Your home as a TESS learner.
Earn a real salary, gain up to 5 industry-recognised qualifications, and build the career you actually want. No debt, no tuition fees, and a coach in your corner the whole way. You are working, getting paid, and learning skills you use the very next day.
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Where your apprenticeship comes together. Track your progress against your knowledge, skills and behaviours, upload evidence, and see your next targets. Your skills coach leaves feedback here after every review, and it is what you build towards your End-Point Assessment with.
- See your KSB progress at a glance
- Upload and organise your evidence
- Message your coach and view feedback
Built on Claude and scoped to your apprenticeship standard. Ask Coachy anything about your KSBs, get help structuring portfolio evidence, check your understanding before a workshop, or talk through a tricky topic the night before a deadline. EPA-safe by design.
- Available any time, on mobile or desktop
- Explains your thinking, never writes your evidence
- Magic-link sign-in via your OneFile email
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More than just a qualification
A TESS Group apprenticeship is a full career development programme, combining real work, expert training, and industry-recognised credentials.
Up to 5 qualifications
Graduate with Microsoft, BCS, CMI, CIPD and NCFE certifications alongside your apprenticeship standard, all included at no cost to you.
Earn while you learn
You work in a real role, earning a real salary from day one. No tuition fees, no student debt. Your training is 100% levy funded through your employer.
No coding required
Our AI programmes are designed for non-technical roles. If you work in HR, finance, marketing, or operations, you can learn AI tools without any programming background.
Expert practitioner trainers
Learn from trainers who have done the job, not academics. Our industry practitioners bring real tools, case studies and practical techniques from your sector.
Dedicated support team
Every learner gets a skills coach and technical mentor. Regular 1:1s, progress reviews, and help whenever you need it, from enrolment through to end-point assessment.
Real business projects
You stay in your role day to day, applying new skills to real work as you learn. Your portfolio is built from genuine business challenges you have solved, not hypothetical exercises.
Where can an apprenticeship take you?
An apprenticeship is a launchpad. Progress through levels, stack qualifications, and build a career path from practitioner to senior leader.
Starting your career
Team Leader, HR Support, Business Admin, Customer Service, L&D Practitioner. Build core professional skills and your first qualifications.
Developing expertise
AI & Automation, AI for Team Leaders, Data Analyst, Project Manager. Apply advanced skills and earn Microsoft, BCS or CMI certifications.
Leading teams
AI for Operations Leaders, Operations Manager, Coaching Professional, People Professional. Lead departments and drive organisational change.
Senior leadership
AI & ML Fellowship and Senior People Professional. Shape strategy, lead transformation, and earn the advanced credentials that open executive roles.
Your apprenticeship journey
From your first conversation to completing your end-point assessment, here is what to expect.
Onboarding & induction
Meet your skills coach and technical mentor. Set your learning goals, understand your programme structure, and get access to your learning platform and resources.
Building foundations
Weekly workshops with your trainer, online or in person. Start applying new skills in your role immediately. Begin working towards your first qualifications.
Developing mastery
Deepen your expertise through real business projects. Complete portfolio evidence. Earn your embedded qualifications (Microsoft, BCS, CMI, NCFE). Regular progress reviews with your coach.
Gateway & assessment
Prepare for your End-Point Assessment (EPA) with dedicated support. Your coach guides you through portfolio submission, professional discussion, and any practical assessments. Read the EPA guide.
Graduation & next steps
Achieve your apprenticeship standard, receive your qualifications, and plan your next move, whether progressing to the next level, taking on a new role, or stepping into leadership.
Learning in the flow of work
Our apprenticeships are not a course you step away from work to attend. You learn continuously, apply daily, and build your portfolio from the real work you are already doing. A typical month blends ongoing application with protected structured learning and regular coaching.
Apply as you learn
Put new AI tools, skills and frameworks into practice in your actual role. Most of your evidence is generated naturally from tasks you are already doing, with monthly microtasks to push your thinking and capture progress.
Structured learning block
A focused module release, a live workshop with your industry practitioner trainer, and protected time to work on your portfolio. Your employer safeguards dedicated learning time so your development never gets squeezed out.
1:1 skills coaching
Regular check-ins with your skills coach to review progress, unblock challenges, and shape your portfolio. A technical mentor backs you up on subject expertise, and your cohort is there for the bits you want to talk through.
27+ Programmes across 5 specialisms
Whether you are interested in AI, leadership, HR, coaching or business, there is a programme designed for where you want to go.
AI & Data
AI & Automation, AI for Team Leaders, AI for Operations, AI & ML Fellowship, Data-Driven Team Leader.
Leadership & Management
Team Leader, Operations Manager, AI for Operations Leaders. CMI and ILM embedded qualifications.
HR & People
HR Support, People Professional, Senior People Professional. CIPD qualifications embedded.
Coaching & Mentoring
Coaching Professional with embedded ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring.
Business & Projects
Business Administrator, Associate Project Manager, Improvement Practitioner. APM aligned.
Not sure which programme is right for you? Try the Programme Finder →
Real learners, real progress
Our learners come from every kind of background. Here is what changes when you have a coach in your corner and learning that fits around real work. Names changed where requested.
"I joined as a complete beginner and assumed everyone would be miles ahead of me. My coach changed that. Within months I was running an automation project that saved my team hours every week. I finished with a distinction and a promotion."
"Honestly, Coachy was a game changer. I could ask it anything at any time without feeling silly, and it helped me structure my portfolio so it actually made sense. I walked into my EPA feeling prepared, not panicked."
"I was weighing up university but did not want the debt, and I wanted to actually do the job. The apprenticeship gave me a salary, qualifications and real experience. Best decision I have made."
Everything you need while you are on programme
Your key guides and support, all in one place.
Learner Handbook
Your complete guide to your apprenticeship: how it works, your rights, safeguarding, wellbeing and who to contact.
Read the handbook →EPA Guide
What End-Point Assessment is, how Gateway works, how to prepare and exactly what to expect on the day.
Read the EPA guide →Wellbeing & support
Feeling stretched? You are not alone. Reach your skills coach or our Mental Health First Aiders any time.
Get support →Common questions from learners
Ready to start your journey?
Find the right programme for you and take the first step. No tuition fees, up to 5 qualifications, and a career path that grows with you.