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Built by early years professionals, for early years professionals

The training platform nurseries switch to

Early years interactive courses, policies, manager tools and a live early years community. Everything your setting needs, all in one place.

500+ nurseries · 6,000+ early years professionals

Built from real experience

Made for the people
who do this every day.

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A practitioner kneeling beside a toddler, threading wooden beads together
Two practitioners talking together in a bright nursery room
More than training

Courses, policies, live community and more, all in one place

Hubba brings the whole early years training experience together in one place. Explore below to see what's included for your team and your managers.

01· Courses

Early years training, raised to a new standard

Short, interactive courses. Made for early years, not adapted for it. Created for teams across England and Scotland, with engaging learning designed to hold attention, build understanding and make training stick.

  • Built around national frameworks, guidance and real early years practice
  • Each course shows its expected duration before you start
  • Certificates issued instantly on completion
  • Regularly reviewed, refreshed and kept up to date
Explore all courses
Child ProtectionSafeguarding · 120 min
Paediatric First Aid for Early YearsHealth and safety · 120 min
Infection ControlHealth and safety · 45 min
GDPR in Early YearsFrameworks and policy · 45 min
Allergy Awareness in Early Years SettingsFood and nutrition · 45 min
EYFS: The 7 Key Areas ExplainedFrameworks and policy · 60 min
Effective Room LeadershipLeadership · 60 min
Autism and ADHD AwarenessSEND and inclusion · 60 min
Choking Prevention and ManagementHealth and safety · 30 min
Child ProtectionSafeguarding · 120 min
Paediatric First Aid for Early YearsHealth and safety · 120 min
Infection ControlHealth and safety · 45 min
GDPR in Early YearsFrameworks and policy · 45 min
Allergy Awareness in Early Years SettingsFood and nutrition · 45 min
EYFS: The 7 Key Areas ExplainedFrameworks and policy · 60 min
Effective Room LeadershipLeadership · 60 min
Autism and ADHD AwarenessSEND and inclusion · 60 min
Choking Prevention and ManagementHealth and safety · 30 min
Child ProtectionSafeguarding · 120 min
Paediatric First Aid for Early YearsHealth and safety · 120 min
Infection ControlHealth and safety · 45 min
GDPR in Early YearsFrameworks and policy · 45 min
Allergy Awareness in Early Years SettingsFood and nutrition · 45 min
EYFS: The 7 Key Areas ExplainedFrameworks and policy · 60 min
Effective Room LeadershipLeadership · 60 min
Autism and ADHD AwarenessSEND and inclusion · 60 min
Choking Prevention and ManagementHealth and safety · 30 min
Safe Sleeping in Early YearsHealth and safety · 30 min
Food Safety Level 1 - EssentialsFood and nutrition · 60 min
Essential Fire Safety in Early Learning EnvironmentsHealth and safety · 30 min
The Prevent Duty in Early YearsSafeguarding · 30 min
Promoting Positive BehaviourPractice and provision · 45 min
Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC)Frameworks and policy · 60 min
Introduction to SchemasChild development · 45 min
Creative Storytelling in the Early YearsChild development · 45 min
Fulfilling the Role of the Key PersonPractice and provision · 30 min
Safe Sleeping in Early YearsHealth and safety · 30 min
Food Safety Level 1 - EssentialsFood and nutrition · 60 min
Essential Fire Safety in Early Learning EnvironmentsHealth and safety · 30 min
The Prevent Duty in Early YearsSafeguarding · 30 min
Promoting Positive BehaviourPractice and provision · 45 min
Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC)Frameworks and policy · 60 min
Introduction to SchemasChild development · 45 min
Creative Storytelling in the Early YearsChild development · 45 min
Fulfilling the Role of the Key PersonPractice and provision · 30 min
Safe Sleeping in Early YearsHealth and safety · 30 min
Food Safety Level 1 - EssentialsFood and nutrition · 60 min
Essential Fire Safety in Early Learning EnvironmentsHealth and safety · 30 min
The Prevent Duty in Early YearsSafeguarding · 30 min
Promoting Positive BehaviourPractice and provision · 45 min
Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC)Frameworks and policy · 60 min
Introduction to SchemasChild development · 45 min
Creative Storytelling in the Early YearsChild development · 45 min
Fulfilling the Role of the Key PersonPractice and provision · 30 min
Safeguarding and child protectionDOCX
Health and safetyDOCX
Allergen managementDOCX
Safer recruitmentDOCX
Data protectionDOCX
Fire safetyDOCX
Infection controlDOCX
WhistleblowingDOCX

The whole pack, ready to use

02· Policies and procedures

Every policy your setting needs, all in one place

50+ policies and procedures written specifically for early years, with dedicated versions for England and Scotland. Download and personalise them on Premium, and share them with your team. Staff read and sign-off: Coming soon.

  • Dedicated England and Scotland versions
  • Editable Word downloads on Premium
  • Upload and manage your own policies too
  • Bespoke policies available for your setting
03· Community

The live community, a home for early years

Managers, deputies, room leaders, practitioners, chefs and everyone in between, connecting with thousands of early years professionals across nurseries in England and Scotland. Ask questions, share ideas and post with your name or completely anonymously.

An example community: the names, posts and numbers are illustrative.

Spaces by job titleManagers, deputies, room leaders, practitioners and chefs each have their own space, plus a space for everyone.
Anonymous when it mattersPost as yourself, hide your nursery, or post anonymously with a number. Nobody sees who is online, only how many.
Real conversationsAsk questions, share experiences, swap ideas and learn from people working in early years every day.
Share what worksManagers share their own policies, templates and resources with the community. Recommend the ones that help most and discover what’s working in other settings.
04· Hubba HR

Every staff file, check and conversation, in one place

Hubba HR looks after the people side of your nursery: safer recruitment, contracts, qualifications, supervisions, pay and your HR policies, with My HR for every member of staff.

  • Safer recruitment and DBS, ready for an inspector
  • Contracts sent and signed online
  • Supervisions and appraisals, booked and written up
  • My HR, so your team keeps their own details up to date
Safer recruitmentReady for an inspectorReferences, DBS, right to work and the declaration, ticked off in one row for every new starter.
05· Manager tools

Everything a manager needs to run training, in one hub

Assign, track and stay on top of training without the usual admin. Hubba keeps everything simple and up to date, so you can get back to the rooms.

Assign courses

Choose the course, choose your staff and set a due date. Everyone gets an email, and Hubba handles the rest.

One person or your whole team

Training matrix

Every person against every course, green, amber and red. Click any cell to see the certificate behind it.

Keeps itself up to date

Compliance and reminders

See what’s due, overdue or not started in one list, then remind anyone who needs a nudge in one click.

Automatic reminders coming soon

Course expiry

Hubba sets a default for every course. Flick a switch to use your own period for food hygiene or safer sleep.

Redo keeps the original certificate

Team certificates

Every certificate is saved automatically, older versions too. View or download any one in seconds.

A complete training history

Policy sign-off

A simple way for staff to read and sign each policy, and for you to see who is still waiting.

Coming soon

Reports

See completions, scores, training time and activity across individual staff, courses or your whole team.

See the full picture

Area manager login

One login for every nursery in your group: see them all at once, or flick into any nursery’s manager tools.

For nursery groups
The training matrix, live93% valid today

Set your own expiry periods and each box shows the date it runs to, then the days left, then Expired. Click any box for the certificate behind it.

93%valid today33In date4Due in 30 days3Expired
MandatoryAll coursesFind a person or courseExport
Safeguarding8 of 8 validPaediatric first aid8 of 8 validFood safety L17 of 8 validHealth and safety7 of 8 validFire safety7 of 8 validSRSam ReidRoom leader5/5Jan 27Jun 27Nov 27Apr 278 daysNANoor AhmedPractitioner5/5Apr 27Sept 27Feb 27Jul 27Dec 27OGOlivia GrantRoom leader4/5Jul 27Dec 27May 2714 daysExpiredLKLena KowalskiPractitioner5/5Oct 27Mar 27Aug 27Jan 27Jun 27ACAmelia ClarkeNew starter4/5Jan 27Jun 2720 daysExpiredSept 27RCRuth CampbellNursery manager5/5Apr 27Sept 27Feb 27Jul 27Dec 27JLJamie LowePractitioner4/5Jul 278 daysExpiredOct 27Mar 27FDFreya DouglasCook5/5Oct 27Mar 27Aug 27Jan 27Jun 27
Manage my teamUnlimited staff places

Add staff one at a time or in bulk, import them from your nursery software, or send us the list and we’ll add them for you.

Your team at Willow Tree NurseryAdd staff, give them access and keep their accounts up to date.We’ll add them for youImport from softwareAdd staff
Staff accounts2117 joined · 4 to joinCertificates earned837 in the last 30 daysActive this week13of 21 · 62% of the team
Everyone21Active17Not joined yet2Expired or bounced2
Staff memberJob titleStatusLast signed in
SRSam Reidsam.reid@willowtree.exampleRoom leaderActive6 days ago
NANoor Ahmednoor.ahmed@willowtree.examplePractitionerActiveToday, 09:12
OGOlivia Grantolivia.grant@willowtree.exampleRoom leaderActiveYesterday
LKLena Kowalskilena.kowalski@willowtree.examplePractitionerInvitation sentNot yet
RCRuth Campbellruth.campbell@willowtree.exampleNursery managerActiveToday, 07:58
0National editionsEngland & Scotland
~0 minTypical course lengthFinished in one sitting
0+Policies & proceduresWritten for early years
24/7Access for your teamLearn whenever works

Built by early years professionals, for early years professionals.

Hubba was created by people who run nurseries and still do. Our courses are shaped by real early years experience, our policies by the realities of running a setting, and our tools by managers who know there’s a better way.

Made by nursery owners and managers, shaped by practitioners and trainers, for settings across England and Scotland.

Support

Support that actually understands early years

When you need us, you’ll reach someone who knows Hubba and understands nursery life. Quick answers, proper help and someone who stays with you until it’s sorted.

  • A real person, not a bot
  • Help setting up your team and your courses
  • Help with your matrix and your reminders
  • We stay with it until it is sorted
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A better way

What managers say after switching

See the difference Hubba can make to the everyday running of your setting.

NMNicola M.Deputy manager
Reminders

“Every Monday used to be an afternoon of chasing. I’d be checking who was due training, sending the same reminder again and trying to keep track of who I’d already spoken to. Now I can see where everyone is at in one place and send a reminder in a couple of clicks. It sounds like a small thing, but it’s taken a job I used to dread off my list.”

FGFiona G.Nursery owner
Nursery groups

“We have two settings, and before Hubba each one did training its own way. Two spreadsheets, two filing systems and different ways of keeping track of everything. Now each nursery has its own training matrix, but I can see what’s happening across both. It’s much easier to keep everyone working the same way without constantly checking in with each manager.”

ERElaine R.Nursery manager
Inspections

“The inspector asked for our training records and normally that would mean searching through folders and checking everything was up to date. With Hubba, I opened the matrix and everything was there. I could see renewal dates, certificates and who was up to date straight away. That used to take me a week of evenings to pull together. Knowing it’s always ready has completely changed how I prepare for inspections.”

MDMegan D.Nursery manager
Training matrix

“We ran everything from a spreadsheet and I never completely trusted it. Dates were typed in wrong, certificates were saved in different folders and I was forever checking whether something had actually been completed. Now the matrix updates as people finish their training, and their certificates are there when I need them. I can open it and see where the whole team stands without having to chase records or update everything myself.”

STSarah T.Room leader
Courses

“I’ve done plenty of online training where you click through slides just to get to the certificate. Hubba doesn’t feel like that. The courses are interactive, easy to follow and actually feel relevant to what happens in the room. They’re short enough that I can fit them around the day, but I still come away feeling like I’ve learned something rather than just completed another course.”

RBRachel B.Nursery owner
Support

“The biggest difference for me is that Hubba feels like it was made by people who understand nurseries. If I need help, I’m not going through endless help pages or trying to explain how a nursery works to someone. I can speak to a real person who understands what I’m trying to do and helps me sort it. That sounds simple, but when you’re running a busy setting it makes a huge difference.”

NMNicola M.Deputy manager
Reminders

“Every Monday used to be an afternoon of chasing. I’d be checking who was due training, sending the same reminder again and trying to keep track of who I’d already spoken to. Now I can see where everyone is at in one place and send a reminder in a couple of clicks. It sounds like a small thing, but it’s taken a job I used to dread off my list.”

FGFiona G.Nursery owner
Nursery groups

“We have two settings, and before Hubba each one did training its own way. Two spreadsheets, two filing systems and different ways of keeping track of everything. Now each nursery has its own training matrix, but I can see what’s happening across both. It’s much easier to keep everyone working the same way without constantly checking in with each manager.”

ERElaine R.Nursery manager
Inspections

“The inspector asked for our training records and normally that would mean searching through folders and checking everything was up to date. With Hubba, I opened the matrix and everything was there. I could see renewal dates, certificates and who was up to date straight away. That used to take me a week of evenings to pull together. Knowing it’s always ready has completely changed how I prepare for inspections.”

MDMegan D.Nursery manager
Training matrix

“We ran everything from a spreadsheet and I never completely trusted it. Dates were typed in wrong, certificates were saved in different folders and I was forever checking whether something had actually been completed. Now the matrix updates as people finish their training, and their certificates are there when I need them. I can open it and see where the whole team stands without having to chase records or update everything myself.”

STSarah T.Room leader
Courses

“I’ve done plenty of online training where you click through slides just to get to the certificate. Hubba doesn’t feel like that. The courses are interactive, easy to follow and actually feel relevant to what happens in the room. They’re short enough that I can fit them around the day, but I still come away feeling like I’ve learned something rather than just completed another course.”

RBRachel B.Nursery owner
Support

“The biggest difference for me is that Hubba feels like it was made by people who understand nurseries. If I need help, I’m not going through endless help pages or trying to explain how a nursery works to someone. I can speak to a real person who understands what I’m trying to do and helps me sort it. That sounds simple, but when you’re running a busy setting it makes a huge difference.”

NMNicola M.Deputy manager
Reminders

“Every Monday used to be an afternoon of chasing. I’d be checking who was due training, sending the same reminder again and trying to keep track of who I’d already spoken to. Now I can see where everyone is at in one place and send a reminder in a couple of clicks. It sounds like a small thing, but it’s taken a job I used to dread off my list.”

FGFiona G.Nursery owner
Nursery groups

“We have two settings, and before Hubba each one did training its own way. Two spreadsheets, two filing systems and different ways of keeping track of everything. Now each nursery has its own training matrix, but I can see what’s happening across both. It’s much easier to keep everyone working the same way without constantly checking in with each manager.”

ERElaine R.Nursery manager
Inspections

“The inspector asked for our training records and normally that would mean searching through folders and checking everything was up to date. With Hubba, I opened the matrix and everything was there. I could see renewal dates, certificates and who was up to date straight away. That used to take me a week of evenings to pull together. Knowing it’s always ready has completely changed how I prepare for inspections.”

MDMegan D.Nursery manager
Training matrix

“We ran everything from a spreadsheet and I never completely trusted it. Dates were typed in wrong, certificates were saved in different folders and I was forever checking whether something had actually been completed. Now the matrix updates as people finish their training, and their certificates are there when I need them. I can open it and see where the whole team stands without having to chase records or update everything myself.”

STSarah T.Room leader
Courses

“I’ve done plenty of online training where you click through slides just to get to the certificate. Hubba doesn’t feel like that. The courses are interactive, easy to follow and actually feel relevant to what happens in the room. They’re short enough that I can fit them around the day, but I still come away feeling like I’ve learned something rather than just completed another course.”

RBRachel B.Nursery owner
Support

“The biggest difference for me is that Hubba feels like it was made by people who understand nurseries. If I need help, I’m not going through endless help pages or trying to explain how a nursery works to someone. I can speak to a real person who understands what I’m trying to do and helps me sort it. That sounds simple, but when you’re running a busy setting it makes a huge difference.”

Don’t miss out

Be part of something bigger

Nurseries across the country are facing one of the toughest periods the sector has ever seen. Funding rates remain too low, staffing costs continue to rise, and settings are being asked to do more with less every year. Yet at the same time, many organisations continue to charge significant fees for the training, memberships and resources the sector relies on.

Hubba was created by early years professionals who understand the realities of running and working in nurseries. Instead of adding to the financial pressure settings already face, we are removing barriers and making high quality training, practical resources and professional collaboration available without the cost.

By joining, you are not just accessing training. You are helping build a stronger, more connected early years workforce that supports one another and raises standards across the sector.

Join today and become part of the movement.
Pricing

Built to raise standards, not prices.

We believe every setting should have access to exceptional training, resources and support, without the high costs the sector has come to expect. That’s why our pricing is simple, with no per-person charges, no per-course fees and no extra cost as your team grows.

30-day free trial on PremiumNo card neededCancel any time

Free

Experience Hubba with your whole team, completely free.

£0
Unlimited staff places
  • 3 essential courses
  • Hubba certificates
  • Training matrix
  • The whole community
Get started freeFree forever · no card needed

Essential

The essentials to keep your team trained and on track.

£14.99per nursery a month
Unlimited staff places
  • 10 essential courses
  • Hubba certificates
  • Training matrix
  • Renewal reminders
  • The whole community
Get startedBilled monthly · cancel any time
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Premium

Everything your nursery needs, all in one place. The entire Hubba Training platform.

£29.99per nursery a month
Unlimited staff places
  • Complete course library
  • Hubba certificates
  • Full training matrix
  • Renewal reminders
  • The whole community
  • 50+ policies & procedures
  • Full manager tools & reports
Start 30-day free trialBilled monthly · no card needed
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Comparison

Why nurseries choose Hubba

Early years training shouldn’t be expensive, complicated or a chore. See what makes Hubba different.

Other platformsHubba
Charged per person, or even per course
One affordable price for your whole team
Complicated dashboards and too many clicks
Everything clear, simple and easy to manage
Text-heavy courses built to click through
Interactive courses people actually want to complete
Generic UK-wide content
Built for early years in England and Scotland
Training matrices you update yourself
A live matrix that updates as your team trains
Certificates scattered across files and folders
Every certificate stored securely in one place
Manually tracking and chasing overdue training
See what’s due and send reminders in one click
FAQs

Got questions?

Everything managers ask before they start.

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