The Pre-school Learning Alliance has been working with children under five and their families for 48 years.

Founded in 1961 to offer support to parents and others in setting up and running pre-school groups, the Alliance is now England's largest provider of early learning; meeting the needs of some 500,000 children and their families through its 15,000 member pre-schools. For more information about the charity please see our website www.pre-school.org.uk

For more information on training in Hertfordshire please download our 2009/2010 brochure. As you will see from our brochure there are fees with our courses, we work very hard to secure funding to cover these fees, there are also fee remissions, as explained below.

Fee remission

if the learner is in receipt of  job seekers allowance, working families tax credit, disabled persons tax credit, working tax credit, an income based state benefit [e.g. income support/housing benefit/council tax benefit]

or is

an unwaged dependent of someone in receipt of a means tested state benefit or job seekers allowance, an asylum seeker in receipt of the equivalent of an income based state benefit

They have to provide proof and get the form signed by the benefits agency if appropriate, if eligible the learner will then need to pay only CACHE registration fee.

Level 2 Entitlement
Where a learner does not already have a qualification they are entitled to gain at least a Level 2

They would not be eligible if they have

5 GCSEs grade A*-C
5 ‘O’ Level passes
5 CSE Grade 1
2 AS Levels or more
1 A Level or more
NVQ 2/ NVQ 3 /NVQ 4
Intermediate GNVQ or higher
EdExcel/BTEC 1^st Diploma or higher
City & Guilds Craft part 2
Access Course
HND/HNC
First degree/Higher degree

We have many other courses available, not included in this brochure, e.g. Improving Disabled Access in Settings (covering the Disability Discrimination Act or DDA), Puppet Workshops and Issues for Including Fathers. Preparing for the EYFS, Business and Management — Behind the Scenes, Special Educational Needs, Equality and Diversity, Working with Parents, Childhood Nutrition, and a variety of Family Learning Workshops go to www.pre-school.org.uk for more information.

For all enquiries about Hertfordshire Pre-school Learning Alliance training please contact
Tracey Poree, Hertfordshire Training Administrator
email tracey.poree@pre-school.org.uk or call 07816 982774