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About us

A leading independent training provider, specialising in the Dental, Early Years and Adult Care sectors across England and Wales for over 20 years.

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WHO ARE WE

Aspiration Training (Wales) is a privately owned, leading specialist training provider based in Newport, Wales and is part of Aspiration Training Ltd.

Aspiration Training Ltd is an award-winning independent training provider, delivering qualifications in Health and Social Care, Childcare and Business Administration and Management for over 20 years.

We are uniquely driven by our purpose, vision, and values, which are at the heart of our culture, and we believe that this commitment is why our team are so successful in improving thousands of people’s lives through education.

We pride ourselves on our exceptional service and our unparalleled teaching.

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We have vast experience and a real passion for developing the skills of the workforce.

We continue to deliver in sectors that are recognised by the government as priorities for the economy and which suffer from a shortage of skills.

We deliver flexible, individual apprenticeship programmes embedded with technology that support excellent teaching and outstanding learner resources enabling us to:

  • Support our learners to achieve their qualification
  • Develop the skills that our employer partners need
  • Create a positive culture which is inclusive, empowering and offers flexibility to achieve work life balance for our team members. 

Who is Aspiration Training?

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We focus on supporting and developing our team members and providing them with a great place to work. Our frontline teaching team are not only sector experts, but also qualified to at least Level 4 in teaching and many are Mental Health First Aiders too.

We support over 4,500 people either into work or to develop their careers through nationally recognised vocational qualification programmes, including apprenticeships and continuing professional development. We train early years educators, and their managers, in the Childcare Sector and care professionals, and their managers, in the Health and Social Care sector as well as traineeship programmes via Jobs Growth Wales+.

Aspiration Training Ltd was founded in Wales in 2002 and our core strength remains unparalleled in the exemplary delivery of qualifications via our ACT contract, spread across a variety of learners and employers against a mixed age profile across Wales.

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We are proud to say that we are rated as Excellent on Trustpilot.

92%

of our learners would
recommend us

89%

of our employers would
recommend us

Governance

Meet our Team

Iain Salisbury, CEO of Aspiration Training

Iain Salisbury
CEO

Malcolm Free, Chairman at Aspiration Training

Malcolm Free
Chairman

Tony Eagleton, Finance Director, Aspiration Training

Tony Eagleton
Finance Director

Neil Tamplin, Chief Operating Officer at Aspiration Training

Neil Tamplin
Chief Operating Officer

Mel Barratt-Kelly, Director of People and Culture at Aspiration Training

Mel Barratt-Kelly
Director of People and Culture

Lee Wilkinson, IT Director at Aspiration Training

Lee Wilkinson
IT Director

Sharon Karaa, Director of Curriculum at Aspiration Training

Sharon Karaa
Director of Curriculum

Graham Rivers, Non-Executive Director at Aspiration Training

Graham Rivers
Non-Executive Director

Doug Ellis, Non-Executive Director at Aspiration Training

Doug Ellis
Non-Executive Director

Read our annual reports

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