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Founded in Swansea, 2003. Delivering across England.
Our purpose
Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
The work people do shapes the care we receive, the services we rely on and the teams we belong to. We believe the people doing that work deserve the opportunity to develop their abilities and take pride in their contribution. Too often they are the people least likely to be taught by the best in their profession. We think that is backwards, so we bring the experts to them, alongside a coach who knows their name.
Through apprenticeships and professional development, TLC helps turn that belief into progress for learners and the organisations they work in. We measure ourselves by what changes for a person, and for the organisation that backs them. Only exceptional is good enough.
What we believe
The person on the night shift deserves the same teacher as the person in the boardroom.
A qualification is the receipt. The product is a more capable, more ambitious person.
Nobody rises to a low standard.
Experts alongside the coach. Never instead of the coach.
Technology should make a teacher better, not replace one.
Trust is earned by what we do, not what we say.
Only exceptional is good enough.
Our approach
We are bringing together specialist academies, experienced educators and respected industry voices to expand what learning can offer. Our approach connects that expertise with clear teaching, practical application and support from people who care about your progress.
Respected icons, accomplished practitioners and specialist organisations, built into the learning as demonstrations, masterclasses, resources and practical challenges, so the expertise sits inside the learning rather than on the cover.
An icon raises aspirations; a skilled educator helps someone achieve them. Our learning coaches turn expert contributions into understanding, practice and progress, and they know the sector because they have worked in it.
Digital tools that improve access, personalise support and help educators see progress, so the relationships that help learners succeed get stronger.
How we deliver: the model, the tools we have built and the learner journey
Our academies and partners
The people and organisations learners would not ordinarily get to learn from, brought inside the apprenticeship alongside the coach relationship that makes it work.
Inspired by Marco Pierre White
Precision, discipline and respect for the craft, from professional kitchens to the care kitchens where a good meal is part of someone’s dignity.
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Keeping people safe
Specialist safeguarding expertise from the UK’s leading children’s charity, available across our programmes through e-learning, masterclasses and live insight.
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Inspired by Lino Carbosiero
Technical mastery and creativity in hairdressing, professional standards, and the confidence that helps people feel valued.
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Promoting excellence, supporting people
Specialist care learning that connects knowledge with the reality of supporting people: food, presentation, activity, wellbeing and leadership as one experience of care.
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Excellence in teaching
Developing teaching assistants, teachers and educational leaders to a recognisable standard of professional capability.
See the partnershipWhere we work
We go deep in the sectors we serve rather than spreading thin. Our coaches have worked the wards, the kitchens, the classrooms and the salons they teach in, and every programme is delivered to the published Skills England standard.
Levels 2 to 5
Care careers built one shift at a time, from frontline care to registered manager.
Levels 2 to 4
Chefs who can hold their own in any professional kitchen, with the Academy behind them.
Levels 3 to 5
The people who shape the next generation, in classrooms and specialist provision.
Level 3
The people who keep others safe, across health, care, education and local authorities.
Level 3 · New
The people who help others feel well, confident and connected, with the Academy behind them.
One learner
Every programme we run is measured by what happens to a person. This is what that looks like.
A learner’s story · Culinary
“Nobody had ever told me the food in a care home could be cooked like food in a restaurant. Now I cannot cook it any other way.”
Names and details are illustrative while we gather our learners’ and employers’ own stories, in their own words.
For employers
Your organisation’s plans depend on the capability of your workforce. We work with employers to connect development with real roles, strengthen professional practice and support the people preparing for greater responsibility.
For learners
Whether you are starting a career, developing in your role or preparing to lead, your next step matters. We help you connect learning with your ambitions and build skills you can use at work.
What employers and apprentices tell us
We earn our reputation through learner achievement and progression, stronger workplace practice and employer confidence, not through ambitious claims.
From our most recent employer and apprentice satisfaction surveys.
A genuine workforce development partner.
TLC took the time to understand our organisation, our people and the skills we need for the future.
I’ve grown in confidence as well as knowledge.
I can genuinely see how much I’ve developed since starting my apprenticeship.
More than an apprenticeship provider.
TLC works with us strategically to identify skills gaps, develop our people and create progression opportunities.
The learning actually relates to my job.
I’ve taken ideas from my sessions and used them at work straight away.
Only exceptional is good enough for TLC
Let’s talk
Thirty minutes with us and you will know which experts you would learn from, what it costs (often nothing), and what the first twelve months look like.
