Nursery World Webinar - Quality first Sponsored Charlotte Goddard Monday, December 21, 2020 Nursery World’s webinar, ‘Early years qualifications and training: Ensuring quality’, in partnership with WMC Training, explored the increasing need for high-quality training and development in the early years, asking how employers and training providers can work together to navigate a shifting landscape. Chair of the panel Charlotte Goddard reports on the discussion Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries has a ‘progression pathway’ for staff In early years, the one thing that is consistent is change. New developments in qualifications, such as the move towards employer-friendly, standards-based Level 2 and 3 apprenticeships, are running alongside changes in the EYFS, in the Ofsted inspection process and, of course, the changes imposed upon settings by the pandemic. ‘The bar keeps being raised and our expectations keep going up,’ said Tracy Walker, quality and compliance manager at WMC Training.