Bespoke training & early years consultancy

In-house courses and INSET days

We provide in-house courses and INSET days to support the professional development of early years practitioners, teachers, leaders and managers working in maintained, private, voluntary, independent and home-based early years settings. From twilights to full-day sessions, one-off engagements to long-term project-based work, we can work flexibly with you to meet your requirements.

Conferences & events

We can facilitate and host conferences or events for you – whether in-person or online, including from administration to content delivery from our expert trainers. Local authorities regularly commission us to deliver anything from one-off sessions to a full term’s programme of CPD.

Bespoke consultancy

Early Education Associates provide early years consultancy, working in schools, settings and local authorities to analyse, advise and identify individual solutions to the challenges that staff face.

Projects and reviews

From small to large scale project work, whether brief or longitudinal, we can meet your needs. We are also able to assist local authorities wishing to take a strategic approach to reviewing the quality of early years provision in their locality, for example to identify and address areas of provision in need of improvement and make recommendations as to how to address these.

Range of delivery models

We can offer online, face-to-face, or blended models of delivery to meet your need and your budget.

Find a trainer

We have a range of expert early years consultants who can offer bespoke support. View our Associate profiles below for a brief overview of their specialisms and experience, or click through on an Associate’s picture below to find expanded biographies of their experience and most popular courses. Alternatively, see our sample topics and courses for inspiration, read case studies of what we’ve delivered for clients or get in touch for recommendations.

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Our Associates

Nathan Archer

Nathan has worked in early childhood education for twenty years, recently becoming the Director of the International Montessori Institute.

Nicola Burke

Nicola is an author, strategic leader, researcher, consultant, and qualified Personal & Professional Performance Coach, with a Master’s in Education.

Carla Cornelius

Carla is a Special Educational Needs Trainer and Consultant who has worked in early years education for the past 17 years, supporting settings to embrace the principles of inclusive practice.

Julie Fisher

Dr Julie Fisher is an independent Early Years Adviser and Visiting Professor of Early Childhood Education at Oxford Brookes University.

Dominic Gunn

Dominic has substantial experience as a teacher and SENCO across all age groups and in a variety of mainstream, special, and alternative provisions.

Debi Keyte-Hartland

Debi is an experienced consultant specialising in expressive arts; creativity; ecological awareness and identity; and the interests, enquiries, and working theories of children.

Veronica Lawrence

Veronica is a qualified educational psychologist who has a particular passion in working preventatively with families and practitioners with infants and very young children.

Stella Louis

Dr Stella Louis is a freelance early years consultant, trainer and author working with individual nursery settings, parents, nursery schools, local authorities, government departments and charities.

Pete Moorhouse

Pete has worked in educational settings for over 20 years and is passionate about encouraging children’s creativity and critical thinking.

Fran Paffard

Fran is a former Senior Lecturer in Early Years at the University of East London and works as a freelance consultant.

Nicky Shaw

Nicky is an experienced early years teacher, lecturer, and trainer. She specialises in supporting understandings of emotional wellbeing through practical, empathic approaches for children, parents, and staff.

Helen Bilton

Dr Helen Bilton is Professor of Outdoor Play and Learning at the University of Reading.

Sally Cave

Sally is a Headteacher who has a successful track record in the fields of school improvement and pedagogy which has been recognised at national level.

Clare Devlin

Clare has been working within the field of early years care and education for over 30 years.

Donna Gaywood

With over 30-years’ experience, Dr Donna Gaywood is a consultant and trainer specialising in working with refugee and migrant children and supporting very young children’s social, emotional and mental health.

Cathy Gunning

Cathy has over 30 years' experience in early years and primary, including in the roles of Headteacher, pedagogic lead, early years lead and SLE.

Denise Kilner

Denise has a wide experience of teaching and management. She is now the Headteacher at Bensham Grove Nursery School in Gateshead.

Paula Lester

Paula has an MA in Early Years Education and over 25 years’ of senior leadership experience. She is passionate about developing high quality practice through empowering leaders and their teams.

Julia Manning-Morton

Julia’s career in the early childhood field has included a range of roles across a variety of settings for children aged 0-7 years and also as a senior lecturer in Early Childhood Studies.

Kerry Murphy

With over 15 years of experience in early education, Kerry’s focus is on neurodiversity, play and developmental differences. She currently works as a lecturer in Early Years & SEND at Goldsmiths.

Jasmine Pasch

Freelance movement practitioner Jasmine trained as a professional dancer, teacher and counsellor and has worked across the arts, health and education sectors for over 30 years.

Jan White

Working across the UK and internationally, Jan is a leading thinker and writer on outdoor play and advocate for high quality outdoor provision for services for children from birth to seven.

Sara Bonetti

Dr Sara Bonetti has worked as researcher and advocate for children, families, and communities for twenty years. She’s an experienced mixed-methods researcher and policy-focused communicator.

Di Chilvers

Di is a specialist in young children’s development, education and learning; trainer, mentor, writer, and collaborative researcher.

Rose Drury

Dr Rose Drury is an Early Years Education Consultant and Honorary Associate at The Open University.

Tamsin Grimmer

Tamsin is an experienced early years consultant and trainer, passionate about young children’s learning and development, and works part time as a principal lecturer at Norland College.

Joan Henderson

Joan has worked in education for over 30 years and during this time has developed a sound understanding of early years, primary and higher education.

Amanda King

Amanda has over 25 years' experience in early years education, as a teacher, head teacher, adviser, inspector, and strategic Lead for an LA.

Helen Lewis

Dr Helen Lewis is an experienced consultant and trainer who is passionate about young children’s learning and development. Her current role is as a Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education.

Anni McTavish

Anni is an experienced workshop leader, trainer, and presenter, with over thirty years' experience in the field of early education.

Anne O'Connor

Anne has more than twenty years’ experience and leadership in nursery, infant and primary schools in inner London

Julie Revels

Julie is an independent consultant, speaker and trainer specialising in inclusion in the early years and understanding the importance of early child development on later outcomes.

Helen J Williams

Dr Helen J Williams is an independent educational consultant specialising in the learning and teaching of primary mathematics.

Helen Bradford

Dr Helen Bradford is an independent early years consultant. A lifelong early years educator she has garnered extensive experience through a series of roles.

Julie Cigman

Julie is an Early Years consultant, trainer and writer. She has had a varied career in education, working her way up, then down the age range, to find her home in Early Years as a Nursery teacher in Oxford.

Caroline Eaton

Caroline has had a career in Early Years Education which has spanned over 20 years. She has worked in a wide range of roles including class teaching, bi-lingual support, parent partnership and consultancy.

Steve Grocott

Steve is a professional musician, composer and qualified teacher who specialises in music and storytelling in the Early Years.

Jeanette Hiatt

Jeanette’s career in early years education spans more than 30 years, including roles as an LA Senior Advisor, Headteacher, and Executive Headteacher.

Andrea Lancaster

Dr Andrea Lancaster is an experienced early years consultant who specialises in provision for two-year-olds and early years mathematics.

Jacqui Lewis

Jacqui is an early years consultant and researcher whose work is rooted in relationships, reflective practice, respect and children’s rights, championing inclusion, educators' thinking and children’s voices.

Ruth Mercer

Ruth has had a rich and varied career, working with the maintained and private sectors of Early Childhood Education. She has been a Headteacher, a Local Authority Advisor, and an Early Years Ofsted Inspector.

Jo O'Raw

Jo O’Raw has specialised in early years teaching and leadership across Primary and Nurseries for over 30 years. A former Headteacher of a Nursery School in Stockport, she now supports leaders and teams.

Kym Scott

Kym headed up the Early Years Advisory Team in the London Borough of Lewisham, where she was School Improvement Advisor for Early Years for 15 years, following a successful teaching and senior leadership career in London schools.

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