Membership
The ÎÞÂëÌìÌà is dedicated to giving every child, parent and educator the best experience in the early years.
Our memberships combine the best advice, resources and support so you can put the most important things – children and families — at the heart of what you do.
Explore our packages of support below to see which one is right for you.
Full day care membership
For pre-schools, nurseries and other Ofsted-registered settings offering full day care.
Membership costs just £130 a year
Benefits include:
- More than 30 free Cache-endorsed online training courses for your team
- Access to 24-hour legal helpline Law-Call
- 10 issues of Under 5 magazine a year — each issue is packed with sector news, policy updates and activity ideas
- 'EY Instant Update' emails to alert you of any policy, legislation or funding changes
- Access to our specialist and competitively-priced insurance
- Discounted rates on our payslip services
- On-call support from our expert advisers
- Up to 30% off our extensive range of publications and resources
- Free mini-guides on various aspects of running an early years setting
Term-time only membership
For pre-schools, nurseries and other Ofsted-registered settings open during term time only.
Membership costs just £130 a year
Benefits include:
- More than 30 free Cache-endorsed online training courses for your team
- Access to 24-hour legal helpline Law-Call
- 10 issues of Under 5 magazine a year — each issue is packed with sector news, policy updates and activity ideas
- 'EY Instant Update' emails to alert you of any policy, legislation or funding changes
- Access to our specialist and competitively-priced insurance
- Discounted rates on our payslip services
- On-call support from our expert advisers
- Up to 30% off our extensive range of publications and resources
- Free mini-guides on various aspects of running an early years setting
Baby and toddler groups
For unregistered groups that parents attend with their children, with different option for just one, or multiple sites.
Membership costs just £39 a year for a single-site group, and £50 for multiple sites
Benefits include:
- More than 30 free Cache-endorsed online training courses for you and your team, available for up to 10 learners for a single-site provision, and up to 25 learners for a multi-sit provision
- Access to 24-hour legal helpline Law-Call
- 10 issues of Under 5 magazine a year — each issue is packed with sector news, policy updates and activity ideas
- Access to our specialist and competitively-priced insurance
- On-call support from our expert advisers
- Up to 30% off our extensive range of publications and resources
- 'EY Instant Update' emails to alert you of any policy, legislation or funding changes
Childminding professionals
For those on the Ofsted early years register
Membership costs just £58 a year
Benefits include:
- More than 30 free Cache-endorsed online training courses for you, available for up to 6 learners
- Access to 24-hour legal helpline Law-Call
- 10 issues of Under 5 magazine a year — each issue is packed with sector news, policy updates and activity ideas
- Access to our specialist and competitively-priced insurance packages
- Discounted rates on our payslip services
- 'EY Instant Update' emails to alert you of any policy, legislation or funding changes as they happen
- On-call support from our friendly, expert advisers
- Up to 30% off our extensive range of publications and resources
- Free mini guides on various aspects of running an early years business
We also have membership packages for individuals, schools, and corporates and international organisations. Click the titles below for more details.
- Individuals
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For those interested in the early years such as students or parents
Membership costs just £40 a year
Benefits include:
- More than 30 free Cache-endorsed online training courses for you
- 10 issues of Under 5 magazine a year — each issue is packed with sector news, policy updates and activity ideas
- On-call support from our expert advisers
- Up to 30% off our extensive range of publications and resources
- Free mini-guides on various aspects of running an early years business
- 'EY Instant Update' emails to alert you of any policy, legislation or funding changes
- Schools
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Schools offering early years provision that don't require insurance
Membership costs just £100 a year
Benefits include:
- More than 30 free Cache-endorsed online training courses for up to 20 members your team
- 10 issues of Under 5 magazine a year — each issue is packed with sector news, policy updates and activity ideas
- On-call support from our expert advisers
- Up to 30% off our extensive range of publications and resources
- Free mini guides on various aspects of running an early years business
- 'EY Instant Update' emails to alert you of any policy, legislation or funding changes
- Corporate
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For organisations in early years e.g. colleges or local authorities
Contact our team for your bespoke pricing
Benefits include:
- 10 issues of Under 5 magazine a year — each issue is packed with sector news, policy updates and activity ideas
- On-call support from our expert advisers
- Up to 30% off our extensive range of publications and resources
- 'EY Instant Update' emails to alert you of any policy, legislation or funding changes
- International membership
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The ÎÞÂëÌìÌà can offer a range of training and business support that can be tailored to the specific requirements of childcare providers working outside of the UK.
Benefits include:
- More than 20 free Cache-endorsed online training courses for you and your team
- 10 issues of Under 5 magazine a year — each issue is packed with sector news, policy updates and activity ideas
- On-call support from our expert advisers
- Up to 30% off our extensive range of publications and resources
- Free mini guides on various aspects of running an early years setting
*Membership costs £45 per additional site for settings or groups which operate from more than one premises.
All our membership offers