"I am very passionate about enabling EYFS Practitioners to have all the skills needed to ensure all children reach their full potential.
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Cathy Renwood
Early Years Consultant
Early Years Consultancy Testimonials
Please see my Early Years Consultant Testimonials below.
“Cathy’s EYFS training was exceptional. Her expertise and passion for early years were evident. The way she engaged with the participants and tailored the content to our needs demonstrated her expertise and dedication to providing top-notch training. The feedback from the team were overwhelmingly positive, with many highlighting how much they learned and how inspired they feel to implement the concepts in their daily work.The impact on our team has been immediate, and we highly recommend Cathy’s training services. Thank you for your outstanding contribution to our early years provision.”
Charmaine Kwade-Hefei British International Kindergarten China
“Cathy has improved the quality of our provision in a no fuss and practical way. Commercially she does understand the costs of making changes and was able to tailor an approach which was beneficial to our children and the business needs.
From our first phone call, she has been a true professional and our team of EYFS and Montessori practitioners love working with her. Cathy’s approach put our practitioners at ease and she drew out the best from everyone which really helped to grow the confidence of our team. With fresh eyes Cathy gave us constructive feedback which has improved the outcomes for our children and improved the quality of practice at our nursery. She has done training with our team which has had an impact and overall I couldn’t recommend Cathy highly enough.”
Mary Brosnan – MD Snug Nursery Schools
“Following the visit from Cathy the staff were energised and inspired to make changes based on the existing provision, but the subtle changes were enough to make a significant difference to our Early Years provision. The advice we received was delivered in such an effective way and the professionalism was outstanding. We are looking forward to working with Cathy again in the future to evaluate the progress that has been made as result of her support and advice.”
John Bagwell – Parley First School
“Our pre-school staff were completely re-energised with Cathy’s EYFS phonics training! They have since reviewed their planning, provision and environment to implement all of Cathy’s wonderful suggestions. The impact has been noticeable and our Pre-school children will be Reception-ready -fully equipped to embrace their new reading and writing opportunities!”
Sophie Sear – Cudham Primary School
“Cathy’s support facilitated a complete transformation of our EYFS provision, enabling our staff to review, rebuild and significantly impact on their effectiveness. Her expertise was invaluable and her training of the support staff was second to none. Our outcomes improved and Cathy supported us in securing another successful Ofsted inspection.”
Head teacher – Mottingham Primary School
“Thank you for visiting our work place nurseries. The nursery managers found your visit extremely positive and pro-active in helping them prepare for Ofsted and to advise them on early years. Your support, advice and final recommendations have led to improved working practices across the sites and will definitely improve outcomes. I wouldn’t hesitate to have you visit again in the future and to recommend your to other nurseries.”
Tony Steedman – Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
“Cathy visited our setting and it was very constructive to have a fresh pair of eyes on our environments and practice. She gave us areas to investigate to drive us forward, and this ultimately had a positive contribution to us achieving Outstanding in all areas a few months later.”
Joanne Watson – Scallywags Day Nursery
“I have worked with Cathy for a number of years and trust her recommendations and judgement implicitly. Her knowledge and expertise of working with staff enable her to quickly establish professional and effective relationships that bring out the best in everyone. She is extremely knowledgeable and remains up to date with current practice. Cathy’s consultancy work has been an enormous asset to raising and sustaining excellent practice in our Early Years setting.”
Marion Drake – Education for the 21st Century Trust
“Thanks to Cathy, my new Reception teacher is demonstrating outstanding practice after only two terms. Cathy has supported the development and planning of the indoor and outdoor curriculum successfully, in partnership with the teacher, both building her confidence and helping her to deliver a great learning experience for the children; I thoroughly recommend Cathy’s service.”
Anna Bosher – St. James’ RC Primary School Academy Trust
“Cathy has been influential in developing our network of early years practitioners. We now have high expectations of practice across the Trust and the expertise of our practitioners has been greatly enhanced through our work with Cathy. The children in our care have really benefited from the contribution she has made.”
Kathy Griffiths -The Aquinas Trust