An element of staff management in business is keeping your staff’s skills and knowledge up to date. Nowhere is that more necessary than in childcare, where rules are frequently updated and you’ve got to prove your staff are constantly improving.
Here at Blossom, we’ve learned since Ofsted renewed inspections that safeguarding has become a fresh focus, and that includes being trained in all sorts of elements around health, safety and online security.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at why CPD training matters in 2025.
Why CPD matters in 2025
1. The rules are always changing
The rules and regulations that we have to follow if we’re to remain licensed businesses are changing constantly. It would be improbable for any one person to keep up to date with all of them: to be an eternal expert in fire safety, food preparation, building regulations and childcare curriculums to name just a few.
As such, online training libraries like NoodleNow!’s will be the only reasonable way that you and your team can stay on top of everything you need to. Especially if you have multiple members of staff covering multiple roles.
As Ofsted renews focus on the protection of children, this will grow to encompass every way in which they can be protected, and demonstrating who’s been trained in it.
2. Technology might leave you behind
The era of AI is here, and if you spend any time at all using computers then you’ll have felt it in one way or another. This includes in the world of childcare, from AI-enhanced observations to AI-assisted occupancy.
To use technology to its fullest, someone in your nursery needs to know how to use it, and again that’s where CPD-certified training comes in. When Ofsted asks how you’re improving, a CPD certificate proves to them your staff are going in the right direction.
3. Eventually paper’s not going to be enough
Admittedly, we’re biased – Blossom is digital-only after all. But even taking that out of the equation, if your administration is paper-based you’re going to find yourself overwhelmed by everything Ofsted expects you to have to hand on the day of inspection.
You’ll have to get yourself trained on everything digital that you’re using paper for if your business is going to continue to thrive. Paper’s great as a backup if you need it, but expertise in digital tools is how to be future-proof.
4. The recruitment and retention crisis continues
Top CPD training for your staff is a great employment benefit. While that might be challenging to offer if your setting has an expensive option, if you’re using NoodleNow! it can cost as little as £5 per user. With nursery income getting squeezed, it’s good to get benefits that don’t cost the Earth.
Staff can train themselves on whatever they want, though you’ll need to guide them towards the mandatory-for-early-years ones, and you can show to Ofsted that everyone’s constantly improving – win-win.
And staff happy with the training will say as much to practitioners considering joining your nursery.
5. CPD training is now more accessible than ever
With KidsKonnect guiding the way, Blossom and NoodleNow! are now working hand-in-hand to bring CPD-certified training to everyone, and improve nursery management up and down the country. In addition to AI tools and activity planning, Blossom users will soon be able to access NoodleNow!’s training right from their Blossom platform.
2025 is going to be a year of change in the UK childcare industry, and Blossom and NoodleNow! are here to support and see you through all of it.
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