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An apprenticeship is a real, paid job. The apprentice works for an employer and trains with us at the same time, and comes out with a nationally recognised qualification and the experience to go with it.
The short answer
Apprentices will be required to have or achieve a level 2 English and Maths.
The employer sets the real bar, so treat this as a guide. If somebody is close but not quite there, it is still worth the conversation.
In an accounting practice, a professional services company, HMRC, or a business's own finance function.
Creating it, and verifying and reviewing what others have produced. Both halves matter, and the second is the one that catches errors.
Covers creating financial information, verifying and reviewing, accuracy and timeliness
This is a regulated field. Knowing where the line is, and staying the right side of it, is part of the competence rather than an add-on to it.
Covers ethical standards, professional standards, legal requirements
Standard accounting and tax practice applied through the actual business systems and processes in front of them.
Covers business systems and processes, standard accounting practice, tax practice
All apprentices must undertake an independent endpoint assessment which is an assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviours which have been developed throughout the apprenticeship. The purpose of the assessment is to make sure the apprentice meets the standard set by employers and are fully competent in the occupation.
Work launched in class and completed in the job, building the evidence the assessor will look at.
The employer, the apprentice and the tutor. Half an hour. Progress, targets, and anything getting in the way.
Marked by a tutor who is not theirs, so the feedback is honest and the real thing holds no surprises.
Most of our apprentices carry on, usually with the same employer and usually into a wider role. Which route is right depends on the job being done, so it is worth a conversation rather than a guess.
Not sure what comes after this one? Tell us the role and we'll tell you honestly which of our apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships or university-level courses fits next.
It takes two, an employer and an apprentice. Pick your side.
Recruiting, or formalising the training of someone already in post? Start with a conversation. We'll check the role, sort the funding, and get them enrolled.
Speak to us today 0800 358 7979
Or advertise a vacancy through us and we'll handle the recruitment.
An apprenticeship is a job, so an employer has to take you on before you can start. Already employed in this kind of role? Your manager can put you forward directly.
No vacancy that suits? Register your interest and we'll tell you when one comes up.
