Aplus Professional Studies has evolved from an existing and established training business – Accountancy Plus Training Ltd (A+ Training) - with over 25 years experience of delivering accountancy training. A+ has over 500 AAT students of all ages and backgrounds. A fair number of these progress to further professional studies. As we have grown, so has our team of tutors, including those with ACA, ACCA, CIMA and ATT qualifications themselves. We therefore made the decision in 2009 to start delivering this training ourselves, supported by tutors with considerable experience of delivering this training. We have a lot of respect for the other training providers in the professional accountancy training field and our aim is to maintain that standard of teaching, but provide it locally and cost effectively to our South West client group and to add a personal touch to that delivery and supplement it with practical advice and guidance to both students and employers.

In our previous incarnation as Accountancy Plus Training our Matrix assessor referred to us in his report as “The Rolls Royce of training providers”. The most recent Ofsted inspection found that “Provision to meet the needs of employers and learners is outstanding. Staff work very effectively with employers to provide flexible training programmes to meet the needs of learners and employers.” We have a relatively small team of full time staff so when you phone you should get to speak to the same people, whom you will get to know well over your period of study.

We have evolved from a group training scheme which not only delivered practical accountancy training but also provided technical accountancy consultancy, practice management advice and also training needs analysis and guidance on all things training and all things staff. Part of our package is therefore to offer an annual training review on site and telephone support on this throughout the year. We are able to take both the student’s and the employer’s perspective.

Within our sister company, APlus Learning Innovations, we employ a dedicated multi-media team to support the development of new on-line learning materials and activities to support the more traditional study manuals that we buy in from the established accountancy training publishers. We’re sorry, but we can’t do the studying for you – but we can provide you support. So if you if you get stuck or need some re-assurance on any area of study, then you are able to contact your personal tutor either during working hours or in the evening for advice and guidance, or arrange a one to one appointment with us in Exeter.

As A+, in December 2008, we achieved certification in the Training Quality Standard, with excellence in accounting. We were the first provider in the country to have achieved this in respect of accountancy training. This followed on from being recognised by the Learning and Skills Council in 2003 as a Centre of Vocational Excellence in Accounting. In addition to this, A+ was awarded Matrix accreditation for the quality of advice and guidance given to learners in choosing their course and career options. In the 2005/06 report of the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI), we were recognised as one of the best training providers in the country. Our MD, Simon Deane was a Training Consultant for ICAEW for many years and has advised businesses on accountancy training matters since 1984. Despite being an ACA member he has always ensured that the company provides impartial advice on the relative merits of the various professional qualifications and their suitability for students and employers. He was President of the South Western Society of Chartered Accountants in 2006/2007 and we retain strong links with SWSCA and the South West panel of ACCA. Our ambition is to ensure full provision of professional accountancy training locally in the South West.

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