For nurseries and early years groups

Nursery staff training, without the spreadsheet

Keep safeguarding, paediatric first-aid and qualification evidence organised across your settings. See the next renewal and missing certificate, with automatic reminders to help your team follow up.

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A nursery training matrix in SkillProof with fictional staff: a certificate is uploaded from the mobile app, approved, and the cell turns current.

Leave the nursery training spreadsheet behind.

The provider sets what applies. SkillProof keeps the selected requirement, date, evidence and next action connected.

Managing it manually

  • Room moves that break the staff matrix
  • First-aid certificates across inboxes and folders
  • Qualifications stated but not evidenced
  • A last-minute folder before inspection

With SkillProof

  • Choose the setting, room and role, then confirm the provider's training and evidence rules.
  • Record completions, certificates, qualification evidence and renewal dates for the person.
  • Use automatic training reminders and the Action Centre to follow up missing certificates, upcoming renewals and review actions.
  • Export a scoped Audit Pack from the current records for the setting or group.

A connected early years workforce record

Find the certificate. Follow up the renewal.

Request a missing certificate, review the upload and keep the evidence with the staff record it supports. Automatic training reminders help your team follow up on the dates you record.

A fictional certificate is uploaded, checked by a manager and approved into the Training Evidence Vault.

Inspection day, without the scramble.

Build a scoped Audit Pack for one setting or the wider group from current training, evidence, qualification and action records.

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See how Audit Pack works

Audit Pack is included from Growth

An Audit Pack built from fictional current records: training, evidence, policies and registrations are added, then the PDF is ready.

Keep the certificate and renewal in reach.

Connect safeguarding, first aid, qualification evidence, competence, renewals and inspection preparation without another setting spreadsheet.

The problem

Room moves, role changes and new starters make a static early years matrix unreliable between reviews.

With SkillProof

Apply provider-defined requirements by role and setting, then see current, due, overdue or missing-evidence status.

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Local action with a clear group-wide view

Setting managers act on their own staff while authorised quality and operations teams retain the wider record across the group.

  • Nursery and setting managers

    See current training, certificate and qualification evidence for the staff in their setting.

  • Room leaders and deputies

    Follow up assigned staff and missing evidence without keeping a separate room tracker.

  • Quality and group operations

    Compare settings against a consistent record structure and inspect the underlying evidence.

Where SkillProof fits

SkillProof manages provider-defined workforce training, evidence, qualification, renewal and follow-up records. It does not replace nursery-management, safeguarding, incident, recruitment or DBS-checking systems, decide which requirements apply, provide legal advice or guarantee an Ofsted outcome.

Questions from nursery teams

Straight answers about records, reminders, evidence and where SkillProof fits.

Can SkillProof send automatic renewal reminders?

Yes. Starter includes standard automated training due and overdue reminders for the dates you record. Growth adds configurable and cross-module reminders, manager access and multi-setting oversight. Keep the supporting certificate and next renewal date with the staff record so managers can review the follow-up.

Can SkillProof track safeguarding and EYFS induction records?

Yes. Early years providers can configure induction, safeguarding and refresher requirements by role, setting, team or person, then keep the completion, date and evidence together. The provider decides what applies.

Can it track paediatric first-aid certificates?

Yes. Record the certificate, completion or issue date, renewal date, evidence and follow-up action against the relevant staff member. SkillProof does not decide which staff must hold a qualification or whether deployment requirements are met.

Can we keep qualification evidence on the staff record?

Yes. Keep the qualification name, relevant date, supporting document and internal review status with the person rather than relying on a note in a separate spreadsheet.

Can it keep supervision and policy follow-up visible?

Yes. Record supervision outcomes, development actions, owners and review dates, and keep policy versions and acknowledgements with the intended workforce audience. Acknowledgement does not by itself prove understanding.

Does SkillProof replace our nursery-management or DBS system?

No. SkillProof focuses on workforce training, evidence, qualification records, policies, supervision actions and renewals. It does not replace child records, safeguarding, incident or DBS-checking systems.

Does SkillProof guarantee EYFS compliance or an inspection outcome?

No. SkillProof helps organise current workforce records and evidence for review. The provider remains responsible for legal and regulatory duties, suitability, ratios, qualification decisions and inspection preparation.

See how staff training could workacross your settings.

Start with safe test data and review safeguarding, first-aid, qualification and evidence records in one connected workspace.

14-day free trial. No card required.