Acorn offers specialist Early Years training and consultancy to support professional provisions within the Early Years sector. We have a passion for delivering the highest quality of care and education for children and offer a range of training services to support your team to do the same. If we can't deliver the course you require with our experienced team of trainers and consultants, we are confident that we know somebody who will be able to!

Bringing the Team Together

Our on-site training courses can be arranged to reflect the requirements of your provision and the needs of your team. We find group training is a great way to bring teams together and encourage information sharing within an organisation; it is also more cost effective and inclusive.

Choose From Our 'Off-The-Shelf' Courses or Create a Bespoke Course

We have a variety of 'off-the-shelf' courses available and we offer the option of tailoring a course to meet the individual needs of your setting. Training usually takes place at your own setting or at a venue organised by you, but if this is not an option for you, we do offer discounted rates on our training rooms at Acorn's Training Centre in Milton Keynes.

Build Your Training Package

We pride ourselves on having some of the most affordable training rates in the sector. For a course delivered by one of our in-house Early Years or Forest School trainers, prices start from:

3 Hour 'Off-The-Shelf' Course Package - £290 / 6 Hour 'Off-The- Shelf' Course Package - £480 

Acorn Training have a great selection of courses that are ready to be delivered, so why not book one of our ‘off the shelf’ courses for your team!? Our pre-planned packages include delivery for up to 25 delegates, a 15 minute telephone call with your trainer prior to the session, printed handouts for your team and e-certificates for all attendees.

Mileage will be charged at 50p per mile from MK4 4DE. 

Trainer travel time will be charged at £10 per 30 minutes of travel.

22/2023 Course List:

Boosting Babies Brain Power delivered by Becky Watanabe

This exciting, practical workshop explores the importance of attachment and forming secure relationships with a key person in an enabling, sensory rich and nurturing environment. Consider how to provide a safe yet stimulating environment where a baby feels confident to explore the curiosities, awe and wonder of the world through their senses.

Intent, Implementation and Impact delivered by Becky Watanabe

This interactive session will explore the intent, implementation, and impact (the 3 I’s) of activities and experiences that help children to reach their full potential. Reflective discussions will help you to understand pedagogy and how teaching supports connection, attachment and for children to learn most effectively. 

Riding the Waves and Calming the Storm delivered by Becky Watanabe

This hands on and interactive course will equip you with the knowledge and skills need to help provide an enabling environment that promotes positive behaviour and tools needed to support children to calm big emotions. This course is aimed at those working with young children.

From Good to Outstanding delivered by Laura Andrews

This session is designed to enhance your provision and practice from achieving Good to being able to recognise how to achieve Outstanding. It will provide you with the opportunity to assess your current provision and identify how you can enhance it further, using the inspection framework. There will be opportunity for discussion, action planning and thinking creatively as a group to further develop your setting considering the specific inspected areas.

This course is perfect for nursery managers, deputy managers or senior’s who want to develop their confidence during an ofsted inspection and want to understand how to achieve an ‘outstanding’ grade.

Loose Parts Play delivered by Becky Watanabe

This hands-on course will engage you in group discussion and partake in activities to explore how loose parts are valuable resources to truly empower learning within a holistic curriculum. Reflect on practice and consider how adults' ‘set ups’ and provocations at times may hinder opportunities for imagination and creative thinking.

3 Hour Bespoke Course Package - £350 / 6 Hour Bespoke Course Package - £540 

Acorn’s Bespoke Training Packages provide you with tailored training courses to suit your team’s needs and desired learning outcomes. As standard, our packages include delivery for up to 25 delegates, a 15 minute telephone call with your trainer prior to the session, a scheduled 15 minute break, printed handouts, an emailed powerpoint after the session finishes and e-certificates for all attendees.

Mileage will be charged at 50p per mile from MK4 4DE. 

Trainer travel time will be charged at £10 per 30 minutes of travel.

Additional Extras:

• Additional hour of training - £40ph.
• Additional delegates - £16pp.
• Additional telephone call - £10.
• Why not come to us? Use of our Training Room at the Acorn Training Centre – discounted rate of £18.00ph (includes light refreshments).

For courses delivered by any of our independent trainers and consultants (including Safeguarding & SEND), you will need to contact them directly for an accurate quote - we are more than happy to put you in touch. 

Contact Us

To book your training, please contact [email protected]