Collaboration |
10.00am - 11:30am |
To support this workforce, GMCA has developed GM REFLECT, a competency framework designed to enhance skills, promote integrated working, and provide access to further training and professional development. GM REFLECT focuses on developing leadership at all levels, ensuring a cohesive approach to early years education and care. | Book a place |
| Tuesday 25 November 2025 |
Leading Organisation through Culture: The Power of Values in Action |
10.00am - 12:00pm |
Join us for this interactive webinar session, where we will explore how to align your organisation's vision, purpose, and values. | Book a place |
| Tuesday 2 December 2025 |
Essential Cyber Protection: Simple Steps for Early Years Managers |
10.00am - 11:00am |
Attendees will gain insight into the fully funded services and essential tools available from the North West Cyber Resilience Centre | Book a place |
| Tuesday 20 January 2025 |
Cyber Security Awareness Training |
10.00am - 11:30am |
This session will use real-world scenarios to help attendees understand and respond to cyber threats in Early Years settings. | Book a place |
Current E-Learning training opportunities
| Title | About the session | How to book |
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| Safeguarding (Level 1) Mandatory | E-Learning module developed by Oldham Safeguarding Partnership. | Access the courses |
| Oldham Children Safeguarding Partnership | Please see links to a wide range of free E-Learning designed to support work to safeguard children:
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| Department of Education: Early Years Child Development Training | This free online training provides an overview of child development and offers practical advice for supporting children in your setting, including reception years. | Access the courses |
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GM Reflect e-learning |
Open access, free-to-use eLearning modules designed to strengthen levels of confidence across a range of workforce competencies. Aligned to the GM REFLECT competencies, these modules have been co-designed with Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and Early Years professionals from across Greater Manchester. They are aimed at the GM Early Years workforce, working in multi-agency roles and with differing qualifications and experience to strengthen their levels of confidence across a range of competencies The first 5 topics to be launched are:
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Access the courses |
| Oldham Safeguarding Children Partnership - 7 Minute Briefings | The OSCP have introduced 'seven-minute briefings', designed to be delivered as a short briefing regarding a particular subject. The briefings provide a mixture of new information such as learning from Serious Case Reviews or a reminder of basic information with challenge questions for teams to think about the application to practice within their teams. |
View briefings |