Asquith investing in staff and settings

Asquith Nurseries, the UK's second largest nursery group, is undertaking a multi-million pound programme to refurbish its settings and train up to 1,000 staff to level 4. From May, all nursery employees will have the chance to enrol on the Open University Certificate in Early Years Practice, which is an open-access course. Asquith is fully funding it at a cost of around £1,000 per candidate. The course usually starts in February, but the OU is running an intake in May exclusively for the nursery group.