Acorn Training

We put down our roots in Alfreton in 1996, after years of careful nurturing the results have been spectacular. Following an inspection by the Training Standards Council, we were awarded results which puts us in the top ten percent of training providers in the country. In the same week we were also awarded the prestigious Investors in People award. In regular inspections by City and Guilds External Verifiers we continue to gain straight 'A' grades for every aspect of our training.

Our base in Ripley is central to surrounding cities and has good road links with Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield and Chesterfield. We are 15 minutes from the M1, Junction 28, and 5 minutes from the A38 by road. We offer in-company training of NVQs and Apprenticeships to employers throughout the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire area.

Acorn is committed to quality in all the training we carry out. The key to this is to work closely with our key stakeholders to ensure we all benefit from the liaison

Our Vision Statement is:
'We aim to achieve profitable growth by providing superior quality training solutions'

Our Mission Statement is:
Offer learners and their sponsors superior quality, value for money, relevant training to meet agreed needs*
Provide training solutions to meet funding agencies' targets
Work with relevant partners where value can be added*
Develop a working environment which will attract, retain, develop and motivate our staff to achieve the vision*

Acorn delivers training to suit you. Our tutors travel to where you are for the vast majority of contact time. This will be arranged between the learner, their employer/ teacher and the tutor.

Of course, if you prefer to travel, our premises in Ripley are centrally placed with training rooms equipped with the latest IT equipment.

The benefits of this are training that is:

To suit you, not us*
Tailored to your workplace for instant benefit*
Designed to take maximum opportunity of evidence*