Power-up with a Management Apprenticeship

Our levy-funded management apprenticeships for employers and individuals include:
Level 3 Team Leader Standard
Level 5 Operations Manager Standard

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A Management Apprenticeship is our most comprehensive and robust management offering. It is designed to build confident and capable managers that can succeed progress and thrive within their role.

Through their Apprenticeship, learners gain the knowledge, practical experience and wider skills they need for their management role and future career. The apprentice gains this through a mix of learning in the workplace, formal off-the-job training and the opportunity to practise new skills in a real work environment. Management Apprenticeships not only ensure that learners are ‘job-ready’, it also enables organisations to create a ready-pipeline of qualified future leaders.

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“Apprentices make significant progress from their starting points, achieve very well and attain high grades. A high proportion of apprentices achieve their qualification, and almost all who do so achieve distinction grades. All those who take additional management qualifications gain certification.Leaders meet employer’s training priorities. They close skills gaps and provide structured development for apprentices.” (Ofsted November 2025)

“Apprentices are taught by highly qualified, experienced skills coaches and masterclass teachers. Apprentices benefit greatly from skills coaches’ insight and professional wisdom.” (Ofsted November 2025)

 

With Management Apprenticeships we deliver substantial, high quality training, it aims to stretch learners and is supported by continuous assessment of progress and impact. The focus is on creating high performing, accountable managers. The programme integrates a range of different learning methods that provide flexibility, variety and challenge.

The emphasis is on practical skills-based training that meets industry standards. Learners gain industry-recognised knowledge, skills and behaviours, and are continually tasked to apply their skills in their day-to-day role to accelerate learning and deliver business impact. Due to the depth of the Apprenticeship, learners are required to allocate 6-8 hours per week to their development for the duration of the programme, which can be allocated in a flexible way to suit working patterns and business needs.

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Based on feedback from learners, the key benefits gained from Adalta’s Management Apprenticeships include:

  • 1 Access to opportunities to showcase and build on new and existing management skills and competencies in their workplace
  • 2 Being able to demonstrate positive and measurable impact on their organisation
  • 3 Raised profile and credibility
  • 4 Industry-recognised transferrable skills
  • 5 Increased self-awareness and self-belief
  • 6 Improved management confidence and courage
  • 7 Management maturity (they adopt a management perspective; think and act like a manager, are accountable, make better decisions and respond to situations in a considered manner)
  • 8 Increased performance and productivity
  • 9 Attainment of a professional management qualification
  • 10 Accelerated career progression

At Adalta, we offer the following Management Apprenticeships for individuals and organisations:

 

Level 3 Team Leader Apprenticeship Standard

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Level 5 Operations Manager Standard

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Management is our bag, and we have been delivering bespoke management and leadership development for 23+ years. We have been delivering the Management Apprenticeship Standards from the start, with an exceptional attainment record.

Adalta’s Management Apprenticeships are fully funded through the Government Levy or 95% funded by the DfE. Learning stops for nothing!

All our Management Apprenticeships programmes can be delivered remotely, face-to-face (where safe to do so), or a combination of the two. And you can start at a time that works for you and/or your business.

A dedicated Programme Manager is allocated to ensure a high-quality Apprenticeship programme through regular monitoring and reporting on quality, progress and impact.

When it comes to management, our Apprenticeship team are the best in the market because they have been there and worn the t-shirt. Their significant occupational experience, combined with qualifications and bang up-to date knowledge of management thinking s is what sets the bar high.

Great programmes never happen by accident, and one size never fits all.

Whether you are looking to develop management and leadership capability or create a pipeline of future leaders, we take a partnership approach to create a programme ‘fit for purpose’. We consider how it is delivered, how it links to the learner’s role and how it links to the bigger picture.

We are great advocates of the learner experience, in particular, gaining and applying new management skills and behaviours in their day-to-day role, which helps them and their team to deliver value and generate immediate returns for their organisation.

“Apprentices swiftly acquire the knowledge, skills and behaviours that they need, which has a demonstrable impact on their workplace roles”

Ofsted, November 2025

Management Apprenticeships Learner Promise

Every learner can expect as standard:

  • A well-structured, rounded programme that provides a clear road-map for learners so that they can plan and manage their learning time
  • A variety of learning methods to stretch and challenge them
  • A dedicated personal assessor to support and encourage them through every step of their learning journey
  • A comprehensive programme induction, including essential information, advice and guidance relating to their Apprenticeship
  • Continual documented and verbal assessment feedback to help them develop and progress throughout their journey
  • Secure online access to a ‘live portfolio’, with access to a wealth of digital resources, tools, templates and guidance
  • Regular ‘check-ins’ with their Skills Coach to maintain focus
  • To feel fully prepared and supported in readiness for independent end-point assessment

Get in touch with Adalta, alternatively you can call us on
0345 021 2356

Adalta Development Ltd
9 Riverside
Waters Meeting Road
Bolton
Lancashire
BL1 8TU

    Leaders provide ambitious, high-quality training programmes for aspiring managers and leaders

    Apprentices swiftly develop the professional behaviours they need for their job roles. They become more confident and resilient managers; are motivated and have a positive attitude to their learning

    Ofsted, September 2021

    Leaders provide ambitious, high-quality training programmes for aspiring managers and leaders

    Ofsted, September 2021

    Apprentices value highly the coaching sessions they receive from Assessors and apply what they learn in these sessions to the tasks they do at work. They increase in confidence during their apprenticeship

    Ofsted, September 2021

    I cannot speak highly enough about the Level 5 ILM Management Course run by Adalta. The content, support and tutors are all excellent and the learning has given me the skills required to succeed in management. I have already put the qualification to good effect and progressed to the next level of my career!

    James O’Regan
    Level 5 Management Apprentice

    The Level 3 programme has given me the knowledge and tools to develop my progression as a Team Leader. The integrated structure of ‘on the job’ learning allows the learner to put theory into practice which is invaluable.

    Deb Platt, Level 3 Team Leader Apprentice

    When I started this Apprenticeship 18months ago, I had just ventured into the world of line management and had a lot to learn. One of the main benefits of this management course is that it has increased my self-awareness. It has allowed me to reflect on how I am as a leader. My Assessor has been really helpful and supportive throughout my qualification. She has given me great guidance whilst encouraging me to think independently and consider different perspectives and methods of learning and development. I would definitely recommend Adalta and this course for any new line managers.

    Matt Valentine
    Level 3 Team Leader Apprentice

    I enrolled on the Apprenticeship programme primarily to increase my knowledge and skills across a wider range of management competencies. I felt that the depth and breadth of the programme would help me to consolidate what good management and leadership practice should look like and how I could further develop my potential.

    Barbara Moore

    I was nominated to go on the programme and to be honest, I was initially apprehensive and sceptical based on other courses attended. However, the business recognised the value that this would give me in my role and the programme gave me far more than I anticipated.

    Matthew Rodway

    I have recently completed my Level 5 ADALTA Management Apprenticeship. I found the course very well run and the amount of support and guidance given really helped me gain a brilliant result. For anyone in the industry that isn’t sure of what qualification to take within the management sector I would certainly recommend the ADALTA course.

    Rosie Tunnard
    Manager Apprenticeship
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