We have over 60 years of apprenticeship experience.

Working within the learning and development business space, specialising in apprenticeships & vocational education and training (VET) sector.

GROWTH is never by mere chance;
it’s the result of forces WORKING TOGETHER.

James Cash Penney

Delivering Return on investment.

We play a key role in working within the Apprenticeship and Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector as advisors, influencers and subject matter experts working on the principle that organisations “don’t know what they don’t know”.

We do this within a measurable impact model whereby the costs of engaging with Seren Skills are recovered through the savings and impact of what we provide by way of deliverables

Delivering Return on investment.

Seren Skills Network is able to define and identify key areas of support for submitting accurate ILR returns and ensuring they are compliant with the ESFA performance and funding guidelines. Enabling key management reports to focus on the relevant information to maximise return on investment and compliance. As a team we are able to provide you with the most up-to-date funding advice and guidance, to ensure your business is fully compliant.

Uploading the ILR using a variety of systems available to training providers from the free ILR tool to products such as PICs and Aptem. The Seren Skills team can support with ESFA Compliance and internal audit of ongoing activity.

We are currently working with clients to support them with the following systems such as: aptem, Power House, Bud, OneFile.

Creating a strategic partnership with apprenticeships and businesses.

Apprenticeships, traditionally been seen as a vocational route to employment or the certification of skills, and not as a route to train and certificate professional careers. To that end, many employers have been missing out on the use of apprenticeships as part of a holistic people strategy for their business. The apprenticeship sector is therefore playing catch up in this regard whilst also having to break down “rite of passage” stigma’s that is found in some professions.

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We complete a full PEST (Political, Environment, Social and Technological) analysis for the employer

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Which then links into an ONA (Organisational Needs Analysis)

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That then drills down into a focused TNA (Training Needs Analysis)

Seren Skills Network support with our apprenticeship provision and ILR has been truly world leading. The results speak for themselves, they listened to our exact needs and went beyond our expectations. The communication was excellent, and they delivered a world class result with significant ROI benefits to the university.

Seren Skills have been instrumental in their support given to Professional Apprenticeships over the years in readiness for Ofsted and they've helped us become an Outstanding provider. They've supported our self-assessment, our quality improvement plan and continual improvements towards our quality cycle. The list is endless. They've been professional and knowledgeable but also just a nice team of people to work with.

We engaged with Seren Skills initially to support and mentor our senior management team in preparation for our upcoming Ofsted inspection, however, this project then expanded into other functional areas of the business. Seren Skills provided expertise and direction as non-executive directors, providing extensive MIS and compliance knowledge to the Board. Seren Skills were integral in securing a successful Ofsted inspection.

How else can we help?

Covering a broad spectrum of sector specific skills and with the experience and varied backgrounds within the team Seren Skills is able to help and support, various aspects of delivery and engagement.

Areas we are able to help and support with based on skills sets within the Seren team and associated network are:

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How else can we help?

Contact our team.