To think this is going to look so bad and I will be viewed poorly by new employer

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This.
go in first, don’t wait for them to speak to you. Say you very concnered you failed. Explain what you have said here. Tell them you are committed to passing asap. Ask what they now expect of you.
take responsisibity and accountability for fixing it,

Failing a multiple choice test doesn't make you not safe to work with children. It might just mean that to begin with the OP will need to call a colleague if there's an incident. Some people are just not good at these sort of tests.

Hopefully the op just needs to keep trying.

And this is exactly why parents should not be trusting their child with nurseries 😆

They sound like an excellent organisation when it comes to child safety

Then yes, it's an essential part of the role
I would suggest studying - hard - and retaking the test (or even the whole course) at your own expense
This would reflect very well on you in your new employer's eyes

Looking for positives, you're clearly capable of learning if you've managed to learn that legally, only one member of staff on site at a time needs to be first aid trained.

So you'll be able to pass the multiple choice assessment if you keep on doing it. And then you'll be safer to supervise the children, meaning there's less risk of somebody dying because you're waiting for the one first aid trained member of staff to come out of the toilet or going unpaid because the one first aid qualified person has had to go home sick.

Is being paediatric first aid trained a requirement or expectation of your role? Is it in the job spec?

Pretty sure anyone currently with children in nursery will be having nightmares tonight after reading that.

You'll be fine OP - you're not far off the pass mark so you'll likely pass next time. I wouldn't make a huge deal out of it but say that you're keen to brush up on your knowledge and retake asap.

I train a class very similar where you have to hit 80% to pass. I've taught it every for 28 years now. For fun I did the test and barely made it. Tests are nerve wrecking. Don't be hard on yourself. You are also nervous because it's a new job. It'll be ok.

I would mention when you see your new boss that you were shocked that you didn't pass that course. You always struggle with multiple choice tests but felt you were taking the information in OK at the time and did well in the practicals. Then get hold of some training material and get someone to test you until you get it all off pat, and resit the test.

That's very concerning! All staff should have it. I've worked I'm a few nurseries and first aid was compulsory and updated every year.

I've taken similar courses for work and I've not seen anyone not pass before to be fair, but truthfully a lot of the stuff on the test probably fell out of my head in a week or two anyway. Your employer might be a bit harsh about it, hard to tell (I've found some industries like care work are sometimes quite critical of anything they see as causing them extra work) but you've gotten very close to the pass mark, I wouldn't worry too much. They will be able to see you were trying and not just messing around.

Well, if you don’t know it you don’t know it. You didn’t meet the level that determines you as safe to look after children. You need to try to learn the material and hope they let you try again. It’s quite an important aspect of your job I’d imagine.

Well that’s disgusting. Even worse if you have the training and don’t pass though

Look, don't worry. They may make you re-do it until you pass, but I'd like to think they are not going to kick you out of your job (if you were earlier stages of employment, then maybe, but they have taken you on now). Some of the questions can be tricky and it is easy to press the wrong answers. I would literally worry about this no more, start your new job and be enthusiastic about doing a resit. Whatever made you fail the first time will not re-emerge the second time. x

I work on a nursery,I would say less than half have the first aid training qualification.

Was it the tiger lilly one?

How long was the actual training? Did you have a theory part and a practical part? Were they split/how long for?Was the test on the theory ( that takes you through all kinds of different injuries and scenarios) ?

I would ask if there is an alternative to do the learning online , at home , and then take the test again.

If there's a required pass rate, there most be something that happens when you don't pass. I would assume that you have to take a more intensive course or something?

Could you ask for a more practical course? I’ve done paediatric first aid and never had to do an assessment like that.
Are you normally ok with exams? I have a friend - very smart - but has a neuro- diversity which includes face blindness and means she really struggles with exams and has to be assessed by course work.
Being as being good in an exam situation is not really what first aid is about, I would have thought a practical assessment and questions would be a better format.

Yes I understood that. I've just left a job working in education and we had lots of compulsory cpd to do each year. Similar pass rates required. With online training you often get feedback as to which questions you got wrong? I just wondered if you hadn't understood the questions or had difficulty with the format (eg new technical words, learning needs, too short a time to answer etc). But pps are correct this is important training for you.