An exciting position has become available at The Childcare Company!

We are currently looking to hire a Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator to work three days a week at our head office in Langley.

Minimum requirements for application:

• A Certificate of Occupational Competence in Childcare, at level 3 as a minimum.
• Assessor and Verifier/IQA Awards.
• A teaching qualification at a minimum level of PTLLS.

The successful applicant will have excellent people skills, will be a good manager and an effective team player. They will be able to organise and lead team meetings and training sessions for the 25 strong assessing and IQA team.

All enquiries should go to Vivette Eaton, Quality Control Manager
vivette@thechildcarecompany.com
01753 596004

Congratulations Hannah!

Congratulations to Hannah Williamson from Tiddlywinks Pre-School in Tilton On The Hill, Leicestershire who was our winner of the Mr Wizard prize draw held at this year’s Childcare Expo in Coventry.

Congratulations Sara!

Last month The Childcare Company took part in the ninth annual Nursery Management Today awards. We are delighted to announce the winner of our sponsored award, Nursery Operations/Regional Manager 2011 was Sara Coffey from Casterbridge Nurseries.

Sara is an inspirational winner for all of us working within the Childcare sector, and we would like to congratulate her on this superb achievement.

Congratulations, Sara!

Supporting Teaching and Learning! - Free 2gb Memory Stick Offer

We are proud to now be able to offer qualifications in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools! As a special introductory offer to this course we are offering all learners who return application forms for this course a FREE 2gb USB memory stick.

To claim this gift learners should write "Memory Stick" on the top of their application form. Your free gift will be sent to you on successful completion of your induction

Childcare Company and Laser Learning Sponsors NMT Awards!

We are delighted to be able to announce that The Childcare Company, together with sister company Laser Learning Ltd, will be sponsoring not one but TWO categories at the 2011 Nursery Management Today awards!

The annual awards ceremony is always a fantastic evening, and an important event in the childcare industry's calendar, and we are thrilled to be involved again this year.

The awards we will be sponsoring are the "Nursery Training and Development Award" and the "Nursery Operations/Regional Manager Award". We look forward to seeing everyone involved at the awards ceremony, and wish the best of luck to all award nominees!

Laser Learning are pleased to announce that in addition to full qualifications a range of short courses are now available. Childcare practitioners can now use the convenience of The Laser for their CPD needs. Our short courses are endorsed by CACHE, awarding body for all of our qualifications and you will get a CACHE certificate on completion. To register and order please click here or click on the banner above.

There is now the facility for individuals to pay for courses using a credit card through the web site. If you are eager to start before then please phone Mr. Chris Eaton on 01753 596004 to arrange payment. If you have already been given voucher access codes please proceed directly to the site by clicking on the icon.

Mermaid puppet finds a new home!

We had a fantastic time at the Childcare Expo 2010 that was held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry and it was so wonderful to meet so many of you! Many thanks to all of those who entered our free prize draw to win a beautiful mermaid puppet. We are pleased to announce that the winner is Hannah Beckett from The Old Station Nursery. See the photo to the left to see her settling into her new home. We hope that the children and staff love her as much as we do!