Early Years Training Consultant

Meet Sue

Award winning international early childhood consultant

Award winning freelance International Early Childhood Consultant and published author offering quality affordable childcare training and consultancy visits, including Preparing for inspection visits (mock inspections). I have a suite of early years training CPD courses suitable for nursery, kindergarten and pre-school practitioners/educators, teachers, childminders and nannies. You can attend open, live on-line events or book a bespoke on-line or face to face delivery for your staff team. I have worked in affiliation with my local authority and children centres, on several DfE funded projects, won local authority bids to provide support and deliver training, written blogs for the Foundation Years website and delivered written webinars for three of the DfE funded Stronger Practice Hubs. I deliver keynote speeches, seminars and workshops at conferences in the UK and around the world, have appeared on Early Years TV and was one of the judges for the Nursery World Awards from 2022 to 2026.

Sue Asquith

Author of Self-Regulation Skills in Young Children

“An essential tool for parents, teachers and carers, hoping to positively influence a child’s journey into a future that holds increasing uncertainty. Sue’s easy to follow theories and practical activities allow you to facilitate a haven of learning in which children feel physically and emotionally safe.”

Beverley Petch-Sencier, Head Teacher of the award-winning Kensington International Kindergarten and International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT)National committee member.

“Reading this book is similar to listening to Sue’s training webinars – packed full of theory , links to further useful information, with reflective tasks, practical ideas and case studies to help put the theory into practice/”

Pat Tomlinson, Early Years Trainer and Assessor

Sue Asquith

Self-Regulation Skills in Young Children

This essential handbook for all early years practitioners provides a wider awareness of self-regulation in babies and young children. It emphasises the importance of giving children positive attachments and empathy, and provides fun ideas of how to promote coping strategies for them.

Sue Asquith

Exhibiting at Nursery World's Big Day Out, The Design Centre, London May 2026

Sue with Kate Cox, the winner of the Nursery Manager of the Year Award 2025 at The Brewery, London.

Sue Asquith

Presenting the Nursery Manager of the Year Award at the Nursery World Award night 2025

Sue Asquith

Speaking and exhibiting at the Nursery World Big Day Out 2025

Sue with nursery owners and managers from the Sherwood Green nurseries in Bradford and The Tots Team in Leeds.

Sue Asquith

One of the speakers at Nursery Managers Show November 2024 at ExCel London

Sue Asquith

One of the speakers at the Nursery World Show February 2023

Sue Asquith

One of the speakers at Childcare and Education Expo in Bolton 2022

Online training with Sue has allowed me to access training I wouldn't have been able to attend otherwise, not only is it very affordable but she delivers the courses in clear and confident detail because she truly has a passion for childcare and getting it right for every child. Thank you Sue, for always going above and beyond to help us all through these strange times and for always being so caring and helpful throughout my entire 13 years as a childminder.

Three staff members from Gomersal Out Of School attended a zoom designated safeguarding lead refresher course. It was the first time any of us had used zoom and we were a little apprehensive. However we managed fine and Sue was very patient with us when we struggled. The course was great and gave us a great reminder of the things we needed to know for our roles as safeguarding leads. I would highly recommend the refresher course to any safeguarding lead.

I attended Sue's webinar on Leadership and Management and was very impressed - it started on time and stuck to the topic, which seems to be a rare thing on many early years webinars! It was extremely useful and thought-provoking and as someone who has become rather jaded over the past year, was just what I needed to re-energise and re-focus. Will definitely use again.

With the many changes we have had to adapt to during lockdown, online training with Sue is definitely something I would like to see more of in the future. As a busy childminder and mum of 5, time is certainly precious, the online training Sue has delivered has been at times when I can find a quiet spot in the comfort of my home to really take in and benefit the most from the training. Often face to face training means working a 10 hour day, skipping tea to get the kids sorted and the satnav ready, nervously rushing off in the car to find a venue I've never been to before, scrambling around my bag through nappies and dummies hoping to find a pen, then trying to focus for the next 3 hours when all I want is to sit down with my feet up and a cuppa.

Sue Asquith is one of the most respected early years consultants in the UK. Having spent many years as a childminder, she moved on to work with Local Authorities, deliver DfE projects with PACEY and NDNA, and now gives training and consultancy throughout the UK.