Help and support

Membership is open to anyone working, or aspiring to work, in the early education and care sector.

Level 1. I work/plan to work directly with children

Roles might include:  

• Early years practitioners, room leaders, childminders, teachers or school-based support staff, other professionals working alongside educational settings, such as speech and language therapists
• This category is also best suited for students.

Level 2. I am a deputy/manager or senior leader

Roles might include:  

• Managers or deputy managers, senior leadership team, leads with key responsibilities, such as safeguarding leads or SENDCo/ALNCo/ASN teacher.

Level 3. I work in training and professional development, or research

Roles might include:

• Further education/higher education academics and researchers, consultants and advisors in early education and care, training providers.

We have a plan to suit everyone! While the membership is annual, you can choose to pay monthly or annually. If you pay annually, you get two months free out of your 12-month membership.

We have worked hard to price our membership fairly for the sector, with benefits that far outweigh the cost. Our price is accessible, flexible and incorporates a comprehensive offer, with those working with children paying the lowest amount. For this reason, we cannot offer further discounts.

National Day Nurseries Association, our parent organisation, is a registered charity. Any surplus derived from the Insitute will contribute to further work and research in the sector as we continue to champion high-quality early education and care provision.

Yes, we have a membership package for employers who wish to sponsor their team's membership. Please get in touch with our membership team using the contact form below and we will be in touch to discuss possible options with you.

You can pay monthly via Direct Debit (DD) or annually using Stripe.

Please note that membership to the Institute is an annual commitment. If you are paying annually and you haven't chosen to renew automatically it will expire at the end of 12 months.

At the end of your 12-month membership, you will be prompted to renew the membership and pay for it. You can also set your membership to automatically renew in your membership area.

After your membership lapses, you will be able to access and download your CPD record, for another 24 months. After that period, all records will be deleted to avoid retaining unnecessary data.

If you chose to pay on a monthly basis, you can cancel your payments and your membership will lapse. If you have paid for your membership annually, you will be able to enjoy the benefits of membership until the end of the 12-month period. You can then decide whether to renew your membership or wait until you return to work.

Our free webinars welcome everyone, regardless of their membership. However, to attend a webinar as a non-member, you will need to register your details in order to be contacted with booking confirmation and joining instructions.

If your job role changes significantly, you can change the level of your membership at the end of each 12-month membership cycle. When you renew the membership, you can reselect which membership level you would like to be part of.

Membership to the Institute is for individuals. By registering with a personal email address, we can ensure that you can still access your membership if you change employer.

You can find your CPD certificate in the ‘My account’ area >> My CPD >> and then clicking ‘Download certificate’ below your CPD wheel.

 

You can find your membership certificate in the ‘My account’ area. Click My account >> My subscriptions >> Options >> Download certificate.

To log your CPD directly from the resource, click the ‘Log CPD’ button on the right-hand side or just below the screen. To log your CPD in you membership area, go to ‘My account’ and click ‘My CPD’ to fill in your CPD record.

To make sure your CPD minutes reflected on the wheel, ensure the training date is not stated as before your subscription start date. Your points still will be added to your CPD report.

To reset your password, click the ‘forgotten password’ button at the bottom of the login page. If you know your current password but would like to change it, simply head to ‘My account’ and ‘Manage security’ to reset your details.

Email addresses can only be changed by the Institute team. Please contact us through the form below.

Payment details can be updated in the ‘My account’ area.

Go to ‘edit profile’ and select ‘My payment methods’.

Members can book onto events by logging into their account and going to ‘Stay informed’ and then to ‘Events.’ The event and registration button will be on the right-hand side of the screen.

Non-members are welcome to join our free events too! To register, go to ‘stay informed’ and ‘Events’ to find your chosen event. Register your details to stay up to date with the event details and we will contact you with further details.

1. Ensure you are logged in, only logged in members with an active subscription can access the healthy lifestyles benefits.
2. Check if your membership is active, if not, please join us or renew to get access to your healthy lifestyle benefits
3. If you are still experiencing issues with using any Spectrum.Life benefits please reach out directly to their customer support team at [email protected] or see their detailed FAQs.

The Institute of Early Years Education has joined forces with Spectrum.Life, a whole-of-health digital partner, to offer a healthy lifestyles package to anyone working in the early education and care sector who takes up membership. 

Spectrum.Life deliver clinically backed digital health, mental health and wellbeing solutions. Including personalised insights, mental health eLearning, clinician led self-guided mindfulness and meditation.

Plus, fitness and nutrition with recipes, exercise programmes and a range of tracking metrics, digital gym with live classes each week (including pilates, yoga, dance fitness, boxing courses, family fitness, full body workout, HIIT & more), digital wellbeing series with live seminars, Q&A and polling, rewards and discounts (across high street and online shopping) and 24/7 digital GP.