I’ve worked at Realise for 21 years, having spent this time delivering apprenticeships in customer service, business administration and trade supplier to name a few. There have been many, many positive changes along the way, during which I’ve worked with some amazing colleagues, apprentices and employers. The part I most love about my role is supporting our apprentices in reaching their full potential.

I am one of the newer appointed training & development officers within the business skills team, responsible for supporting Level 3 Customer Service Specialist apprentices and mainly working with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). I am passionate about “facilitating” personal and professional development of all my “students” and have a wealth of experience in areas ranging from Level 2 Public (Uniformed) Services to Level 7 Senior Management qualifications. At present, I am happily supporting Realise/DWP Level 3 apprentices on the customer service specialist programme and am happy to have “found a home” where the Realise way is, indeed, the right way. Currently “bouncing around like a dog with two tails” and really excited about the future of the organisation and my personal role in it.

I have over 20 years HR business partner experience working for market leaders in the media, tech, telecoms and financial services sectors. My knowledge and experience I hope, will be useful as a trainer and valuable to the HR apprentices I will be supporting to gain their qualifications.

I am the training and development officer for learning and development here at Realise. My role is to ensure that our learners on the programme are able to progress and succeed with their course. Interacting with all of my learners means that no two days are the same, and I get to see our learners grow and develop over time, which makes all the hard work even more enjoyable!

My role at Realise is to deliver the Level 5 Operations and Department Manager apprenticeship. I also support in the design and delivery of workshops, resources, and support materials for the students. In my role, every day is a school day, I learn so much from my wonderful students whilst helping them to develop into leaders of the future.

I have 20+ years in HR and L&D across a variety of organisations, ranging from the Cabinet Office, Virgin, financial services and the construction sector, as a HR Manager. My role here at Realise is to support my apprentices throughout their programme, helping them to achieve their potential and reach their goal. I thoroughly enjoy my job and look forward to it every day.

I am an experienced assessor and trainer, delivering retail, customer service and business administration from level 2 to Level 4. I have been working in the industry for the last seven years and started working with Realise in October 2018. I have a bachelor degree in economics and masters in business administration. I have more than 10 years of experience in retail and business administration. Ever since I have moved into this role, I have enjoyed it immensely as it has been both challenging and rewarding at the same time. I always try to keep myself extremely organised and have a flexible approach to my workload.

I am a proud dad of two lovely kids and love to enjoy my time with my family. Besides my work and family life, it’s all about sport. sport is my passion and hobby. I love to watch football, cricket and tennis. I am a die-hard fan of Manchester United and closely follow English County Championships. I am also a big fan of Roger Federer.

I am a trainer at Realise delivering associate project manager. After working in operations and projects for over 20 years, it is great to share my experiences and knowledge and you can’t beat that feeling of seeing confidence grow in an individual on the programme.

Hi, I’m Raylia and I have been a qualified Tutor-trainer/Assessor for over 16 years delivering teaching and learning within the private and public sectors. During my time working in this field, I have designed and delivered diverse apprenticeship and training programmes covering a variety of topics and subjects. I have guided and trained hundreds of individuals to achieve their goals and aspirations, whether this be a qualification, a promotion, new employment or just providing support where needed.

I am an enthusiastic and engaging individual who thrives on the success of others achieving their potential and exceeding their expectations.  I believe learning should be challenging but should be an enjoyable and rewarding experience at the same time.

I have been in work based learning for nearly 15 years and seen many changes, with the move across to standards the most significant and I feel this has added real value to the apprentice programmes we deliver. Being a curriculum lead I have also had the opportunity to create bespoke delivery models so that every apprenticeship journey can be different and suit the learners and their employers in the best possible way and support them to end point assessment.

I have been in the industry since 2013, delivering various subjects from fundraising and marketing to counter terrorism & hostile reconnaissance! I love working through the apprenticeships and watching my learners knowledge and confidence grow and am very proud of what I do. Every day is different, which suits me perfectly.

I am a training and development officer at Realise. I deliver customer service and business administrator standards to a range of different learners in varied work settings, including EE and DWP.

I am a training and development officer for the APM apprenticeship. I work closely with our learners supporting their process. Helping with progress by meeting with them on a regular basis, providing feedback on their written submissions and helping them towards final stages for their EPA, procuring to exploit their full potential.

I have worked in education for many years starting off as a British Sign Language Interpreter to working in apprenticeships, business development and managing a work experience department. I work with level 4 project management apprentices, I enjoy supporting apprentices and seeing them achieve and progress in their careers.

I have a vast experience in trade, entertainment and retail. I took the plunge back in 2007 to become an assessor and never looked back. I qualified as an assessor back in 2007 and I have loved teaching and learning for the last 16 years and the last five years at Realise. Which I have to say has been an experience that I have enjoyed most out of my training career.

I have been working for Realise for over 4 years and have been delivering a variety of apprenticeships for the last 16 years. I love to see my learners grow and develop and build trust and confidence with them so that they achieve their goals. I wouldn’t want to do anything else now!

I am a qualified and experienced trainer with 23 years of experience in the industry and almost 15 of these with Realise! With extensive experience in customer service, retail and business administration, working in these sectors since the age of 15. I have a plethora of knowledge and skills to support learners at various stages of their career. Along with my excellent and cheery communication skills, I love supporting people and it is a pleasure to see them succeed in achieving their goals and aspirations.

I started my career as a management trainee in retail, so I know what it is like to work and do a qualification at the same time.

At the end of my training programme, I progressed from supervisor right through to senior management level. This progression has meant I have learnt and developed a great portfolio of business skills; customer service, business administration, retail and management. I chose to move into apprenticeships in 2007 because I wanted to share my industry knowledge and skills to help develop and support others just starting out in their careers or progressing in their workplace.

I returned back to the retail industry in 2016 as an operations manager to further enhance and enrich my skills and knowledge.

My love of training and development has never left me hence joining Realise in 2022. I enjoy seeing individuals learn and grow in their role and I love being an integral part of their development.

I have worked in training and development for 13 years, supporting and encouraging people to reach their potential is the part of my job I enjoy the most! I have a wide range of occupational competence built up over 20 years before changing over to the training sector and have stayed with the same company ever since. I love to share my experience and knowledge with others and see them achieve their goals. Realise is a great company to work for, they take care of their staff and their apprentices, and I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else.

I am a training and development officer at Realise. I have been here for over 5 years and worked with lots of different clients and learners. I have a keen interest in customer service and have a lot of experience delivering the trade supplier qualification. My favourite thing about my role is helping other achieve their goals of further education development and promotion within their organisation.

I work as a senior training and development officer in the business skills sector and I have over 15 years’ experience within the industry, I have worked here at Realise for just over 3 years. As well as supporting my performance manager, I work on the BT contract delivering customer service and retail management apprenticeships in Openreach and EE.

Hello! With just over 10 years of experience within apprenticeships, from coaching and mentoring new apprentices through their qualifications to implementing new approaches to how programmes are delivered I’ve worked in a variety of different roles. I love apprenticeships and what they can do for those involved in them.  

As a programme manager, I ensure that our learners have the best experience on their course. 

I have been working in the training industry for 20 years and have spent 14 years with Realise. I have spent this time working in Customer Service, Retail and Management and want to make a difference to learners and staff.  I am passionate and supportive in developing others to achieve their goals.

My role here at Realise is to provide leadership to the business skills sector, having 19 years experience in the industry of delivering and managing apprenticeships in this sector. As well as leading five apprenticeship delivery teams for 14 different programmes, I work closely with our employers to ensure we are providing an excellent service that will meet both the learners and employers needs.

I’ve been working in the industry since around 2004, and one of my first roles was as a skills for life tutor, delivering key skills (numeracy and literacy) sessions to groups of motor and hair apprentices. I then became an assessor, and then a performance manager. I enjoy working in this industry as no two days are ever the same!

I have come from 8 years working as a recruitment and sales manager for two large further education recruitment specialist providers. I was responsible for managing a team of 11 recruiting for trainers, lecturers, assessors, end point assessors, learning support assistants all the way up to senior executives. I worked with colleges, independent training providers, local authorities, charities and all of the prisons and youth offender institutes across the UK.
Here at Realise, I have taken my past experiences and have now become one of the sales executives covering our business skills sector. My role includes supporting employers with both finding apprentices for vacancies they may have or signing up current employees for one of the following apprenticeships: customer service, business admin, HR, team leader/supervisor and operations or department manager Level 5.
I am a mother of 2 boys, well teenagers now, and we are a big football household having season tickets at Tottenham Hotspurs (for our sins). Anything football related, you have my attention.
I spend the majority of my life on the side lines of a football pitch watching and supporting my boys and enjoy travelling abroad and seeing the world as well as going on long country walks.

I’m a performance manager with over 20 years management experience. I have been with the company for nine years and prior to working in the training industry I worked in hospitality.

Me and my team support our large employer partnerships here at Realise. I have been part of the Realise team for the past 4 years and have been working with large employers mobilising and managing high performing apprenticeship programmes for around 15 years. I spend alot of my spare time travelling in our motorhome (much to the dismay of my teenage daughters) and sampling the odd single malt here and there!

Having started my further education as an apprentice and working in the sector for 18 years, I am passionate about working with people to provide good quality education and opportunities to learn. I have spent time supporting those operationally and helping to manage the delivery of apprenticeships and now in my current role as Key Account Manager focusing on the strategic development working closely with a number of our major clients to help support them and develop their teams. I am a keen football fan and enjoy coaching both of my son’s team and at amateur level.

Over 20 years ago my career in training started by working with the unemployed including school leavers and adults. From this start point, I have worked in various roles across training including developing new programmes for delivery, assisting to launch a new training provider and the development of a hospitality academy within a hotel. Managing projects has been at the heart of everything I have done and this has helped with the development of the APM apprenticeship. My main role now is to oversee the development and delivery of our associate project management apprenticeship to support apprentices to become efficient, successful project managers.

I’m an Employability Tutor based on the AEB team covering Liverpool and North Yorkshire. I have been a tutor for almost 10 years now and cover subjects such as customer service, business admin and maths and English. I like the variety of the different courses and dealing with people of all ages and backgrounds. It’s great to see people come to me with little knowledge and then go away with skills that they can use in their everyday lives.

I am a trained teacher who has 4 years’ experience teaching across secondary & college education. I have a keen interest in mental health & have specialised in SEN/LDD. After spending time teaching basic skills in s PRU, I have now joined Realise where I aim to put my knowledge of teaching across multiple subject areas & learner ability to use by now specialising in delivering functional skills to adult learners.

I am a qualified health and social care trainer who has 21 years experience within the sector.

I have worked at Realise for 6 years as a trainer within the hair and barbering sector. I have recenly also taken on the roles of social values champion and safeguarding and wellbeing deputy. I love what I do and have a great passion for hairdressing and also supporting other people. My passion is being able to deliver apprenticeships to learners and seeing them develop from having no knowledge or skills to then thriving in the industry as confident and fully qualified hairdressers and barbers.

I am the enrolment officer at Realise who gets our learners enrolled onto their preferred courses. I deal with the adult education courses which are for people who wish to progress into work or progress in work. I start their learner journey by guiding them onto the best course and giving them all information they need to be successful on the course.

I have worked in health and social care for over 20 years, in different sectors including learning disabilities and mental health, working in various settings such as a secure setting, colleges and supported living. Throughout my career I have gained great knowledge and experience to enable me to achieve my level 2 & 3 in care, then for me to progress to achieving my assessor award.

I have seven years of experience more recently as an assessor / tutor and 12 years working in nursing homes and domiciliary care settings previous to that. I love progressing learners, helping them to gain in confidence, and supporting them to achieve their EPA. I also love doing the observations and feel that this is a strong skill that I possess as part of my role.

I started my career in health and social care many years ago, I began training apprentices in 2016 and then I took some time out to have my three children. I am excited to start back again, my passion is teaching and I am always learning as much as I can for my own development. I enjoy meeting new people and I love helping people become more confident and progress in their job role and themselves!

I have worked in care since the age of 18 and then developed into management, this gave me the inspiration to support others to adapt their knowledge and skills. I have worked as an assessor and delivered teaching for a number of years and I love to see individuals fulfil their goals.

I worked in the health and social care sector for 8 years, specialising with supporting individuals with autism, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and challenging behaviours. I have been a health and social care tutor/trainer for 10 years. I love to see my students progress through their apprenticeships and achieve their career goals and aspirations.

I have been working for Realise for just under four years. Delivering apprenticeships is the most rewarding job. Giving career opportunities to those who never had a chance or lack confidence. Realise is a very supportive employer that puts the employee’s needs first. As a mum of 2 demanding boys, the job is flexible and works well round my personal life. There is a good balance of personal and work life.

I have worked in many different care settings, working with lots of different people and clients with a wide range of needs. I have worked in adult social care all my life and is something I am very passionate about. I love meting new people and discussing new ideas and strategies. I really feel that as a sector we sometimes get left behind and I love seeing staff progress through qualifications and gain the recognition they deserve.

I have been working in the health and social care sector for over 25 years, beginning as a support worker and making my way to registered manager and then to training and development manager working in various settings.

I have a real passion for supporting health and social care workers to become competent and confident within their roles and providing the high quality of care that their clients deserve. It has been great to join Realise and work with other’s who too have a passion for developing staff.

I’m Amy, I have worked at Realise since June 2022 and have working in health and social care for 12 years. I enjoy speaking to different people every day and helping the learners through their qualifications.

I have been an assessor for two years, I am enjoying the experiences with the company and enjoy working with learners to deliver apprenticeships.

This job is most rewarding by helping the learners to progress in their careers and I also get to meet new people.

I have worked at Realise for 2 years but I have been an assessor since 1993. I enjoy working with others and have developed my skills for management and the delivery of functional skills since my employment. I work in the north west health and social care team and have specialised in clinical areas and dementia.

I am a trainee training and development officer at Realise, I am gaining experience in this role after coming from a career with health and social care for 13 years.

I was born in Zimbabwe. Moved to Zambia when I was three then moved back to Zimbabwe when It was 16. I attended the University of Zimbabwe where I obtained a Bachelor’s Degree and a PGCE . I relocated to England in 2002. I have worked in health and social care since 2008.

I am part of the fantastic north west health and social care team. I started to work with the company nine years ago and during this time I have seen many changes – all for the better! I have seen the sector grow and develop into what it is today. I currently deliver the level 2 and 3 apprenticeships and I have my qualifications for the quality assurrance position. My specialist subject is the mental health sector of which I have many years experience. I also deliver the functional skills English and maths. Realise has supported me to be the best that I can be and always supports and encourages personal growth.

I have been working in the social care sector since I was 19. Starting off as a care co-ordinator and community carer and progressing onto be a registered manager at 23. I trained to become an assessor after being a manager for five years. I have been assessing now for 8 years with Realise. I love my role being able to support carers to better themselves and the role has definitely evolved in the past eight years!

I am a health and social care assessor and I have been in the training sector completing apprenticeships and delivering learning since October 2013, in this time have also been involved in course development and delivery of learning for a wide variety of subjects. I have been in the care sector since 2004 where I was the homes deputy manager and I have both my assessors and my teaching qualifications.

I have worked in the adult care sector for many years helping people achieve their potentials through training working alongside care and residential homes, domiciliary companies, and care agencies.

I’ve worked for Realise for nine years. I have 15 years experience in health and social Care. I started as an assessor then progressed to lead assessor, then senior training and development officer then performance manager. I absolutely love my role, and have always held a passion for health and social care.

I started my career has a trainee assessor for childcare, and then progressed further into a quality assurer role, progression extended within the company and career progression moved in to performance manager job role. My job role supports a positive delivery of apprenticeship programmes, supporting employers and learners in supporting others to be successful in their career pathway, and support a team, ensuring we provide the best training programmes to tailor individual needs for each employer within the care sector.

I am a qualified manager, assessor, quality assurer and trainer in health and social care and management. I have many years experience in the sector first qualifying as a social worker and then specialising in training. I’ve always been passionate about driving the recognition of the experience and enormous dedication of care staff and managers through qualifications and training. I currently manage a team in the south.

I support new bus drivers through the start of their careers. Everyday is different and it’s great to meet new people and watch them grow in their new roles and progress into greater opportunities.

I have over 20 years of experience driving a bus in Oxford and I have also been studying during this time. I am passionate about new technologies, business development and e-Learning. I have a BSc in information systems, a PGCE in post-compulsory education and a postgraduate diploma in e-Learning.

I have been in transport for 14 years, I am a qualified assessor, trainer, and CPC instructor, working on the West Yorkshire contract ‘route to success’.  

After working for many years in management and business development, I decided on a career change and joined Stagecoach South on their brand new apprenticeship scheme, and I became the first person to pass this. I have always been passionate about helping, supporting and developing my colleagues and joined Realise to enable me to pass on the knowledge, skills and behaviours that I have gained to support in creating a safe, comfortable and enjoyable experience to some amazing people.

After working in various marketing roles for nearly 25 years, in 2019 I decided that I wanted a complete career change so applied to be a Bus Driver with Stagecoach West in Gloucester and I joined Cohort 1 for the Passenger Transport  Level 2 Apprenticeship, which despite lockdown and using this new thing called Zoom, I successfully passed and got a lot from the course, after driving full time with Stagecoach for nearly two years I joined Realise in October 2021 and now teach the apprenticeship I had passed. I still drive for Stagecoach on a Saturday, so fully emphasise with the apprentices and I know what they are going through. Helping them progress in their career gives me great satisfaction.

Outside of work I enjoy watching most sports, especially Gloucester Rugby.

I’ve worked within the transport sector for the last few years in a control capacity, seeing people succeed and being a part of that journey is very much something I thrive on.

I am a training and development officer at Realise. My job is to offer extensive training within the transport industry (specifically bus and coach). I have years of experience within the industry and pass this on to new drivers who wish to become advanced in this area. I teach various subject matters, from company procedures, how to deliver exceptional customer service and industry law. There is no better feeling as a trainer, than to witness a person develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours and have all that hard work result in a nationally recognised qualification.

I have 19 years’ experience in passenger transport as a driver, mentor, supervisor and trainer. I have worked for Realise as a trainer since January 2020. My role gives me great opportunities to share the knowledge and skills that I have developed over the last 19 years in passenger transport. Working with and supporting new and established drivers to give them the confidence, knowledge and skills needed to become a professional driver in the bus industry.

I work here with Realise as a transport sector training and development officer, delivering quite a dynamic and yet informative level 2 professional qualification. Much like other trainers, as a PCV Driver, I have an accumulation of 12 years experience, across different companies, I have worked duties that have covered urban, suburban, rural, and motorway routes. All of this put together with other background experiences, I look forward to assisting in the security and development of job opportunities for new vocational drivers.

I have been in the transport sector as a driver and trainer for 27 years in all. I am married to my wife Hayley, we have 8 children between us and I love delivering the apprenticeship for Realise, its a proactive company and supportive of its employees in every sector.

I am a highly enthusiastic, creative and self-motivated training professional, specialising in the bus and coach industry. Combining both industry knowledge and training experience to achieve personal and business objectives. A confident and innovative facilitator who successfully encourages others to engage in learning and development at all levels. With over 40 years experience in the bus and coach industry which includes over 20 years as a trainer, I strive to provide the opportunities for each and every learner to succeed.
I was the first trainer in the country to have learners achieve their end point assessment in the passenger transport apprenticeship, something I am immensely proud of.

I started driving local buses in 2006. Since then I have progressed to service manager, revenue protection and finally into training around 2015. I even drove National Express coaches for a while! At Realise I deliver workshops to level 2 bus driver apprentices and support them with their development.

I joined Realise as a trainer after working as a CPC instructor. I saw the value of the apprenticeship within the industry and wanted to be part of it. I worked closely with learners delivering workshops and providing guidance and support. After a year I became a performance manager, still working closely with learners and my small team.

I joined Realise in 2018. Prior to that I worked for Stagecoach for 12 years, spending 8 years as a driver and 4 years as a trainer. I have been promoted twice since joining and I am now performance manager responsible for 5 regions. I have loved the challenges my new role has presented, developing me not only professionally but as a person too. I am proud to work for Realise and in particular the passenger transport sector.

I’m Kairon, head of transport for Realise and I’ve been with the business for just over six years. I joined as a bid coordinator apprentice back in the summer of 2015 and made the move into operations in January 2019 and I’ve never looked back. My current role is leading and growing the transport team (currently a team of 30), who deliver the passenger transport bus driver level 2 apprenticeship, in partnership with leading transport operators.

I am working as a business development executive in HR. I live in Suffolk, in the same town as Ed Sheeran, although I am yet to meet him, with my two pugs Monty and Minnie. I have a background in a few different things such as account management, English teacher, employment coach and of course business development. I even ran a school in Thailand on an island with no cars. I am a passionate about people.

Hi, I’m the inbound sales advisor. I assist people to find out more about Realise and to help them to find the course that best suits their wants and needs.

I lead a variety of business development projects related to the submission of successful bids, tenders, and proposals. I love to write and have a background in bid writing and management, journalism, and copywriting. 

I’m the design executive here at Realise. I make all of our new and exciting content from postcards, flyers and business cards to graphics for our social media posts. I have such a varied role, which makes each day different!

I have worked in the finance department for Realise since 2008. I haven’t always worked in finance here but this is where I’m happiest as numbers are the only thing I’ve ever really enjoyed or been good at. I’m married to the most worried man and have two children.

I am a CIMA qualified accountant and have worked in various industries for various size companies in the past. I have worked for Realise in the finance department since 2011. I have seen many changes in the business from 2011 to 2020 when the business was bought and became known as it is today, Realise. Since this point I have really enjoyed my role even though at times it can be quite challenging and stressful. I have a fantastic team of people working for me and supportive team colleagues and line manager which makes for good working environment.

I support the strategic growth of the business, through building best in sector partnerships with our customers. I have worked in the further education sector for over 10 years, of which 5 have been at director level. Before this I worked in retail for over 25 years, so customer satisfaction remains a priority, that I strive to ensure my teams meet. Through our right learner, right programme, together, strategy we ensure that we have a flexible approach to how we work with our customers, and can offer a variety of programme, funded through our various government contracts. At home my family keep me extremely busy, I have 3 kids, a dog, cat, and guinea pig so as you can imagine there is never a dull moment. I am an avid Manchester United fan having supported them for over 40 years.

I am an experienced project manager that has been with Realise since 2017. I specialise in projects to mobilise new contracts with large employers and also business change projects. Outside of work I enjoy supporting my family, the natural world and walking my dog.

I have been with the business for just under 18 years, my role has grown significantly over the years, it’s completely varied and no two days are ever the same!

Gregg Scott is the chief executive officer of Realise, an award-winning training provider that delivers apprenticeships and adult learning programmes.

Under Gregg’s leadership, Realise has established itself to become one of the most trusted providers in the UK. In the last 18-months, the company was crowned Apprenticeship Provider of the Year at the FE Week & AELP AAC Apprenticeship Awards, certified as a Great Place to Work™, and voted as the 2nd most trusted provider at the RateMyApprenticeship Awards.

As a trained accountant, Gregg has a keen eye for numbers and is well known for his business acumen. Gregg managed a commercial function at G4S before joining Realise in 2015.

Gregg successfully led the commercial and operations functions at Realise before being appointed as managing director in 2019, a role which later evolved into becoming the chief executive officer. During his time in the education sector, he has developed extensive knowledge in training. Gregg specialises in workforce development solutions, adult education, and apprenticeship delivery.

I support the profitable growth of Realise. This encompasses our competitive strategy, marketing, sales, bidding and account management. I work with our heads of sector and their sales and accounts teams to develop and deliver their growth plans. I live in Bristol and spend most of my time wrangling my five and three year olds.

I have worked in the business for the last six years, where I was originally employed as a trainer in the Business Skills team. I delivered qualifications towards retail, business admin, customer service, team leader and management, specialising in retail due to coming from a retail background. I went on to support in curriculum writing for a while then recently moved in to the HR team, where I am now completing my own apprenticeship in HR.

I work in the HR team, recruiting internally across the business. I’ve worked for Realise since January 2018, originally on the sales team, but made the move to learner recruitment after 6 months or so. After 3 years or so, I made the move over to the HR team!

I help to create new, exciting and engaging content for the Realise website and social media. to increase awareness of our brand and courses online. Working on the digital side of Realise is fascinating, there is always something to do and you can see the impact of your work.

Hi I’m Sarah the Head of HR at Realise. I originally started with the company as a trainer guiding apprentices through their HR apprenticeships. When we left Interserve, there was an opportunity to move into HR. We are a newly formed HR team and we have completey set up the HR function (its still evolving!). I have worked on the HR and learner management system set ups, delivering the people strategy alongside the usual HR Operations.

I first joined Realise back in 2014 originally as an apprentice in what was our customer engagement team. My role was speaking to businesses and advising them about apprenticeships and how they can help their business grow and succeed. I’m an honest person and it wasn’t something I was particularly successful at however the people at Realise saw something in me that I did not. They invested in me and showed faith allowing me to grow with the company and move into the role of facilities coordinator which I have been doing ever since. Since September I have also taken on the responsibility of being the health and safety officer.

I head up the marketing and external communications team at Realise. We are responsible for promoting all of the great work happening across the business. I have a varied role and I absolutely love it!

I am head of learner acquisition and I have worked in sales since leaving school, working for training providers for the last nine years. I have worked for Realise for just over 4yrs, currently managing business skills and hair and barbering sales teams along with our learner recruitment team who support companies with recruitment.

I am passionate about all creative work and marketing. Love being out with my cameras, editing, designing and looking into all the latest digital trends.

My job keeps me busy as I design pretty much everything for Realise, from flyers and business cards to social media images, GIF’s and graphics for offices. I love a good challenge and working on multiple projects at the same time makes my job a lot more fun!

I’m a trainee trainer assessor here at Realise. Previously, I was a primary school teacher so I have first hand experience with working with children and I like to share my experiences and scenarios with learners to widen their understanding when working with children.

I am a qualified trainer assessor and I work within the SE Area, in childcare level 2 and 3.

I have worked in the early years sector for 12 years, starting my career as a nursery practitioner, progressing to an out of school club leader and then onto a deputy manager. I have just started my role as a trainee trainer assessor at Realise and I am very passionate to support learners on their journey. I endeavour to support learners using my own knowledge and experience to help them gain the best start in their early year’s role. I find working in the early year’s fun, sometimes challenging yet very rewarding. When I’m not working, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends or enjoying long walks and city breaks.

I started with Realise in October 2023 as the early years & traineeship teacher in the Liverpool area, delivering classroom based and remote teaching. I have worked within the childcare and education sector for the past 26 years, I have worked in children’s day nurseries, and delivered Level 2 and Level 3 childcare apprenticeships, study programmes and traineeships.

Hi I’m Ruth, I live in County Durham with my husband and 2 teenage daughters. I began working in childcare in 2006, having achieved a level 3 qualification in early years. I worked as a nursery nurse in a private day care setting. I continued with my study and achieved a BA honours degree in Children and Young Persons via Leeds Metropolitan University. I then worked as a room manager of all aged rooms throughout the nursery. I have always been keen to move into training/teaching in the adult sector so in 2019 I completed a level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Experience (CAVA). I left my role as a room manager to join a college as an Early Years Assessor. In 2021 I joined a national training provider as an Early Years Training Consultant, delivering level 2, 3 and 5 Apprenticeships. In February 2023, an opportunity arose to join Realise as a Trainer Assessor, so I jumped at the chance. I absolutely love working in the early years sector and could never imagine myself doing anything else. I am passionate about heuristic play and the Curiosity Approach and like sharing these ideas with learners.

My background is early years, working for 14 years with a range of different of ages from birth up to 11years, completing many courses around child development from foundation degree in early years to SEN practice and language development – leading on to be becoming part of the management team and lead practitioner of speech and language development.

Early years and child development is a passion of mine – I like to keep myself up to date with current changes and any new research that happens within the sector – I am constantly learning and extending my skills and knowledge which I then love to share with others!

I’m Sarah and I have worked in early years for the last 20 years, starting off when my children were born, as a childminder. My business grew to employing assistants and having a number of student placements from the local secondary schools and colleges. After a number of years I decided to have a change and worked in a hospital, mainly on the children’s wards. I then went to pre-school and day nursery settings. I have worked as a safeguarding officer and as a SENCo in these roles. I have always enjoyed training others so moved over to assessing in 2022 after gaining my assessing and training qualifications. I’m also currently doing a degree which keeps me busy in my spare time!

I have a huge passion for early years, nine years of experience in the field and a BEd in Education from UCL. Starting a new qualification can be daunting for apprentices but Realise take pride in tailoring the qualification to suit your personal needs. I absolutely love coaching learners to unlock their full potential. 

I have been working in the childcare industry for over 15 years now, where I was working in nurseries. I have lots of experience in early years and have achieved many qualifications. I love being an assessor to pass on my experience and knowledge to learners who are doing the qualifications in early years. It is the most rewarding job and I have a great team in the north west who support me as well.

I am a trainee trainer assessor at Realise and I am studying for my own apprenticeship in assessing alongside supporting our learners to achieve their qualifications in early years. Childcare began as a career that suited my young family and quickly became a passion that has endured ever since. I am thrilled to be here at Realise inspiring the next generation of early years practitioners.

I’m one of the early years trainer assessors here at Realise. After over 20 years in nursery management I enjoy working with settings, forming good working relationships and watching the apprentices grow in confidence and achieving their goals.

I have worked in the childcare sector for 18 years, working my way through different roles. I found that I really enjoyed working with the apprentices and carrying  out training for new colleagues in the company I worked for. I completed my A1 in assessing and my level 3 in teaching and education and found myself a trainee role at Realise in June 2022. I have now qualified as a trainer assessor, and I love working here. The company is so supportive and has taught me so much in a short time.

I have volunteered and worked in the childcare and education sector since the age of 16. During this time, I have received my degree in primary education and gained my early years professional status. Before starting my position with Realise in June 2022, I worked as a preschool manager for four years. I do miss supporting my children and families, but it is nice to get to see our up-and-coming early years professionals do an amazing job of supporting children in their own settings.

Hi, I’m Shrina. I have been working in the early years sector for over 12 years. I have a passion for early years and passing my skills and knowledge on to others.

I started working as an apprentice in a private nursery in London, later progressing to a nursery manager in Bristol. I have always loved teaching and mentoring staff who were completing their qualifications. After having my third child, I wanted to do something different but still in early years. This led me to my role as a trainee trainer assessor at Realise. The idea of me mentoring, supporting, and moulding the next generation of Early years apprentices, excites me. 

I am Vicky. I have been working in the early years sector for 15 years. I have always had a passion for early years and teaching. I worked in a private nursery setting for 12 years, progressing through a variety of roles; Nursery assistant , early years practitioner, room leader and deputy manager. I completed my BA HONS in early years and education and then began to mentor others completing the course, which I had a great passion for which led me to begin my assessing career in 2017. I enjoy supporting others to develop and progress in a career they are so passionate about, as well as working with the settings managers to work together to support the learners achieve.

I have been working in early years for over 12 years, in good and outstanding nurseries. I began assessing in April 2022 and I feel the most rewarding part of the job is that I get to support learners to flourish and develop within their own role.

My name is Emily and I’m a trainer assessor here at Realise. I have over 10 years of experience working across the early years sector and 6 years experience in assessing. Early years is a true passion of mine as it is such a vital time for children’s all round development to gain the best start in life. I love supporting my learners in becoming the very best practitioners to make that happen!

I’m Megan, a trainer assessor within the early years, I have worked in this sector for 5 years! Beginning my career by completing a level 2 and level 3 qualifications with Realise, before deciding that I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives and use my experience to support them!

I have been working within the childcare field for over 20 years. Throughout this time, my role has evolved which has led me to where I am today. Being a trainer assessor, no two days are ever the same, I love seeing my learners in practice and most importantly watching them develop into professional early years educators!

I have been teaching and assessing for 12 years. Before this I worked as an early years practitioner and deputy manager in day nurseries with children under 5. I am very passionate about innovative ways of improving the childcare industry and ensuring children get the best start in life and encourage my learners to think about this whilst completing their qualifications

I have been working at Realise for over 13 years. In this time, I qualified to become a trainer assessor.

I deliver level 2 and level 3 qualifications. I strive to help support each learner to achieve their qualifications and help them to achieve their future goals to become good practitioners that are proud to work alongside children in their care.

My passion is knowing how children learn and keeping them safe. I hope to pass on that passion. I am always learning new information to help me to update myself to become a good trainer and I feel I am a good team player when supporting my colleagues.

I have been a qualified childcare trainer assessor for 15 years, prior to this I gained 10 years’ experience as a practitioner as well as management in early years. I have a degree in education as well as quality assurance qualifications and more recently qualified to deliver first aid.

My name is Tracey King, and I am a trainer assessor for Realise.  I have worked in early years for 24+ years, initially starting out as a registered childminder before moving on to an early years development worker role and spending some time working for children’s services.  I am an experienced early years tutor and assessor.  I am always in awe at the enthusiasm early years worker’s have for their role.  My favourite quote is ‘If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm’ – Bruce Barton.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my family and pets and exploring new places on holiday.

I have been with the company for 9 months. Prior to this, I worked with other training providers and colleges, assessing, and delivering training for early years, childcare, and playwork. I have many years of sector experience.

I am into my 13th year as a Trainer Assessor, i have experience of managing 2 private day nurseries and have a lot f passion for childcare. I want to be able to share that passion with apprentices and help to teach and guide them into being .competent practitioners. I am also a qualified Paediatric First Aid trainer and deliver this alongside the standard qualifications.

I’m a qualified childcare trainer who has 10 years’ experience within the industry. I have a degree in childhood studies and I spent three years prior to that working in a nursery working my way up from nursery nurse to deputy manager before making the leap into education – where I’ve never looked back. I love supporting others to achieve their goals within childcare.

I am a Childcare Trainer with over 22 years experience in Childcare. I have had varied roles and experience including; working in a school, private day nursery, special educational needs support and Children’s & Young People’s Services before becoming an Assessor. I have been assessing for 12 years, I specialise as a Safeguarding Deputy.

I am a trainer assessor here at Realise. I hold over 13 years of experience in early years and have gained experience in the sector, through the many different roles. Starting my career as a room leader and working my way up to a nursery manager. I have now taken a leap into assessing and have a great passion for this! I enjoy supporting learners in achieving their apprenticeship and being part of their early years journey. Seeing the learner’s development and the real impact they make within the sector is amazing.

I have worked in a variety of early years settings over the past 30 years while raising my own family. For the past couple of years, I have enjoyed working as an assessor and passing on my experience and knowledge to others. I have a passion for early years, and enjoy working with apprentices, watching them learn and grow into confident early years practitioners.

I am a childcare assessor. Out of work, I enjoy my time with my children and family. We have started playing more board games now, going on longer walks and all the activities children attend, football etc. For my personal relaxing time, I like watching Netflix or socialising with friends.

I have worked in the childcare sector for approximately 35 years in many roles. I am passionate about early years and making sure our children get the very best start in life, with the very best early years practitioners. Todays little ones are tomorrows leaders and innovators.

I am a qualified trainer assessor for childcare. My experience is within early years settings, where I was a nursery manager, room leader and deputy. My experience, gained in the last 25 years, has given me the passion and commitment to give something back and be that trainer for my specialist subjects.

I have come a long way in my current role, my confidence has grown with Realise, I am delivering many webinars across the early years educator and teaching assistant standards. I always look forward to seeing my learners going into gateway and achieving their apprenticeships which makes me feel like a very proud trainer when they do.

I did my NVQ level 3 in childcare, then worked my way up to a management role, I then trained as an assessor and I have been assessing in childcare for 11 years now, I absolutely love the role!

I started my career by chance when i got offered to work at a nursery, as support staff for holiday club and it changed my life. I worked my way through level 2, and 3 apprenticeship, and became a room leader, I was supporting apprentices at the nursery as their mentor and I had a great assessor myself who influenced me to want to become an assessor. I continued developing myself as a nursery practitioner for 10 years before I took the step to complete my assessors qualification. I have been assessing now for 6 years and I can’t think of anything better. I love going to visit settings and seeing my learners, from seeing them progress through their careers and develop to be fantastic practitioners. Being an assessor is so rewarding.

I am a trainer assessor within Realise. I have 14 years of practical experience in early years, this has come from being a childminder in my own home, working within a nursery as a practitioner, offering 1:1 SEN support before progressing to a Nursery Manager, and then deciding to move to the education side of childcare. I hold a level 3 childcare qualification, Early Years Foundation Degree in Early Years and a BA Hons in Childhood Studies. I am very passionate about childcare and proud that I part of upskilling the sector

I have worked in childcare for the last 15 years. Six years as a practitioner in nurseries and pre schools and four years as a deputy manager. I wanted to challenge myself and do something a little bit different but still in childcare and decided to train to be an assessor which I have been now for the last five years. I am passionate about early years and love seeing new practitioners blossom into educators and work their way up the career ladder in their settings.

I have always had a passion for supporting and teaching others, I started working in a nursery, my first role was as an assistant I was able to become fully qualified and work my way up throughout the nursery to management.

I enjoyed each and every responsibility that came my way, as I also pride myself on my work and progress I make along the way. I have worked with children 0-5 years for 8 years I have been teaching for 5 years in total now. I love seeing what I teach being put into practice by our learners, seeing them achieve and move to new levels makes me feel like I have achieved a new level myself.

I started my early years journey back in 1998, when I joined a voluntary committee of my daughter’s pre-school. I later chaired the committee before completing my level 3, as a work-based qualification, and then my degree and early years teacher status, as I worked my way up to manage the setting.

I moved over to teaching and assessing early years apprenticeships back in 2013 and my passion about people and supporting their development and learning (whether young or old) is still at the heart of what I do every day.  As an ex-manager, I know how hard it is to find good reliable staff that understand what it is to be an effective practitioner or educator, so this has also become my mission.  Listening to employers’ needs is where I start the process.

I have recently joined the Realise family as a trainee trainer assessor and I am loving every minute. I have always been fascinated by child development and have developed my career with experience in various roles within early years. I cannot wait to guide others to become fantastic practitioners who create magical moments for children.

Before working for Realise, I had been nursery based for over 7 years. I have worked in everything from large, 250 children, work-place nurseries, to small private nurseries with 6 babies to a room. Before this I worked as a youth and children’s worker in a community centre. I am a qualified early years teacher with a passion for infant mental health, gaining a MA from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Mental Health Trust.

I’ve been working in early years for over 14 years and have an early years teaching degree. I have worked in lots of different nurseries supporting and helping to improve the quality of practice. I have been assessing since 2016 and love working with learners and supporting them to achieve their qualifications, seeing each apprentice develop! I also really enjoy working to develop the curriculum and ensuring we are providing the best quality experience for all learners. 

I am the head of childcare and education at Realise. I have 26 years’ experience in the sector, ranging from early years to working with pre-16 learners. I am also the lead safeguarding deputy for Realise which is a subject I am really passionate about.

I have worked in apprenticeship recruitment and sales for over 8 years and thoroughly enjoy talking to others about how the benefits of apprenticeships can support them as individuals and as a growing business.

I am the business development manager for the early years and education sector at Realise. I have been with the company almost 10 years. I have 22 years’ experience in the sector. I have a real passion for apprenticeships as I started my own career journey at the age of 16 on an apprenticeship and would not be where I am today without this.

I manage a team of sales staff who are responsible for obtaining new business with employers across the UK. We offer a wide range of childcare qualifications for employers and employees.

I am the Operations Manager for early years and education here at Realise. I have 22 years of experience working within the early years sector ranging from working with children in nurseries to managing a large day nursery. I joined the company as a trainer assessor and progressed through to performance manager for the East Midlands team and more recently progressed onto the Operations Manager role supporting the head of sector. I have been part of the company now for four years and I continue to enjoy every moment of working with an amazing team to provide the best possible teaching and learning to our apprentices and thankful for all the opportunities I have had.

I am part of sales team here at Realise within the childcare sector, but I have worked in sales for a good number of years. I am still fairly new to this role but I have to say I absolutely love the job.

In my home life I have been married for 21 years and I am a proud mum of my two children, my son is 21 and at university and my daughter is 16 – not forgetting my fur baby springer spaniel Oscar!
I love the outdoors and enjoy walking, especially in the lake district…that is my happy place.

I am the Performance Manager for the West Midlands within early years and education.  I have been in my current position for 9 years.  Prior to this, I have been an apprenticeship manager, team leader and assessor for early years.  I started my career in early years many years ago by completing my NNEB qualification in 1995 and I have previously managed two-day nurseries.  Supporting the development of future practitioners within early years is very important to me, the team, and our sector.  Working with a dedicated team to help individuals to grow, develop and achieve new skills and knowledge is pivotal to our role as educators

I am the Performance Manager in Yorkshire, Humber and Nottingham within the childcare and education sector.
I initially started my journey with ESG as we were then known, as a trainee trainer assessor in hair, barbering and beauty, after that through a secondment opportunity I became performance manager. I then moved to childcare where I have been in my current role for the last six years and continue to love the role and the passion within our sector. I have been part of the company for 9 years and I continue to enjoy every moment and I am thankful for the opportunities I have had during that time and the people I have met and worked with that have supported me to develop my own knowledge and skills as well as progressing within the business.

I am a passionate and motivated trainer who loves to help others become the best that they can be. I am a qualified teacher and have worked in all aspects of the childcare sector from being a nanny to nursery settings. I love developing curriculum and supporting learning as part of my job role!

I’m the adult education tutor for the hairdressing and barbering sector. I love my job role and the team I work with. We are very creative and passionate people.

I have been in training providers settings for about 16 years across South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire doing various roles from recruitment and sales to employability on a wide range of contracts for adult education, apprenticeships, and NEETs. I’m a South Yorkshire lass at heart but moved over to West Yorkshire six years ago and I have never looked back since.

I have worked in hairdressing and barbering all my life. I come from a family of barbers and I have owned salons for the last 10 years. Hairdressing and barbering is my absolute passion and when you love what you do, you never really work. I started with Realise in 2021 as a trainer for hairdressing and barbering. I have previously delivered these qualifications at colleges. I love passing on my knowledge and passion to our learners entering the industry. I thoroughly enjoy my role and working with such an amazing team with the same passion as myself.

I have worked at Realise for 16 years and still counting! I am a trainer and I see different learners and employers every day, no two days are the same. I have taught so many learners to gain new skills and progress to owning their own salons and barbers. I really enjoy my work, still having hands on with the practical training and growing relationships with many talented hairdressers and barbers.

I am a highly motivated and conscientious individual with vast experience as a hairdresser and trainer. I also have many years of experience in customer service and the training of others within a school and college environment and as a manager at professional ownership level. I love my work as a trainer and take great pleasure in watching learners grow in confidence as they learn new skills, knowledge and behaviors that will give them the chance to succeed in their chosen career.

I started hairdressing at 15 years old, I have worked in the industry for 36 years, I started at has an apprentice working my way up through the ranks from stylist, senior stylist to management, working with a really big company for 17 years then at the age of 36, started to work in education starting with another provider, then moving to Realise where I have been for the past 10 years. I love to see my learners on their journey to enjoy a job that I love myself so much, it can be so rewarding just by getting a smile and thank you for helping them achieve their dreams

I am a qualified quality assurer who has 23 years experience working in the industry. I was an assessor for six years before being promoted to a quality assurer which I have thoroughly enjoyed. I have worked for Realise for 17 years, I am currently completing my operational departmental manager level 5 apprenticeship and this has allowed me to develop my knowledge and skills further within my role.

I live close to Manchester and have worked within the adult education industry for the last 14 years, two of those with Realise. I currently deliver operational departmental manager level 5 and I am the curriculum lead for this sector. However, I am just about to start my new role as a quality assurer for adult education and look forward to this new challenge!

Passionate about all aspects of learning and development and love seeing how technology is driving the improvement of the learner and educator experience in education. I have successfully worked in learning and development and vocational education in several large organisations across different sectors and I am also an experienced people manager.

I look after the quality for the business skills sector. I have been part of work based learning for over 12 years covering many different sectors and roles.

I have various experience over the last number of years working with large national training providers and colleges. I am employed as the quality manager and look after the growing transport sector, providers and employers who work with us. Very motivated person who loves to inspire our teams to improve and teach our new teachers and trainers how to be outstanding.

I have worked within further education for around 20 years, starting as a business admin and customer service assessor at the age of 19. I worked my up within the industry into quality assurer, team leader, head of operations and finally quality business partner roles. Working within the education sector, especially apprenticeships is amazing as the positive impact that we have on the lives of our learners can be immeasurable. I love working for Realise, we have such a fantastic team spirit and working for a company who values its employees makes it an even better place to work.

I am a quality assurer in health and social care. I have worked here for more than seven years, starting as a trainer assessor in 2013. I have worked in the health and social care sector in some capacity since leaving school in 1986, qualifying as a registered nurse (learning disability) in 1992 and have been working in the work based learning industry since 2003. I am also currently working towards my level 5 apprenticeship in learning and development.

My name is Kate Ellis I’m senior internal quality assurer, I have worked at Realise for some time (over 10 years). I have worked in adult education since I was 21, initially working in the health and social care sector. I am mum to Pembee aged 4 and step mum to Erol 19, I love cooking and gardening and spending time with family.

Following a career in childcare working in a variety of settings, I have been working for Realise for sixteen years and in this current role for eleven years, building a strong support network for our learners. We have such a variety of support we offer whether it’s for issues of homelessness, mental ill health, child protection, and many others, we always try to offer a choice to meet the individual needs of our learners.

I have a fantastic team of deputies who work with me, all trained in safeguarding, prevent duty and mental health first aid.

I deliver training in all things related to safeguarding and prevent duty too.

I am passionate about giving support when it really matters, and I believe we can support our learners during those times when things happen to help them to achieve and reach their full potential.

I have recently returned to Realise in January having worked for another training provider for the last 18 months. I have worked in training for several years but my vocational area was nursing. I live with my husband and two recently adopted rescue dogs. I like reading, music and history.

Being in education and training for approximately twelve years, I have been able to gain a depth of knowledge and experience to support others and add value to any organisation..
Throughout my career I have managed people and led others to achieve, not only strategic goals, but personal goals and achievements. Previously to education I spent 14 years as a manager in the insurance field.
I volunteered for a local college as a governor and chaired a committee, which is wonderful continual profession development, adding value to my role and enabling me to share experiences with others. I also support a business, as a business manager, in my spare time.

I have 11 years’ experience in HR/L&D and I’ve been with Realise 3 years now, delivering our Level 3/5 HR and L&D programmes as a training and development officer. I recently moved into the quality assurer role, to ensure we offer the best possible programmes to our learners.

I have been in the hair and barbering industry for over 21 years. I have always had a real passion for teaching with quality at the heart of what I do. It’s the best feeling seeing the end result for a learner, after working with them throughout their journey.
I am currently the lead trainer for our new advanced and creative hairdressing level 3, it’s an amazing qualification and I’m proud to be delivering it and to have played a part in developing it!

I’m Lisa and am new to Realise, joining summer 2022. I have over 10 years of experience in early careers and am passionate about the role apprenticeships have in supporting young people into the workplace and developing real careers. I manage our dedicated learner recruitment team who work with employers and young people to find the right learner for the right programme across all our sectors. 

I am a member of the learner recruitment team. I have five years of experience in the industry. I started out as a coordinator for the contact sales team then moved across to the recruitment team after a couple of years which I absolutely love. I have recruited for the transport team, small businesses and national accounts. Within my current role I recruit for mainly business skills and hairdressing, I also recruit for health and social care, childcare and large levy accounts. I am the longest serving member of the recruitment team. I love the variety of my role as every day is different. I am very much customer service focussed and my candidates always come first.

I joined the company in 2012 and currently working as a claims advisor in the sector support team. I process all claims and admin activities on apprenticeship programmes. I have recently completed diploma for managers through Realise, as I also provide support, give guidance, and train the team.