NESWEC - Steiner Early Years Training

NESWEC - Steiner Early Years Training North of England Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood - teacher training

28/09/2026

Here are two finger games for this time of year. Current research shows that developing fine motor skills, through games like this, is a support to developing cognitive skills. Our hundred year old Waldorf approach to early childhood education and care is right up to date.
We are still enrolling for our new NESWEC Year 1, which starts with our induction residential in Stourbridge, 25th - 29th October. Find more details on our website, www.neswec.org.uk, and just contact me if you are interested in joining us: [email protected] .

11/09/2026

Now we can confirm the good news that we will be starting a new Year 1 in October, joining our existing Year 2 on a journey towards an early childhood qualification, full and relevant for Ofsted purposes (Level 4) and internationally recognised as a Steiner Waldorf qualification. We are open to more applications over the next few weeks so do get in touch if this might be for you. We have a pathway for those who are already qualified who are looking for a programme that presents the Steiner Waldorf approach to working with young children. Check out our website: www.neswec.org.uk, and email me with any questions: [email protected].
Meanwhile, here is the simplest possible puppet play, much loved by the very young for its simple characters and story, and easy to join in with songs.

21/08/2026

Here's a harvest time poem for you! It is just a tiny taster from a full harvest ring time. Would you like to find out more?
We have a wonderful group of students forming and just need a couple more to be financially viable for our new Year 1 starting in October. We have a pathway to a Level 4 qualification, which is full and relevant as an early childhood qualification in England, and a pathway for those already holding a full and relevant qualification. Both pathways lead to an internationally recognised Steiner Waldorf early childhood qualification and give access to our Level 5 programme. If you are interested in finding out more just check out our website, www.neswec.org.uk, or contact me: [email protected].

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A STEINER WALDORF EARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTITIONER?ARE YOU ALREADY WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDRE...
12/08/2026

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A STEINER WALDORF EARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTITIONER?

ARE YOU ALREADY WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND WANTING TO BRING THE WALDORF APPROACH TO YOUR SETTING?

NESWEC has the programme and the qualification that you need!

We offer:
• An accredited Level 4 with EYE for those who need a full & relevant early childhood qualification.

• A Quality Mark Diploma in Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Studies for those who already have a full & relevant qualification at Level 3 or above (including primary QTS).

• Access to full interest-free loans on all tuition fees from term 2 of the first year from the Godparents Association (ww.gatf.org.uk). This means that only the registration fee and 1st term need to be paid upfront. (Interest-free loans are available from the first term for those working in registered Waldorf settings.)

• Recognition by our international organisation: IASWECE – you will be accepted as a Waldorf educator all over the world.

• A pathway onto a Level 5 Diploma in Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Studies: Leadership and Management.
See our website for more details: www.neswec.org.uk

Contact the Course Coordinator with any questions: [email protected]

Photos are from the Year 1 which formed last October. Could you be part of our next Year 1 with these students to support you from their new Year 2 status?

19/07/2026

Here is another puppet play for you to see. Briar Rose is a good choice for this time of year. Of course, there are many questions about the relevance of these traditional fairy tales. In Year 2 our students spend some time exploring these questions to find out why old stories like this are nourishment for 21st children, how to work appropriately with these stories now and how to talk about them with parents.
We are enrolling now for our new Year 1 to start in October half term. Early bird discount for applications received by 31st August. Have a look at our website, www.neswec.org.uk, and contact me with your questions< [email protected].

12/07/2026

It was good to have some lovely people attend our online introductory sessions this weekend. The Billy Goats Gruff puppet play is attached here, as promised to our participants.

Now we are really encouraging those who are interested in our full progammes to apply. On our website, www.neswec.org.uk, you will find more information and the application form ('practical details' tab and 'applications and enrolment' from the drop down menu). If you are intending to apply, we would very much appreciate it if you did so soon. We have to make a decision on whether or not we have viable numbers by the end of August, and we would like to let applicants know as soon as we can that the course will be running. In addition, it makes it easier for us to plan ahead for the students coming towards us.

Just contact me with any questions: jill neswec.org.uk

Here is the poster for our upcoming online introductory sessions - ready to share.
29/06/2026

Here is the poster for our upcoming online introductory sessions - ready to share.

26/06/2026

There is still time to register for our online Introductory sessions, These will give you an overview of the Waldorf Early Childhood approach and some tasters of what it is like to take a training. Join us on 10th and 11th July (Friday evening and Saturday morning). Just contact me, [email protected], to register or for more details.
Here's a video from one of our residentials at Elmfield school. We are practicing a ring time for the fairy tale Snow White and Rose Red, and around the hall you can see some of the seasonal and festival tables which the students have created. Visit our website: www.neswec.org.uk to find out about our programmes. We are enrolling for our new Year 1 in October.

27/03/2026

Spring cleaning time is here! We know how much young children love to be involved in tasks around the house, from cooking, to pairing socks, to drying a floor which you have just washed (with towels tied on their feet). Spring cleaning adds the bonus of moving furniture to clean behind it and looking for all the things of a certain colour for the laundry, activities which encourage play as children see things in new ways. It can be as simple as giving a child a cloth wrung out in warm lavender-scented water with which they can wipe chairs and tables. In this video, it is a reflected in a simple ring time for the kindergarten.
To find out more about how you can train as a Steiner Waldorf early childhood educator, go to our website: www.neswec.org.uk. We are enrolling now for our October intake this year.

05/03/2026

Here is another taster from our course. Are you thinking about enroling for the coming academic year? Do visit our website, www.neswec.org.uk, and contact me with any questions: [email protected]. There are very good interest-free loan options with long repayment times.

Our short online introductory course is on 10th and 11th July (Friday evening and Saturday morning). There is a valuable option for finding out more about the Waldorf approach to education and care and what it would be like to take a training.

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