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Empower your Future Upskill to your next role

Upskill & Reskill to achieve moresucceed fastergrow smarterdeliver resultsreach goals

  • Build real experience – Hands-on, practical learning with projects that showcase your skills.

  • Upskill for your future – Flexible, funded (free) & paid training designed to fit your life.

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Step8Up Growing Business Awards
Step8Up Growing Business Awards

Not Your Average Training Provider

Step8Up goes beyond courses and certificates.
We create real-world exposure, employer connections, and practical pathways that help learners and businesses move forward — not just tick boxes.

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From the industry – every Wednesday

What Makes Step8Up Different

  • Real Pitching Events Learners pitch their skills and projects to real employers at the end of each cohort.

  • Industry Guest Speakers (Weekly) Live insights every Wednesday from people shaping the industry right now.
  • Blended Learning That Works A smart mix of recorded learning and live, instructor-led sessions — flexibility with human support.
  • Employer-Backed Pathways We work with employers to explore sponsorship, co-funded training, and tailored routes for individual learners.
  • The Big Pitch: Our Online Job Fair A larger-scale, live pitching and hiring event connecting learners directly with employers.

Snapshot of our pitching events

Like a friendly Dragon’s den  

Training that leads to opportunity — not just completion.

Accredited.  Trusted. Result-focused.

What Sets Step8Up Apart

At Step8Up Academy, we don’t just deliver training — we partner with SMEs to unlock growth. From accredited bootcamps to customised coaching, we blend technology, human skills, and practical projects to make sure your team is job-ready, future-ready, and delivering measurable ROI.

Built for Evolving Businesses.  Backed by Real-World Experience

We understand growing businesses – the real world issues from your perspective.

  • Removes decision fatigue, cost fatigue, and distraction fatigue

  • Designed for SMEs and founders, people and tech leaders

  • Combines technical skills and soft skills in everything we deliver

  • Flexible delivery: recorded learning + remote live instructor support

  • BCS & Ofsted accredited — trusted, recognised, and credible

  • Learner Portfolios available to showcase – practical, real work.

We Build Pathways, Not Just Courses

Step8Up doesn’t stop at delivery. Training is human, practical, and applied from day one.

  • Pitching events at the end of every cohort – learners present to real employers
  • Weekly industry guest speakers (every Wednesday) – live insight from the market

  • Employer marketplace & JobHub (AI powered matching) – connecting businesses directly with job-ready talent

  • Designed to support progression, hiring, and retention — not just completion or checklist

Your Smarter Investment in Skills with Returns

Training that pays back. One membership. Real impact.

  • Flat-fee membership covering all training programmes (individual courses available)

  • Access for up to 20 team members (larger team programs available)

  • Costs less than one annual minimum-wage salary

  • Clear RoI through capability, confidence, and real outcomes

  • Supports upskilling today and hiring tomorrow

  • Not a checklist provider

What can you learn?

Tech & Digital Skills

Learn in-demand tools and technologies—from data to AI and beyond.

Accredited Professional Courses

Earn recognised certifications from BCS in AI And Agile PM to boost your career.

Business & Leadership

Build confidence in decision-making, leadership training, change management and team growth.

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Employability Boosters

Upgrade your CV, soft skills, interview skills, and workplace ethic and mindset.

Featured Courses

Cyber Security For SMEs

Safer digital practices for everyone. Protect your start-up/SME from cyber threats, simply and effectively. Learn to manage risks, understand common cyber threats, and implement key protections like encryption and multi-factor authentication.

Cyber Security For SME's
Featured Courses

AI Bundle (2 BCS Courses)

Move from AI confusion to confident, practical use. Fast-track through two BCS-accredited AI courses (Essentials + Foundations) and gain the clarity, language, and real-world insight to apply AI in your role or business—immediately.

Featured Courses

AI Foundations (BCS Certificate)

Build AI confidence from the ground up. This BCS-accredited foundation course introduces core AI concepts, technologies, and ethics—so you can understand the language of AI, engage in projects, and apply insights immediately.

Step8Up Artifical Intelligence Foundation
Featured Courses

AI Essentials For Non Tech (BCS Certificate)

Your first step into the world of AI. BCS Essentials Certified course—simple, clear, and perfect for beginners.

Step8Up AI Foundation Course Featured
Featured Courses

Agile PM Foundation (Certificate)

Master Agile to deliver faster, smarter. Level 3 BCS accredited certification for practical, real-world Agile success in any environment.

Step8Up Agile
Featured Courses

Accredited Full stack Web Dev Level 4 Skills Bootcamp

Accelerate your career with real-world coding skills. This gov-funded, expert-led Web Developer Bootcamp equips you with hands-on experience and job placement support to help you launch or level up your tech career.

Step8Up Data Analytics Course
Featured Courses

Data Analytics Intermediate

Master data analytics with real-world tools. This self-paced intermediate course teaches you to analyse data in Excel, build dashboards with Power BI, use Python for data manipulation, and query databases with SQL—all with free software. Perfect for professionals and career changers who want practical, job-ready skills.

Our Success Stories

Learn more about our successful learners and what barriers they had to overcome to complete our course and where it has taken them. Attached below are belongs we have published about to commemorate their achievements, we are proud to have trained bright minds to go onto great things.

Job hub and Employer connect

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  • Get noticed through your learner profile, not just your CV

  • Direct access to hiring employers actively seeking talent

  • Showcase your project work and certifications to real recruiters

  • Exclusive to Step8Up learners – stand out in a smaller, curated talent pool

  • Priority invites to employer events, talks, and networking sessions

  • Tailored job opportunities based on your training pathway

  • Career support and job-matching guidance from our team

Our expert insights

Discover expert advice and valuable information from the team at Step8Up

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