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Nursery Management Level 3 Course

Enrol Anytime | Enrolment Fee £429

Running a successful nursery takes a lot more than just a love for children; you need sharp organisational and leadership skills. This Level 3 course walks you through the realities of managing staff, balancing budgets, and ensuring your setting meets all the strict regulatory standards. We focus heavily on the practical side of early years management, helping you step up into a leadership role with complete confidence.

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Why Study Nursery Management Level 3 Course?

Nursery managers run early years childcare centres, providing day care for babies and young children from birth to 5 years.

This Distance Learning Nursery Management Level 3 course has been designed to meet the needs of those wishing to enter a management-level career in a nursery or pre-school child care setting.

Enrol Anytime | Enrolment Fee £429

Course Content

Unit 1: The management of nursery staff
  • Effective communication
  • The appraisal process and logging staff records
  • Disciplinary procedures and grievance issues
  • Employment policies for the recruitment and management of staff
Unit 2: Safeguarding children
  • Definition of child abuse
  • Forms of child abuse
  • Policies, legislation and guidelines for safeguarding children
  • Roles and responsibilities of staff
  • Reporting an incident
  • The child protection conference
Unit 3: Health and safety for children and staff
  • Safe working practices in the nursery setting for children and staff
  • Health and safety at different stages of child development
  • Procedures for good hygiene
  • Illness
  • First aid
Unit 4: The early years foundation stage: curriculum and assessment
  • Types of learning
  • Detrimental issues and learning
  • The importance of differentiation
  • Planning learning with the support of assessments
Unit 5: Creating a positive nursery environment
  • Observations
  • Summative assessments
  • Referral to third parties
  • Risk assessment
  • Communication for play and learning
Unit 6: Supporting and planning self-directed play
  • The play cycle
  • The importance of play for young children
  • Play equipment and space in the nursery setting
  • Outdoor play space
  • Indoor play space
  • Health and safety for the play space

You must successfully complete a series of assessments. Once all assessments and activities have been completed and you have met the required outcomes, you will then be awarded your certificate. The good news is, there is no final exam.

Course Outcome

Once you have successfully completed this course, you will receive a certificate of achievement in Nursery Management Level 3 from the Quality License Scheme. You will also receive a learner unit summary which will list the components you have completed as part of your course.

This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme who endorse high-quality, non-regulated provisions and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example, progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

Will I need to pay anything else?

You will have no other fees to pay with this course. The course enrolment fee includes access to support, course materials, certification and registration with the awarding body.

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FAQs

How can I make payment for the enrolment fee?

You can enrol online right now by Card or PayPal (Visa, Mastercard, Maestro and American Express). Alternatively, we also accept BACS transfer or we can send you a payment link.

Is this course online?

If we have given you the option of “online” or “paper” at the top of the page next to the enrolment fee, you will be able to choose one or the other. If no option is available, it means that the course offered is online only.

Do I have to be available at specific times during the day?

With our courses, we have learners from all over the world enrolled. Therefore, if we restricted your learning to certain times, not everyone would be available. All our courses are accessible 24/7 via our online secure portal. Any videos on your portal would be pre-recorded meaning you can work through your course at your own pace.

What if I need longer to complete the course?

We understand that circumstances change and sometimes things can take a little longer. If you go over the course period then talk to us. We can normally extend your support for a small additional fee.

What support do you offer with your courses?

You will have access to a dedicated personal tutor who will be there to help you through your assignments.

Will I need to pay anything else?

You will have no other fees to pay with this course. The course enrolment fee includes access to support, course materials, certification and registration with the awarding body.

What if I still have questions?

Please feel free to contact us by telephone or email with any further queries.

What can you do with Nursery Management?

You could work for a local authority, a privately owned nursery or a Sure Start Children’s Centre.

With experience, you could become an area manager and look after the work of a number of nurseries. You might also consider setting up your own private nursery. Ofsted have information on how to do this.

You could become a trainer or training assessor for people studying for childcare qualifications. You could also move into inspection.

Taking a higher education qualification in early years or child development could help you move into teaching, children’s nursing or social work.