Our sleep pathway
Our three courses form one clear route, from foundation sleep support at Level 3 to advanced, specialist practice at Level 6. Start at the level that matches your experience and progress as far as your career needs.
Learners can join at Level 3 with no prior training, or go straight to Level 5 with relevant experience.
Level 3: Sleep Support Professional Your foundation in children’s sleep. Learn how sleep works and develops from birth to 12 years, current safe sleep guidance, and practical, responsive ways to help families with common sleep challenges such as night waking, naps and early rising. Ideal if you’re new to sleep support, want to add it to your childcare or health role, or are a parent wanting a structured understanding of sleep. Next step: Paediatric Sleep Practitioner Level 5.
Level 5: Paediatric Sleep Practitioner Move into professional practice. Develop the judgement, coaching and assessment skills to carry out holistic sleep assessments, build individualised support plans with families, and support more complex needs, including neurodivergence, disability and health conditions, within a non-medical scope. Ideal if you’re planning an independent sleep practice, are a healthcare or senior early years professional, or have completed Level 3. Next step: Advanced Sleep Practice Level 6, a sleep lead role, or your own practice.
Level 6: Advanced Sleep Practice Specialist expertise for experienced practitioners. Critically evaluate the neurophysiological and circadian mechanisms of sleep from infancy to early adolescence, analyse how neurodivergence, chronic illness, preterm birth and socioeconomic factors affect sleep health, and develop advanced clinical reasoning for complex, multi-layered cases, grounded in the latest research. Ideal if you’re a qualified sleep practitioner or health professional ready to take on the most complex cases. Next step: specialist practice, education and training roles, or postgraduate study.
Compare our sleep courses
| Course |
Level |
Duration |
Guided learning hours |
Delivery |
Price |
| Sleep Support Professional |
3 |
12 weeks |
36 |
Live online |
£569 |
| Paediatric Sleep Practitioner |
5 |
16 weeks |
96 |
Live online |
£1,535 |
| Advanced Sleep Practice |
6 |
16 weeks |
80 |
Live online |
£1,945 |
All three courses are going through OCN London accreditation. Instalment options are available on every course.
Where should I start?
- New to sleep, or adding it to your current role? Start with Sleep Support Professional Level 3.
- Already have foundational sleep training, or relevant experience with babies, children and families? You can join directly at Paediatric Sleep Practitioner Level 5.
- A qualified sleep practitioner or health professional? Look at Advanced Sleep Practice Level 6.
- Still not sure? Join our free introductory webinar or book a free career session, and we’ll help you choose.
Where your sleep training can take you
Independent sleep practice – Set up your own sleep support practice, with help from our free Startup Hub.
Sleep lead and specialist roles – Lead sleep support in a nursery, early years, family support or healthcare setting.
Professional development – Bring sleep expertise into roles across childcare, maternity, parenting, perinatal and health work.
Education and training – Go on to deliver parent education, workshops and practitioner training, as your experience grows.
Further study – Progress to postgraduate study in areas such as paediatric sleep, sleep science, child development, psychology and neuroscience.
Not sure yet?
Join our free Introduction to Our Sleep Courses. Meet our trainers, hear about all three courses and ask your questions.
