Professional development opportunities for early years providers
The Early Years and Childcare Professional development opportunities programme is for staff currently working at an early education or childcare setting, school or as a registered childminder (including those childminders with an agency).
Please book your place via Eventbrite for any of our upcoming events and professional development opportunities.
If you work in a school see our Early years professional development opportunities in schools page.
Information sharing events for childminders
All our current childminder events are offered online starting at 6.30pm. Please check the details of timings for the individual events when you book.
Professionals development opportunities for childminders
Information sharing events for group settings (nurseries, pre-schools, out of school, school-run nurseries)
You can find out more about the times, format or venue for in person sessions via the links to Eventbrite.
- 19 June 2025, afternoon session, Early Years Update Briefing
- 19 June 2025, evening session, Early Years Update Briefing
Professional development opportunities for group settings (nurseries, pre-schools, out of school, school-run nurseries)
- 12 May 2025 What is effective self-evaluation and how can this inform future provision? - Mastery level
- 15 May 2025 How to Develop a Curriculum for Mixed Age Groups
- 2 June 2025, morning session, Cognition-and-memory-in-the-early-years - Mastery level
- 2 June 2025, afternoon session, Cognition and memory in the early years - Mastery level
Professional development opportunities for all early years providers available via the Herefordshire Safeguarding Partnership
Working together to Safeguard Children – Level 3 for DSLs
- 9 June 2025 Working Together to Safeguard Children - Level 3 for Designated Safeguarding Leads / Named Professionals
- 5 August 2025 Working Together to Safeguard Children - Level 3 for Designated Safeguarding Leads / Named Professionals
- 7 October 2025 Working Together to Safeguard Children - Level 3 for Designated Safeguarding Leads / Named Professionals
- 10 December 2025 Working Together to Safeguard Children - Level 3 for Designated Safeguarding Leads / Named Professionals
Working together to Safeguard Children – Level 2
- 21 May 2025 Working Together to Safeguard Children (Level 2) - Herefordshire
- 17 July 2025 Working Together to Safeguard Children (Level 2) - Herefordshire
- 17 September 2025 Working Together to Safeguard Children (Level 2) - Herefordshire
- 14 November 2025 Working Together to Safeguard Children (Level 2) - Herefordshire