Deliver Adult Skills Fund (formerly AEB), Bootcamps and commercial learning
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Proven value
Aptem Skills has a wealth of job search resources to enable re-employment. After using Aptem Skills, users are 67% more likely to remain in work after 12 weeks.
Proven value
Aptem Skills has a wealth of job search resources to enable re-employment. After using Aptem Skills, users are 67% more likely to remain in work after 12 weeks.
Product features
How it works for providers
- Functionality to deliver multiple Aims within a programme, including work placements.
- Remote and automated eligibility checking and enrolment, including recognition of prior learning.
- Fully integrated initial assessment and diagnostics - BKSB and Skills Forward.
- First-class user experience and accessibility through single sign-on and a unique mobile-friendly console.
- Integrated job search and CV builder to support learners' and jobseekers' employment journeys.
How it works for learners
- Remote meetings, reviews and webinars - with an MS Teams Communications Connector
- Ability to upload or build full eLearning assets using SCORM, including recording answers and assessments.
- Access to a wealth of ready-to-use learner employability resources and advice.
- Efficient and compliant ILR management and batch file generation.
- Embedded Power BI analytics and OData feeds to give you transparency of performance.
Built-in cognitive assessment
Aptem Assess is an integrated cognitive assessment tool that enables you to seamlessly identify and respond to learning needs.
- Integrate cognitive assessment into your onboarding process or where needed in the delivery programme.
- For an estimated 87% of learners the experience will take no more than 15 minutes.
- Complete assessments on your learners’ chosen device – mobile, tablet or desktop.
- Obtain guidance on reasonable adjustments for Learning Plans and End Point Assessments.
- Access learning support materials via the Aptem Resource Centre.
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FAQs
Q. Can I use Aptem for subcontracting and use multiple UKPRNs?
Yes, enabling you to manage elements such as multiple ILR returns, reflect your organisation’s delivery model inside Aptem using Group Structures, and make operational efficiencies by using Aptem to manage changes via workflows.
Q. Do you connect with Zoom or Teams?
Yes, we have an MS Teams Communication Connector coming soon.
Q. Can I change a learning plan mid-programme?
Yes you can make ad hoc changes throughout a programme and apply these at an individual, cohort or programme level: a just-in-time approach.
Q. Can I use Aptem for commercial or study programmes?
Yes, you can use the system to deliver a range of different programmes including the above, apprenticeships, degree apprenticeships, bootcamps and employability programmes.
Q. Is Aptem Skills accessible on a mobile phone?
Aptem Skills is fully accessible on mobile phones, tablets, desktops and laptops.
Further questions?
We know it’s important that your delivery system meets your unique needs. We're here to help.
Aptem has allowed us to merge our MIS and our learner portfolio systems into one place, so we can now truly go out and say we have an end-to-end system for our learners and employers. It has also given us our first foray into ePortfolios for our education learners, so that’s a huge step forward. We now have real-time reporting and real-time performance management of our staff.
Ryan Palmer
Director of Quality and Impact
Aptem allows us to onboard learners and complete compliance documents remotely and efficiently, which has been imperative in the current climate and reduced the time spend on admin. With Aptem’s distance learning functionality, we can continue to provide our clients with excellent training online.
Paul Wileman
CEO
We chose to work with Aptem, after looking at several alternatives, as the entire learning journey (from sign up through to EPA) is embedded into the platform. This saved us money as we could consolidate a number of existing systems in one. Additionally, the investment required demonstrated exceptional value for money and the level of customer service is refreshingly ‘on it’.
James Taylor
Commercial Director
Over £250,000 of free eLearning content to support people back into work
Purchasing Aptem Skills give you access to the inbuilt Advice Centre that houses eLearning to support the delivery of your employability programmes. The range of bite-sized learning covers topics like:
- Creating a CV
- Searching for jobs
- Interview skills
- Mindset
- Communication skills
Award-winning
In partnership
As an Aptem customer, you are supported throughout your journey, firstly by a dedicated Implementation Consultant, followed by a Customer Success Manager.
Regular product training sessions ensure you continually optimise your use of Aptem Apprentice. We publish a roadmap detailing how we are improving and enhancing our products.
Aptem’s in-person customer support is available to Aptem Superusers at the end of the phone or via Aptem’s Support Ticket system, and the Aptem Help Centre enables self-service. We also publish a live status page for Aptem products.
Backed up by a team of over 60 developers, you can trust that we have the resource and expertise to deal with your queries.
In partnership
As an Aptem customer, you are supported throughout your journey, firstly by a dedicated Implementation Consultant, followed by a Customer Success Manager.
Regular product training sessions ensure you continually optimise your use of Aptem Apprentice. We publish a roadmap detailing how we are improving and enhancing our products.
Aptem’s in-person customer support is available to Aptem Champions at the end of the phone or via Aptem’s Support Ticket system, and the Aptem Help Centre enables self-service. We also publish a live status page for Aptem products.
Backed up by a team of over 60 developers, you can trust that we have the resource and expertise to deal with your queries.
Case studies
YMCA
Implementing a solution that can be used across multiple programmes types, including Adult Skills Fund (formerly AEB) and Apprenticeships.
“The fact that we went live on the day we committed to going live was, for us, a great achievement, particularly given the complexities of the build. From a management perspective, it has given us access to a huge swathe of live reports, something we didn’t have before. And that allows us to have real-time reporting and real-time performance management of our staff.” Ryan Palmer, Director of Quality and Impact, Central YMCA
Strategic decision-making using data
When you use Aptem your data is held centrally, allowing you to easily report and analyse. There are a number of built in reporting tools along with more detailed Power BI Dashboards within Aptem and we’re adding to these all the time.
Aptem news and events - get involved
We regularly host events and training, publish articles, white papers and eBooks, and commission research. Have a browse and get involved:
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Thought leadership webinars
The latest on Functional Skills: sector analysis and recommendations
Wednesday 26 February 2025 | 10am – 11am | Register here
Due to the announcement from the Department for Education regarding the removal of Functional Skills exit requirements for adult apprentices, we have rescheduled this webinar. Please join us on the new date, Wednesday 26 February at 10am, when we will have clarification on some of the key questions. We will discuss the new rules, share fresh analysis, and provide guidance for providers from a quality perspective. The recording will be shared with all those who register.
Upcoming product showcase webinars
Aptem Enhance quarterly update: Review summarisation, marking aid, and virtual assistant
Tuesday 25 February 2025 | 11am – 12pm | Register here
Live demo: How Aptem fuels exceptional growth and learner success
Tuesday 18 March 2025 | 11am – 11:30am | Register here
Aptem product roadmap: Q1 2025 update
Tuesday 25 March | 11am – 11.30am
Industry events
AELP AI & Digital Summit 2025 – Stand 1
Wednesday 26 February 2025 | Millennium Point, Birmingham
We are proud sponsors of this inaugural AELP event, focused on the potential effects of AI on the skills sector. The event offers an opportunity to consider how your organisation can get ahead of the curve when it comes to AI adoption. Visit Stand 1 to hear what the Aptem system offers forward-thinking providers, looking to benefit from the latest technology. Book your conference tickets here.
Apprenticeships and Training Conference 2025 – Stand A31
Monday 10 March – Tuesday 11 March 2025 | ACC Liverpool
We look forward to the flagship apprenticeship and training conference of the year, an insightful two-day event where we’ll have the opportunity to connect with familiar faces and new contacts. Aptem’s Chief Product Officer, James Love, will be running a workshop on navigating the ethical and regulatory landscape of AI in apprenticeships alongside Manjinder Kainth, Chief Executive Officer of Graide, and Manya Sikombe, AI Specialist at Jisc. Book your conference tickets here.
The Apprenticeship Guide Awards 2025
Thursday 1 May 2025 | Hilton Manchester
We are proud to be headline sponsoring The Apprenticeship Guide Awards 2025. Aptem CEO Richard Alberg will be speaking at the awards ceremony. You can read more about the awards here and you can find more information about the award categories here.
Aptem customer events
aSpire 2025 – Aptem’s Customer Conference
15 May 2025 | The ICC, Birmingham
We’re excited to bring our customers together for the first time for a tailor-made experience that will leave you full of ideas, knowledge and new connections.
At this exclusive event, Aptem customers will be able to deep dive into ‘how to’ sessions, attend specialised workshops by trusted industry partners, understand upcoming features and updates, get hands-on tips to maximise use of Aptem, and much more.
Book your tickets here.
Product briefing webinars
Customers will be invited to these events via email.
Making the most of Aptem’s compliance documents functionality
Tuesday 4 March 2025 | 11am – 12pm
Preparing for EPA with Aptem
Thursday 20 March 2025 | 11am – 12pm
Communications Connector for Microsoft Teams – including the latest feature updates
Tuesday 1 April 2025 | 11am – 12pm
Short course delivery for non-apprenticeship learners
Tuesday 29 April 2025 | 11am – 12pm
Aptem Help Centre enhancements
Tuesday 27 May 2025 | 11am – 12pm
Building a seamless apprenticeship enrolment process with Aptem
Tuesday 10 June 2025 | 11am – 12pm
Practical Aptem tips to keep you R14 ready
Tuesday 24 June 2025 | 11am – 12pm
Training providers, universities, colleges, employers and employability providers tell us they value our industry expertise and insight.
Here is some recent content that you might find of interest:
- Webinar: AI-powered innovation in apprenticeship delivery through Aptem Enhance
- The future of UCAS apprenticeships
- Aptem & Lifetime Training case study
- How operations optimisation can benefit vocational training providers
- Finding the best apprenticeship delivery platform
- Case study: the B-Skill & Aptem partnership
- Ofsted, data, and the role of your apprenticeship delivery system
- How AI will signify a step-change in delivery for apprenticeship providers
See all our articles here.
Latest eBook
Using Aptem to inform your Self-Assessment Report (SAR)
Latest white paper
How Independent Training Providers (ITPs) can survive and thrive in an inflationary market
Previous white paper
Overcoming resistance to change: implementing new technology
Aptem Intelligence Dashboard
We have created a free dashboarding tool that makes it easy for apprenticeship providers to analyse trends, see offerings gaps, produce competitor analysis, and make data-driven strategic decisions from the ESFA data.
Access the Aptem Intelligence Dashboard here.
Latest case study: Hawk Training's implementation of Aptem
In this case study, the Aptem Team share their views of the exemplary approach taken by Hawk Training on this significant system change project, which holds the potential for transformative outcomes for their organisation.
Aptem offers a range of products to support skills and employability
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