Apprenticeships

Whether you’re an employer looking to grow your team or an individual ready to take the next step in your career – apprenticeships are increasingly recognised as offering exciting opportunities for both apprentice and employer – and are proven to offer real results.

What’s in it for Employers?

Whether you want to recruit fresh talent or upskill existing staff, apprenticeships provide a credible, flexible alternative to college or university.

They provide opportunities to:

Boost workforce skills with sector-specific training
Raise morale and retention through meaningful career development
Reduce turnover by growing talent
Improve the quality of provision through fresh ideas and up-to-date practices
Maximise funding — apprenticeship training is fully funded for all levy paying employers (or heavily subsidised for others).

Apprenticeships are more than just training — they’re a smart investment in people and in organisations.

What’s in It for Apprentices?

Whether you’re just starting out or looking for a fresh direction, apprenticeships help you build confidence, competence, and a career you’ll be proud of.

They provide opportunities to:

Earn while you learn – Get paid from day one while gaining valuable workplace experience
Learn from industry experts – Receive high-quality training both on and off-the-job tailored to your role
Gain qualifications while you work – Work towards recognised, career-boosting qualifications
Build specialist knowledge and skills – Learn what really works in your sector, from professionals who’ve been there
Unlock career and pay progression – Lay the foundations for a long-term, successful future
No student debt – Most apprenticeships are fully funded, with no tuition fees to pay.

Apprenticeships offer more than just a qualification — they’re a practical, supportive, and rewarding route into the career you want.

Why Ebor Academy Trust?

High Quality Training for the Sector by the Sector:

- All of our programmes have been designed in accordance with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) and written by leading practitioners who work in the sector, ensuring that our programmes are comprehensive and industry-relevant.
- All of our facilitators are highly qualified and experienced sector experts, who are able to bring real-life sector experience to the classroom as well as provide invaluable insights and practical hands-on knowledge.
- Ebor Academy Trusts Apprenticeship Programmes are taught live, online providing valuable opportunities for real-time interaction, discussion and feedback.
- Where practical for our cohorts in-person learning opportunities are also able to be offered.
- Apprentices training with Ebor Academy Trust benefit from one-to-one mentorship with experienced professionals, able to guide them through their apprenticeship journey and provide personalised support and feedback to ensure success.
- All of our apprentices are encouraged to and have the opportunities to communicate and collaborate with a community of like-minded individuals, creating valuable connections.

As a registered apprenticeship training provider, we are committed to working collaboratively with employers from maintained schools, other multi-academy trusts and private, voluntary and independent organisations to provide the best apprenticeships programmes across the education sector – for the ultimate benefit of all staff and the children and young people they work with.

Our apprenticeship provision was awarded “Good” in all areas by Ofsted in Autumn 2022. Inspectors said Ebor programmes helped apprentices “develop significant and relevant new skills, knowledge and behaviours” and that they feel valued and listened to and grow in confidence and resilience to carry out their roles.

Ofsted also noted that:

Over half of the apprentices who completed their programme with Ebor achieved a distinction grade in their end-point assessment.

We provide apprentices with a suitable range of opportunities to widen their experience by visiting other schools and workplace settings.

Interested in finding out more?

Email Sue Hinchcliffe, our Director of Apprenticeships, s.hinchcliffe@ebor.academy or apprenticeships@ebor.academy, to arrange a no-obligation conversation to discuss opportunities.

Quotes:

Never have I had training sessions that could be more relevant in helping me to not only build on my existing knowledge but to be so easy to apply and put into practice in the working environment. An in-depth programme which teaches you to not only do a ‘job’ but to also have passion and motivation in your role. – Teaching Assistant Apprentice.

An apprenticeship with Ebor has truly been my best decision to date. I have had the opportunity to develop not only professionally but personally too. Joining this programme has enabled me to grow into my role and become a key person in the school environment as well as gaining confidence to challenge myself to deal with responsibilities I would not have otherwise known I was capable of. – Teaching Assistant Apprentice.

“It’s great to see how the knowledge gained from the training and the course tasks is being applied and how links are being made to benefit the children and the setting as a whole.” Employer, Early Years Educator Apprentice.

“We regularly meet together to discuss the tasks set and this has opened up discussions at team meetings which have been of great benefit to all of us” – Employer, Early Years Educator Apprentice.

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