Our Trust apprentice stories
Each year as part of National Apprenticeship Week, we shine a spotlight on colleagues across our Trust who are building their skills, confidence and future careers through an apprenticeship.
Through 3-18 Inspiring Futures, our Trust’s professional learning and development offer, we enable staff to access fully funded professional qualifications, including apprenticeships.
This empowers colleagues to gain recognised qualifications while developing practical, real‑world experience.
From school business management and teaching assistants to facilities, finance and IT, explore our apprenticeship stories below.
Celebrating apprenticeships: “The qualification will help with my knowledge and skills and support future career progression.”
Celebrating apprenticeships: “My apprenticeship is giving me a well-rounded foundation to become a confident and capable school business professional.”
Celebrating apprenticeships: “The course has helped me to learn new skills and tools to better support the children and my colleagues in the classroom.”
Celebrating apprenticeships: “I wanted to build practical skills in a hands-on environment while gaining a formal qualification.”
Celebrating apprenticeships: “Apprenticeships are such a good opportunity because the theory and practical experience complement each other well.”
Celebrating apprenticeships: “My apprenticeship is a good opportunity to gain new knowledge to help my role in the future.”
Professional qualifications through 3-18 Inspiring Futures
At The 3-18 Education Trust, professional qualifications including apprenticeships are a cornerstone of our people strategy—encouraging a culture of continuous improvement.
We actively engage with the apprenticeship levy, so we can fully fund professional qualifications for our staff at all stages of their career, from diplomas through to professional qualifications at degree and masters level.
This offers our staff the opportunity to achieve recognised qualifications and gain practical experience, advancing their careers with growth and development opportunities.
3-18 Inspiring Futures brings together The 3-18 Education Trust’s shared commitment to professional learning and development. From early career support and leadership programmes to teacher training and professional qualifications, our comprehensive offer empowers people at all stages of their career to develop, thrive, and lead with confidence.
