Opening Hours Mon - Fri 9am-5pm Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Mailing List Find Your Course All Roles Administrators All Early Years Practitioners Business Managers Childminders Communication Champions Daycare Managers Daycare Room Leaders Daycare Practitioners Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads Designated Safeguarding Leads ELKLAN Accredited Staff Only EYFS Leaders EYFS Managers EYFS Teaching Assistants EYFS Practitioners Headteachers Literacy Coordinators Mathematics Coordinators New Practitioners Early Career Teacher (ECT) Experienced teacher - New to teaching the EYFS Nursery Room Leaders Nursery Teachers Out of School Setting Leaders Out of School Setting Managers Ofsted Practioners working with children learning English Preschool Practitioners Preschool Room Leaders Prospective Childminders Public Health Nurses Reception Teachers SENCOs Senior Leaders School or PVI School Year One Practitioners School Leaders Senior Leadership Team in Schools School Nursery and Reception Class Practitioners Practitioners Working With Autistic Children Eligibility Criterion: L3 EYE / L3 Teaching Assistant with Education Sector Employment Reception Support Staff By Invite only Local Authority Colleagues Community Voluntary Services Wraparound Practitioners All Categories Childminding Daycare Provider Out of School Club Out of School Setting School School Academy Briefing Network Workshop Child Development Every Child Training Professional Development Session Communication and Language Development Quality and Outcomes SEND Resources Ofsted SENIF GM Business Growth Hub Working with 2 Year Old Children Supporting Multilingual Children and Families All Locations Alexandra Family Hub All Saints CofE Primary School Baby Bede Day Nursery, Morris Green Ln, Bolton BL3 3LJ Blackburn with Darwen The Bureau Centre for the Arts, Penny Street, Blackburn, BB1 6HQ Blackrod Primary School Bolton Albert Halls Bolton College Bolton Mere Hall, Mere Hall Street, BL1 2QT Bolton School Bolton Science and Technology Centre (BSTC or TIC Centre) Bolton SICT, Smithills Dean Road, BL1 6JT Bolton Stadium Hotel, De Havilland Way, Bolton BL6 6SF BSTC Lecture Theatre BSTC Crompton 1 BSTC Crompton 2 Breightmet Health Centre Bright Futures Castle Hill Centre Croft House Nursery Eagley School Eagley School House Nursery 2, BL7 9RY Essa Academy E-learning Farnworth Family Hub Great Lever Family Hub Gaskell Community Primary School Great Lever Nursery, Leonard Street Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care, Lord St, Kearsley, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 8AR Harvey Family Hub, Shaw Street, BL3 6HU Heaton Centre Kearsley Centre Kearsley West Primary School Lever Edge Primary Academy Mere Hall, Merehall St, Bolton BL1 2QT Moorgate Primary School Oldhams Family Hub, Forfar Street, BL1 6RN Online Oxford Grove Family Hub Prestolee Primary School Queensbridge Primary School Red Lane Primary School St Paul’s Primary School St William’s School St James Primary School, Farnworth St Michaels CofE Primary School The Olive Garden Nursery Tonge Family Hub The Gates Primary School The Bridge Church Bolton, 109 Bradford Street, Haulgh, BL2 1JX The Olive Tree Primary School The Valley Community Primary School, Hibbert Street, BL1 8JG Moodle Bolton College: Deane Road Campus Bolton's Central Library and Museum Part 1 - 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8:00pm - Online Plus an online Q&A session: 24 September 2025, 2pm - 3pm Search Our courses With the early years sectors' needs in mind SENIF - Creativity to Support Emotional Regulation for Children with SEND Needs | 12th February 2026 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm 12-02-2026 SENIF - Supporting Early Communication and Language Development | 13th February 2026 | 10:00am - 12:00noon 13-02-2026 Empowering Parents and Educators to Keep Children Safe in the Digital World | Online Via Zoom | Monday 23rd February 2026 | 10:00am - 12:30pm 23-02-2026 Everyday Communication: The 5 Golden Rules in Action | 23rd February 2026 | 2:00pm - 4:30pm 23-02-2026 Services Information about our Early Years Foundation Stage offer for the early years and childcare sector and our Start Well services for families. Funding Details regarding a range of funding streams from the Department for Education to enable children to access high quality childcare provisions. Resources Resources to support the delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage for the early years and childcare sector. Latest news Job Vacancy: Part Time Childcare Practitioner 11 Feb 2026 Job Vacancy: Part Time Childcare Practitioner Closing Date: 1st March 2026 Read more Physical Literacy Conference 10 Feb 2026 Information for attendees. Read more Start Well Course Overview 2025/26 2 May 2025 Key training dates for Bolton Early Years Providers in Schools, Daycare, Out of Schools Clubs and Childminders. Read more
