Booking a Course

How to Book

If you would like to attend one of our courses, please complete the booking form, have it signed by your manager, and return it by fax or post. We will send a letter confirming your place ahead of the training date.

If you do not receive confirmation, please call our bookings administrator on 020 7527 5953, to check that a place has been secured. This will avoid any disappointment or charges. Download a copy of the booking form at the bottom of this page.

Cancellation Fee

If you are unable to attend a course, you must inform our administrator on 020 7527 5953, at least 24 hours beforehand. A cancellation fee of £50 will be charged for anyone who does not inform us. It is the responsibility of the person who booked the course to ensure that the participants attend. Download a copy of the cancellation form at the bottom of this page.

Other Information

Cancelled or changed courses

If we need to cancel or change a course we will contact you by letter or phone. You will automatically be placed on the waiting list for the next course.

Lunch

Refreshments and lunch are not usually provided for short courses but there is a cafeteria in the Barnsbury building.

Creche

A crèche is normally only available for courses with several sessions. If a crèche is provided, this will be indicated in the course information.

Car Parking

There are a limited number of parking spaces at the Barnsbury Centre. Those wishing to come by car will need to make their own parking arrangements outside the Barnsbury Complex. 

Venues

Attendees should pay special attention to course venue information, as not all courses take place at the Barnsbury Complex. See details of venues below.

Note for Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs)

SENCOs for the voluntary sector who are attending SENCO training should ensure they take a cover sheet at the end of the day to apply for staff cover. These can also be obtained by email. Contact laure-ann.kennedy@islington.gov.uk.

Cost

Most of our courses are free to Islington registered childminders, and staff from the maintained, voluntary and private sectors in Islington. If payment is required, Islington schools, early years centres and nursery schools will have course fees transferred via QSP. Please ensure you put the correct code on the form.

All other early years groups and childminders should send a cheque, made payable to ‘London Borough of Islington’ with the name and date of the course on the reverse, to:

Barbel Daley
Room 202
Block A, Barnsbury Centre
Offord Road
London
N1 1QF

Receipts will be sent for all payments received by cheque.

There is a cost to early years workers whose settings are outside Islington. As a guide, we charge £50 for a half-day and £100 for a full day session.

Your Information - Data Protection

To improve the provision of training in Islington, and to meet the funding requirements of the Department for Education and Skills and European Social Fund (ESF), we are now storing all course bookings and staff details electronically.

This is done in accordance with the Data Protection Act. More information on this can be found at the Information Commissioner's Office website, using the link on the right hand side of this page.

Please note that training cannot be provided free for those whose details we do not hold on our early years training database. So please make sure you have completed and returned the Early Years Practitioner Profile and the Early Years Provider Profile please contact the Booking Administrator on 0207 527 5953

Maps

You can use our Interactive Maps (link on the top right hand side of this page) to locate each of our training centres. By clicking on this link a new page will open. Simply enter one of the postcodes below into the new browser.

• The Barnsbury Centre - N1 1QF

• Fortune Park Children's Centre - EC1Y 0Q

• Willow Children's Centre - N7 0PG

• Islington Ecology Centre - N5 1PH

• New River Green Toy Library - N1 2PY