Add instant tech skills to your organisation

The UK tech industry is facing a crisis when it comes to the gap between the skills needed by employers and the available talent. Frontloaded apprenticeships are designed to fill that gap, delivering the most in-demand tech skills, fast.

Frontloading provides in-depth learning right at the beginning, rather than spread across the course, to develop key knowledge early on. This means that apprentices can apply their expertise to your business straight away.

Get in touch with our experts to find out how frontloaded apprenticeships can benefit your organisation.

What are the benefits of frontloaded apprenticeships?

Day 1 ready talent in a competitive marketplace

Learners have a well-rounded skill set at the completion of the Bootcamp component of their apprenticeships, allowing them to get up to speed quickly before entering the workplace with their new skills.

Improved employer engagement

Learners and employers will agree how to plan for workplace application, ensuring learning makes an impact where it matters most.

An award-winning delivery model

Through our award-winning Digital by Design (DXD) learner support model, 97% of our learners pass on 1st attempt. DXD ensures QA apprentices are successful and bring value to your business from day one.

The keys to unlocking further potential

Learners will get full access to our unrivalled online learning platform, Cloud Academy, giving them the opportunity to advance their skills through 10,000+ hours of content, labs, quizzes and sandboxed environments.

Our frontloaded apprenticeship programmes

We’ve developed our Frontloaded programmes for tech skills that we know are in demand: Data Analysis, DevOps and Software Engineering. Follow the links below to find out more about each programme.

How does frontloaded work?

The accelerated apprenticeship provides 10 weeks of up-front bootcamp training to start the learner journey. In bootcamp, learners will gain all the practical knowledge to enter the workplace as a Data Analyst, DevOps practitioner, or Software Engineer. They learn from experts, digital learning pathways, sandbox virtual labs and skills coaching so they are ready to enter your business at its conclusion.

After the 10 weeks, skills are mapped and assessed, and any skills gaps are supported with an additional digital skills learning bundle. Apprentices enter the workplace having completed most of their off-the-job training, ready to focus on their role.

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Who is eligible for a QA Frontloaded Apprenticeship?

This programme is suitable for organisations looking to scale capability in their organisation and is only available for closed cohorts.

QA’s Frontloaded apprenticeships are also suitable for:

  • New non-tech recruits that are looking to gain deployable tech capability
  • Graduates that are looking to join your business and be ready to contribute
  • Reskilling candidates that can transform your team and digital capabilities in 10 weeks
  • Diverse and socially mobile talent to upskill in their tech expertise

 Learners who undertake a QA Frontloaded Apprenticeship will also have the opportunity to top up into a Degree or Master's Apprenticeship.


Partnering with you to power potential

We can work together to help recruit tech and digital apprentices or help reskill your existing workforce and provide your business with the in-demand tech skills you need.

Get in touch with us. Our team will respond within 48 hours.