A CROWTHORNE-based nursery has teamed up with an early years apprenticeship provider to launch a new partnership.
Kids Inc Nurseries is to offer Level 2 Practitioner and Level 3 Educator apprenticeships thanks to its team-up with Realise.
The nursery, which has 11 sister branches across the south east, has almost 1,000 children on its books.
Teresa Brooke, director of childcare and eEducation at Kids Inc Nurseries, said it was a significant development for the firm, which would enhance the services it can offer, and expand the quality of its training.
“We will have a mixture of new employees entering the industry for the first time and existing colleagues who will be upskilling going through the apprenticeship programme,” she explained.
“The work Realise is doing with other nurseries caught our eye and we have been very impressed with all of the conversations we have had with them in recent weeks.
“It’s a great opportunity to not only continue developing our offering to families in the areas in which we operate but also for our colleagues to enhance their own careers by securing qualifications.”
Realise works with 550 nurseries and supported more than 1,000 learners in 2021.
Karen Derbyshire, head of the early years and education sector at Realise, said the firm was delighted to have extended the portfolio of nurseries it works with.
“Kids Inc Nurseries have an excellent reputation and we are excited to help develop their offering by guiding its hard working and talented staff through apprenticeships,” she said.
