Childcare
Childcare is your career – keeping children and childcare professionals safe is our passion. We provide standard or tailored training courses and consultancy to ensure OFSTED and EYFS requirements are met.
“The Acorn trainer was great, made it really interesting, learnt a lot of new things”
EF
“Very enjoyable session, thoroughly enjoyed it!”
BB
Why do nursery schools and childminders choose us?

Our OFSTED and Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) ‘Level 3 award in paediatric first aid' course which is accredited by Qualsafe Awards is attended to by hundreds of childcare providers every year.
We run regular monthly courses on weekdays and weekends as well as our extended course for those seeking to gain their forest schools practitioner qualification or just looking for something a little different to challenge them!
Many courses are run in situ within a variety of environments including schools and nurseries.
In addition, we run numerous other general first aid courses, paediatric manual handling, general load handling and food safety training. We also deliver tailor-made health and safety training for schools, nurseries, and childminders.
Our team of registered nurses teach many specialist courses including;
- The administration of medicines to children
- Asthma
- Epilepsy
- The administration of Buccal Midazolam
How can we help you with our practical health and safety consultancy solution?
From as little as £125 (+VAT) a month, our 'Hassle Free' retained consultancy service provides a bespoke health and safety solution specific to your needs and the needs of your organisation and most importantly the children in your care.
We also provide ad-hoc advice and consultancy on topics including medicines management and policy, manual handling, risk assessment and supporting children with complex handling needs. Our consultants have a robust understanding of current legislation, OFSTED and EYFS regulation and guidance.
By improving staff competence and confidence our advice, support and guidance will help you to provide an environment where risks are appropriately controlled and the children under your supervision thrive.
How can we help you with practical health and safety training solutions?
We offer flexible courses that comply with Ofsted requirements and EYFS standards.
We provide training in the following areas, all of which are relevant to the childcare sector:
- First Aid
- Healthcare/medication
- Food safety and E-Learning Food Safety
- Practical Fire Safety and E-Learning Fire Safety
- Practical Manual Handling and E-Learning Manual Handling
- Health and Safety and Health & Safety E-Learning
- Medical and Health Awareness E-Learning including Autism Awareness and Learning Disability Awareness
- Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Awareness E-Learning
- Safeguarding E-Learning
- Workplace and Wellbeing E-Learning including Data Protection in the Workplace, Equality, Diversity & Discrimination and Prevent Duty
For groups with a suitable location, we can deliver a 16-hour outdoor first aid course which meets the requirements needed to gain the ‘Forest Schools Practitioner’ qualification along with the Level 3 Award in Paediatric first aid.
Have a question? We may have answered it already.
What First Aid Course do you need?
Need specific industry advice?
Whatever your health and safety needs are, our ‘Hassle Free’ retained consultancy service is here to help.
For one-off assessments or, a tailored approach, we offer a wide range of consultancy services speak to our consultants to discuss your needs.
Health and safety for Construction, Building Management and Trades businesses, made ‘Hassle Free’ with our retained consultancy service.
Prefer to talk about your training and consultancy needs?
Call our team we are happy to help 0117 958 2070, if it’s out of hours or you prefer e-mail - info@acornsafety.co.uk
Health and Safety Training Courses for Construction, Building Management and Trades Organisations
Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Construction, Building Management and Trades Organisations
- Accident Reporting & Investigations RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013)
- Audits
- Client Questionnaire Support
- Face Fit Testing
- Fire Safety
- H&S Management Systems
- Managing Sub-contractors and Suppliers
- Occupational Health
- RAMS Preparation and Review
- Risk Assessment
- Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP)
- Site Audits
- Tender Application Support
- Working with Asbestos
Health and Safety Training Courses for Childcare
- 16 Hour Outdoor First Aid including QA Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA08
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Trainer – AED03
- Anaphylaxis Training – ANA01
- Basic Life Support – Paediatric – BLS03
- Bespoke First Aid Training – FA05/FA11
- Emergency First Aid at Work Training FA01
- First Aid at Work – FA02
- First Aid at Work Annual Refresher – FA04
- First Aid at Work Re-Qualification – FA03
- First Aid for Infants and Children – FA07
- First Response Emergency Care (FREC) Level 3 – FA16
- Infant and Child Resuscitation – BLS07
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA06
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Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Childcare
- Accident Reporting & Investigations RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013)
- Assessment of Children Complex Handling Needs
- Audits
- Fire Safety
- Food Poisoning Allegations
- Food Safety Audit
- Food Safety Management System
- H&S Management Systems
- HACCP
- Medication Policy
- Occupational Health
- Risk Assessment
- Training Consultancy
Health and Safety Training Courses for Education & Training
- 16 Hour Outdoor First Aid including QA Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA08
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Trainer – AED03
- Anaphylaxis Training – ANA01
- Basic Life Support – Paediatric – BLS03
- Bespoke First Aid Training – FA05/FA11
- Emergency First Aid at Work Training FA01
- First Aid at Work – FA02
- First Aid at Work Annual Refresher – FA04
- First Aid at Work Re-Qualification – FA03
- First Aid for Infants and Children – FA07
- First Response Emergency Care (FREC) Level 3 – FA16
- Infant and Child Resuscitation – BLS07
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA06
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- Emergency Handling – MH06
- Evacuation Chair – MH07
- Foundation Level Manual Handling – MH01
- Manual Handling Load Training Course – MH03
- Manual Handling of Children – MHO1A
- Manual Handling Refresher – MH02
- Moving and Handling Train the Trainer Course – MH04
- Online Manual Handling Load Training Course – MH03L
Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Education & Training
- Accident Reporting & Investigations RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013)
- Assessment of Children Complex Handling Needs
- Audits
- Fire Safety
- Food Poisoning Allegations
- Food Safety Audit
- Food Safety Management System
- H&S Management Systems
- HACCP
- Medication Policy
- Occupational Health
- Risk Assessment
- Training Consultancy
Health and Safety Training Courses for Event Safety
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Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Event Safety
Health and Safety Training Courses for Charities / Voluntary / Not for Profit Organisations
- 16 Hour Outdoor First Aid including QA Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA08
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Trainer – AED03
- Bespoke First Aid Training – FA05/FA11
- Emergency First Aid at Work Training FA01
- First Aid at Work – FA02
- First Aid at Work Annual Refresher – FA04
- First Aid at Work Re-Qualification – FA03
- First Aid for Infants and Children – FA07
- First Response Emergency Care (FREC) Level 3 – FA16
- Infant and Child Resuscitation – BLS07
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA06
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- Emergency Handling – MH06
- Evacuation Chair – MH07
- Foundation Level Manual Handling – MH01
- Manual Handling Load Training Course – MH03
- Manual Handling of Children – MHO1A
- Manual Handling Refresher – MH02
- Moving and Handling Train the Trainer Course – MH04
- Online Manual Handling Load Training Course – MH03L
Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Charities / Voluntary / Not for Profit Organisations
Health and Safety Training Courses for Health and Social Care
- Adults and Paediatric Basic life Support – BLS05
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Trainer – AED03
- Basic Life Support – Paediatric – BLS03
- Basic Life Support for Adults – BLS01
- Bespoke First Aid Training – FA05/FA11
- Emergency First Aid at Work Training FA01
- First Aid at Work – FA02
- First Aid at Work Annual Refresher – FA04
- First Aid at Work Re-Qualification – FA03
- Infant and Child Resuscitation – BLS07
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- Emergency Handling – MH06
- Evacuation Chair – MH07
- Foundation Level Manual Handling – MH01
- Manual Handling Load Training Course – MH03
- Manual Handling of Children – MHO1A
- Manual Handling Refresher – MH02
- Moving and Handling Train the Trainer Course – MH04
- Online Manual Handling Load Training Course – MH03L
Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Health and Social Care
- Accident Reporting & Investigations RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013)
- Audits
- Complex Manual Handling Needs
- Fire Safety
- Food Poisoning Allegations
- Food Safety Audit
- Food Safety Management System
- H&S Management Systems
- HACCP
- Manual Handling Policy
- Medication Policy
- Occupational Health
- Risk Assessment
- SSIP scheme for Health and Social care
- Training Consultancy
Health and Safety Training Courses for Health, Fitness and Leisure
- 16 Hour Outdoor First Aid including QA Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA08
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Trainer – AED03
- Bespoke First Aid Training – FA05/FA11
- Emergency First Aid at Work Training FA01
- First Aid at Work – FA02
- First Aid at Work Annual Refresher – FA04
- First Aid at Work Re-Qualification – FA03
- First Aid for Infants and Children – FA07
- First Response Emergency Care (FREC) Level 3 – FA16
- Infant and Child Resuscitation – BLS07
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA06
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Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Health, Fitness and Leisure
Health and Safety Training Courses for Hospitality and Catering
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Trainer – AED03
- Anaphylaxis Training – ANA01
- Bespoke First Aid Training – FA05/FA11
- Emergency First Aid at Work Training FA01
- First Aid at Work – FA02
- First Aid at Work Annual Refresher – FA04
- First Aid at Work Re-Qualification – FA03
- Infant and Child Resuscitation – BLS07
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Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Hospitality and Catering
Health and Safety Training Courses for Local Authorities
- 16 Hour Outdoor First Aid including QA Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA08
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Trainer – AED03
- Anaphylaxis Training – ANA01
- Basic Life Support – Paediatric – BLS03
- Bespoke First Aid Training – FA05/FA11
- Emergency First Aid at Work Training FA01
- First Aid at Work – FA02
- First Aid at Work Annual Refresher – FA04
- First Aid at Work Re-Qualification – FA03
- First Aid for Infants and Children – FA07
- First Response Emergency Care (FREC) Level 3 – FA16
- Infant and Child Resuscitation – BLS07
- Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid – FA06
- Emergency Handling – MH06
- Evacuation Chair – MH07
- Foundation Level Manual Handling – MH01
- Manual Handling Load Training Course – MH03
- Manual Handling of Children – MHO1A
- Manual Handling Refresher – MH02
- Moving and Handling Train the Trainer Course – MH04
- Online Manual Handling Load Training Course – MH03L
Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Local Authorities
- Accident Reporting & Investigations RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013)
- Assessment of Children Complex Handling Needs
- Audits
- Complex Manual Handling Needs
- Fire Safety
- Food Poisoning Allegations
- Food Safety Audit
- Food Safety Management System
- H&S Management Systems
- HACCP
- Manual Handling Policy
- Medication Policy
- Medication Policy
- Occupational Health
- Risk Assessment
- SSIP scheme for Health and Social care
- Training Consultancy
- Training Consultancy
Health and Safety Training Courses for Manufacturing and Engineering
Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Manufacturing and Engineering
- Accident Reporting & Investigations RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013)
- Audits
- Client Questionnaire Support
- Face Fit Testing
- Fire Safety
- H&S Management Systems
- Managing Sub-contractors and Suppliers
- Occupational Health
- RAMS Preparation and Review
- Risk Assessment
- Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP)
- Site Audits
- Tender Application Support
- Working with Asbestos
Health and Safety Training Courses for Offices
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Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Offices
Health and Safety Training Courses for Retail
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Health and Safety Consultancy Services for Retail
Health and Safety Training Courses for SME’s
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Health and Safety Consultancy Services for SME’s
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Prefer to talk about your training and consultancy needs?
Call our team we are happy to help 0117 958 2070, if it’s out of hours or you prefer e-mail – info@acornsafety.co.uk