Courses

Match & Dispatch award-winning Celebrant Training, covers weddings, funerals and (soon!) naming ceremonies, taking you from curious to confident. You’ll learn how to craft and conduct ceremonies that genuinely reflect the people at the heart of them, while building a business that works on your terms.

Approach Social Work is a fully funded training programme that helps you step into children’s social work with the training, tools and support to make a difference.  

On the programme, you’ll develop a deep understanding of child-focused practice and how to build relationships that create real change. You’ll also explore anti-discriminatory, anti-oppressive and anti-racist approaches, and earn a master’s degree along the way.

The Sava diploma is a degree-equivalent qualification that’s accredited by the Awarding Body for the Built Environment (ABBE). The course is delivered part time over 24 months by expert trainers who are active in the surveying field. A number of former teachers have completed the qualification and gone on to forge highly successful surveying careers. Sava have found that teachers possess the skills and attributes required of the industry.

Barclays Eagle Labs provides you with access to free online learning designed to support startups and scaleups on their entrepreneurial journey.

You may be thinking about taking that leap to become a founder, taking your product to the next level, wanting to help your marketing team grow their skills, or you’re at the exciting stage of raising capital. Eagle Labs Academy can help with all of this and more. It is free, you don’t have to be a Barclays customer and it’s available to all founders and their team to register for.

Looking to transition from teaching to a fulfilling new career? The St. James’s Place Financial Adviser Academy offers a funded, award-winning programme. Through a blend of digital, live, and practical learning, you’ll gain the qualifications and skills needed to become a successful financial adviser.

The Academy provides comprehensive support, including financial assistance during training. No prior financial experience is required, just a passion for helping others and strong interpersonal skills. Join over 1,500 individuals who have successfully made the leap.

There are two main routes: starting your own financial advice business or joining an existing SJP practice as an adviser.
Our recruitment managers will help you discover the best fit.

Individually tailored training and coaching consisting of psychometric profiling, career direction, career coaching, salary negotiation, networking and introductions as well as ongoing support.

You have skills! Let’s unlock them together.  Our Key Skills Audit will help you gain clarity over your skills and help you leverage them for career success.

Our interview course will ensure you understand interviews outside of the school system and give you the tools you need to achieve success and land the role you want. 

This is a highly tailored CV workshop that puts you the teacher at its core. If you know you’ve had an incredible career but are finding it difficult to articulate this in a CV then let us guide you through the process of creating a CV you can be proud of.

Our comprehensive career change package delivered in person. It covers all elements of career change for teachers and provides you with all of our carefully designed resources. Join us at St. James’s Place on 24th July 2025.

Are you struggling to use the right language to make your applications relevant to jobs outside of teaching? Our guide is a tool that will quickly help you translate job terminology from education to corporate settings and vice versa.

Are you struggling to find out what makes a great CV? In our one-hour CV masterclass you’ll learn the secrets of writing a skills based CV. You’ll walk away with practical tips you can start implementing right away so you can start applying for jobs with confidence.

Do you need to master the art of the STAR method to show your skills and experience in an interview on a  CV or in an application form? Our 8-page guide will provide you with proven examples you can easily replicate from outstanding teachers who have secured new jobs.

Need to create a presence on LinkedIn but are not sure where to start? Or have you generated a LinkedIn profile but don’t really know how to use it effectively? In our LinkedIn masterclass you’ll discover how to create an All Star LinkedIn profile and leverage the platform to your advantage.