Team Leader Apprenticeship

Build the skills to confidently lead your team — funded, flexible, and effective.

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Team Leader Apprenticeship

About

What's Involved

Content

Perfect For

Entry Criteria

Assessments

Output

Learner Reviews

How Much Is it?

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What is This Programme

Over 12 months, this comprehensive apprenticeship equips learners with the essential knowledge, skills, and behaviors they need to confidently lead a team.

Through a structured learning journey, participants will gain expertise in managing and developing high-performing teams, enhancing communication techniques for greater impact, and delivering effective

Additionally, the programme covers key aspects of change management and continuous improvement, enabling learners to navigate and drive organisational change smoothly.

They will also learn to contribute effectively to key projects and master the art of managing budgets, ensuring financial efficiency. By the end of the apprenticeship, learners will emerge as confident and capable leaders, ready to make meaningful contributions to their teams and organisations.

This Programme Aims To:

  • Develop Team Leaders that can train and coach their team for improvement
  • Equip Team Leaders to be able to delegate to and manage the performance of their team
  • Enable Team Leaders to communicate and build relationships with a wide variety of different and diverse personal styles
  • Give Team Leaders the understanding of how to become an effective leader

What's Involved?

Coaching Support

Learners will meet with their personal coaches every month to ensure that they are putting their skills in to practice in the workplace, developing them further and seeing the benefits of their hard work. It also allows learners to ask questions, trial things and review them with their coach to continually improve. Alongside this their coach will help them collect the right kind of evidence to provide at End-Point-Assessment.

Portfolio of Evidence

As part of the programme, learners will need to evidence that they are putting their learning to use in the workplace; through work-product, meeting notes, reflective and witness statements, project plans, proposals and other relevant working examples. This evidence will form the basis of the End-Point-Assessment discussions and activities.

Expert Training

Each module has its own group training session, most often delivered via a live virtual training session, by a leadership and management expert. The training is highly interactive, engaging and contextualised, so that learners can immediately put their learning to use in the workplace, with new models, skills and tools to help them.

What You'll Learn?

Module 1

Developing Yourself and Your Team

Improve self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and align with organisational strategy.

Module 2

Building Effective Teams

Motivate individuals, manage performance, and lead impactful conversations.

Module 3

Communication and Implementing Operational Plans

Plan effectively, collaborate with stakeholders, and communicate clearly.

Module 4

Leadership and Management

Apply ED&I principles, understand culture, and adapt your leadership style.

Module 5

Managing Change and Continuous Improvement

Support change, resolve conflicts, and manage a budget.

Module 6

Data Driven Management

Interpret data, create reports, and communicate insights.

Module 7

Project Management Skills

Use project tools, solve problems, and prioritise tasks effectively.

Who is it Perfect For?

Existing Team Leaders

Experienced leaders looking to refine their skills and inspire their teams.

Junior Managers

New managers eager to build confidence and develop effective leadership.

First Time Managers

Aspiring leaders stepping up to their first management role.

Supervisors

Frontline supervisors seeking to enhance their team management skills.

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Existing Team Leaders

Junior Managers

First Time Managers

Supervisors

What is The Entry Criteria?

Learners need to:

  • Be in a relevant role
  • Be carrying out Team Leader duties

If English is your second language...

You must be able to understand and articulate yourself to a level that will allow you to benefit from and ultimately pass the End-Point-Assessment of the qualification

Entry Criteria

How is The Programme Assessed?

End Point Assessment (EPA) will commence at the end of your apprenticeship where you will be assessed against the knowledge, skills and behaviours within the occupational standard.

The EPA period is typically 3 months and EPA requirements include:

A learner-led project presentation followed by questioning

A comprehensive project presentation, demonstrating the application of key skills and knowledge, followed by a structured Q&A to assess understanding.

Professional discussion underpinned by a portfolio of workplace development evidence

An in-depth professional discussion, supported by a portfolio of real-world evidence, allowing for a deep dive into the learner's practical experience and achievements.

What Learners Get Out of It

Level 3 Team Leader Apprenticeship Certificate

CMI Qualification

Learners gain a Level 3 Team Leader Apprenticeship Certificate, equivalent to two A-level passes, which equips them with the practical skills and knowledge to lead teams and manage projects.

This apprenticeship focuses on developing leadership, communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving abilities.

Learners also gain a deeper understanding of management techniques and how to deliver results through others.

Benefits

  • Develops essential leadership and management skills, including effective decision-making, delegation, and team motivation.
  • Builds confidence in managing people, projects, and tasks, improving overall team performance.
  • Provides practical skills for resolving conflicts, coaching team members, and setting clear objectives.
  • Enhances communication abilities, including active listening, giving feedback, and managing difficult conversations.
  • Offers practical tools for planning and managing workloads, setting priorities, and meeting deadlines.
  • Increases self-awareness and emotional intelligence, helping leaders adapt to different situations and team dynamics.
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The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is the only organisation that can award Chartered Manager status, the highest accolade for managers and leaders.

For 75 years, they have inspired modern managers to become successful, confident leaders.

As part of this programme, learners can choose to do an additional 2 x 2500-word assignments to gain the prestigious CMI Level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management.

This additional element to the programme comes at no extra cost and is discussed 6 months in to the programme to ensure that it is manageable and to allow learners to make an informed decision.

Benefits

  • CMI Membership included
  • Gain access to ManagementDirect (digital learning resources)
  • 80% of managers said that a CMI qualification is a key part of becoming a professional manager
  • CMI qualifications open a professional pathway to Chartered Manager Status
  • 81% of individuals were able to share their new skills with their team
  • 79% confirmed their new skills has increased overall team performance
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What Learners Say

Average Learner Score: 4.60 / 5

631 Learners, 25,022 Feedback Questions Answered

Displaying Some Latest Reviews from Workshops in the Programme

James M

Guenther Bakeries

(5.00 / 5)

Sad last session with Claire she has been an absolute pleasure to work with. I have developed and learned so much along the way and this is thanks to Claire White and Wendy Hall.

Wednesday 11th June 25

Hayley W

Cutler Communications Solutions

(4.97 / 5)

Laurie was great! He was enthusiastic and brought energy to the call. He was engaging and we were able to have great conversations

Friday 23rd May 25

Benjamin K

Freshwater Biological Association

(4.74 / 5)

Bev is an excellent trainer. The content is very relatable to my role/organisation.

Thursday 15th May 25

Angela W

Nine Dots Development

(5.00 / 5)

A wide breadth of interesting topics covered with clarity. A lot of "seeds planted" for further reflection, contextualising, reading and research too. Thank you, Bev.

Wednesday 14th May 25

Georgi T

Toolbank

(5.00 / 5)

Very interesting workshop, I really enjoyed the conversations with the other participants.

Wednesday 7th May 25

Kathryn B

Collis Engineering

(4.91 / 5)

LEarner interaction

Friday 2nd May 25

Harrison L

Whitecroft Lighting

(5.00 / 5)

The workshop was full of great content and very engaging.

Thursday 1st May 25

Clare W

A1 Wokingham WET Waste

(5.00 / 5)

Listening to other people job roles and how they approach situations

Thursday 1st May 25

Debbie G

Pathways Community Interest

(5.00 / 5)

I really enjoyed the first session, it gave me a lot to think about within my role as a team leader, both for myself, and also for the team. I have always thought we do not do enough to support people, but actually we do a lot of the things suggested, such as SWOT, EDP, and Competency framework already, which was good to hear. Now I would like to focus on adapting how I share these with the team for a more positive experience.

Thursday 1st May 25

Andrew C

Boston Scientific

(4.75 / 5)

The first training session was good.

Thursday 1st May 25

Arkadiusz G

Malloy Aeronautics

(5.00 / 5)

everything was excellent

Wednesday 30th April 25

Dean W

Malloy Aeronautics

(4.77 / 5)

Learning how others deal with certain situations

Monday 28th April 25

How Much is it?

For SMEs

95% Funded

Organisations with an annual wage bill under £3 million can access the Co-investment Scheme to fund 95% the cost of this programme.

£250 per person

For Larger Organisations

Levy Funded

Organisations with an annual wage bill over £3 million can fund the full cost of this programme through their Levy Funds.

£5,000 per person

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