Nursery World - Nursery group and childcare training company join club to address chronic skills shortages

Tops Day Nurseries and Aspire Training Team have joined The 5% Club – an employer led charity whose goal is to increase the employment and career aspects of young people and equip the UK with the skilled workforce it needs.

Tops Day Nursery along with Aspire Training Team has joined The 5% Club

Established in 2013, The 5% Club is a movement of more than 700 employers providing ‘earn and learn’ opportunities to develop the skills and talents people need to become more employable and create ‘meaningful’ careers.

Companies joining the club commit to raising the number of apprentices, sponsored students and graduates on formal programmes to 5 per cent of their total workforce within five years. Members are also asked to publicly report their progress annually.

Tops Day Nurseries and Aspire Training wanted to join The 5 % Club to show their dedication to training employees and supporting career progression throughout the company. They already exceed the club’s promise to dedicated 5 per cent of employees’ numbers to earn and learn positions.

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