Aug22470 Bookkeeping Training Provider of the Year 2022 - UK Founded in 1983, Ideal Schools is a home-study college specialising in bookkeeping, accounting and payroll subjects. With a personal approach, its tutors ensure that students are fully supported through their learning, while they are working towards professional qualifications with the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), or the CPD Certification Service. As specialists in home-study, Ideal Schools’ students are spread across the UK, with a small percentage studying from overseas. The training provider only offers qualifications in bookkeeping, accounting and related subjects, teaching the skills that are required within every business in the UK, which means the opportunities are vast. Ideal Schools’ number one goal is to ensure its students are successful in their exams. On top of their comprehensive course and assignment work, students are provided with pre-exam practice, in an online platform that mirrors the final exam format. This formula helps to ensure the exam pass rates are regularly in the 95% region. Students are supported as much as possible as they transition from student to practising, professional bookkeeper. As students complete their study, they can be guided by Ideal Schools Ambassadors, who are available to provide advice on the steps to take to make full use of their skills, hopefully leading towards a new, lucrative career. Although modern technologies are used for student exam preparations, alongside completing coursework, students are provided with personalised feedback on their submissions, not generic guidance. This means that guidance can be tailored so that students are able to move forward with total confidence. This personalised approach is extended to students who are encouraged to telephone and speak with their tutors whenever guidance is needed, again to ensure a smooth learning journey. When students are working outside normal business hours, its dedicated, private social media groups ensure they have a support mechanism, 24/7. Ideal Schools strongly believes that this is what sets it apart from the rest in the sector. Even during the pandemic, the team did their utmost to ensure students had the best learning experience possible. From a study perspective, the last couple of years have had a varied impact on the students’ progression. As a college, Ideal Schools was fully set up to continue to provide its services when homeworking was essential. Particularly, those studying the ICB qualification route could use their online examination platform to ensure there were no delays in their progression. Of course, none of what Ideal Schools offers could be possible without its teaching team. It is fortunate to have staff that have been with it for many, many years, some with decades of experience in home-study education. Where required, its tutors are members of the qualification body they are teaching and they keep up-to-date with industry trends, which is required as part of their memberships. Also, a massive benefit to its student base is the number of its tutors who are running their own successful bookkeeping and accounting practices. Their experiences help to ensure its courses are fully up-to-date, where students benefit from their guidance as they become professional bookkeepers themselves. Now, as Ideal Schools moves towards the end of 2022 and into the new year, it is excited about what the future holds for itself and its students. There are new course developments on the horizon, and as some of the network opportunities start to open up again, it looks forward to meeting with its students, which it has missed since early 2020. Canadian Business Awards 2022 15 Educatio & Training r 11 With new courses, a planned new website, and meeting new friends, there are exciting times ahead! Company: Ideal Schools Contact: Brian McVean Email: [email protected] Website: www.idealschools.co.uk
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