Financial Services Apprenticeships Reviews

I would highly recommend Simply Academy for apprenticeships. They have a great course structure and assignments that truly support you in the workplace and help you gain knowledge and skills. There are various course materials which are very useful and your tutor uses teaching techniques that best suit you. I felt prepared and confident for my exam which I passed first time.

The apprenticeship journey I had with Simply Academy was very good from start to finish. They structure all your learning throughout your time with them so that you can easily plan for the upcoming tasks you have ahead. My tutor was extremely helpful when studying for my exam and helped me to pass this. I believe I am now better prepared to work in the financial industry and I would highly recommend SImply Academy.

Overall the apprenticeship was helpful, especially as someone completely new to the industry. There was plenty of support from Simply Academy, in particular from my Tutor, who was always on hand to help. Certain parts of the course seemed a bit unnecessary at times, but overall this was a very helpful course.

If it wasn't for my tutor I would have really struggled

Really enjoyed my journey with Simply Academy. My tutor, Darren really helped me throughout my journey and massively helped develop my knowledge of the financial services industry. Would highly recommend to any student.

Thank you so much to Simply Academy, I dealt with Steve Bloor, he was great and always kept me in the loop, was always there to help with any extra questions I had. So happy with my qualification. Thanks guys!!

Simply Academy provided me with support throughout my apprenticeship, especially during my preparation for the CF1 exam. I attended a one week revision course hosted by Simply Academy which helped me to reinforce my knowledge and ask any questions that I had. My apprenticeship tutor was very approachable and I felt that I could contact her if I ever had a query about the coursework or any of the content that I was studying.

I found that the course was overall very good and helped me gain an understanding about the industry, however I do think that some of the assignments were very repetitive and I found myself writing similar things over and over again. Maggie was brilliant throughout - she was always very supportive and helped me out as much as she could.

I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of the Level 3 Insurance Practitioner Apprenticeship. The knowledge that I have gained has been valuable and will be carried with me in my future. I am determined to work in the Insurance industry for a very long time, since this apprenticeship has introduced me. I would recommend this apprenticeship to anyone willing to embark upon a new adventure.

My tutor Margaret Bloor went above and beyond to ensure I completed my course. She was my tutor for 18 months and was very helpful throughout. I appreciated her calling weekly to ask how I was getting on, and she always made it clear to me that I can contact her whenever. She had previous knowledge of the mortgage market which really helped me passed my Cemap exams. I was a big fan of the seminars provided by Simply Academy to help pass Cemap - all tutors involved in that were great. I felt the course itself was good, I had a few debates with the content such as role plays (eg, success in a role play wasn't very logical) but there was a great team behind the scenes to discuss issues like this. Simply Academy provided me with various services if I needed it, such as support if I was struggling in my role as an apprenticeship. The workload itself wasn't too difficult to manage with a job and was always marked swiftly. Massive thank you to everyone involved during my 18 months, especially Margaret who was an absolute star and will be missed!!