Courses in Stratford

For Individuals – Are You Looking for Career Inspiration or a Change?

• Starting out in your career, aiming for promotion or making a career change?
• Returning to work after a break, dealing with redundancy or unemployment?
• Wanting renewed confidence, the right interviews and that dream job?
• Just wanting to keep up to date with your kids or surf the net?
• What new skills will YOU need to make your next move?

Find out how to get there. Aim high and be awesome! Chat with a member of our friendly team; it’s FREE! Call direct at 020 7256 7273.

For Businesses – Do You Want to Create a Better Plan for Better Business?

• Enhance key skills and develop new ones for smarter output with less stress.
• Train up some skill champions to support others in core applications.
• Invest in your people to maintain morale and renew spirit for home or hybrid working.
• Improve staff retention to keep your best talent, promote from within, and save on recruitment time and fees.
• Career transition or outplacement support to see you through change or restructuring.

Find the solutions you need – you can pick our brains for FREE! Call direct at 020 7256 7273.

Skills for Tomorrow’s World

Located a few minutes’ walk from rail, tube and bus links, at Pitman Training Stratford you will find an amazingly wide choice of vital topics. Both business basics and exciting skills for the digital age, designed to pilot your career or your business on the route to success.

You will find Microsoft Office courses (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook), Executive PA Training, Secretarial Courses, IT Courses, Bookkeeping, Accounting, Sage Accounts, Web Development, Graphic Design, Social Media, Marketing courses, Administration Training, Touch Typing, ECDL and much more.

When Can You Start?

Right Now! There are hundreds of courses to choose from, and you can get started, full-time or part-time, within days. No term times and no waiting! That applies whether you choose a single certificated course or a longer-term career development diploma.

To learn more, contact us:

Email [email protected]

Tel: 020 7256 7273

How to Get Started? It Begins with a Discovery Chat!

Whether for yourself or for your staff, we’ll have a conversation about your aspirations and what you want to achieve. Talking through all the options helps you to select and create the perfect learning path to ensure you reach that end goal as soon as possible – we can also help you with financing.

Once you have selected, there is a one-to-one welcome session on the first day. Then, with your learning programme underway, you will have total support until you reach the finish line, when we help you celebrate your final results!

Friendly, knowledgeable course advisers and learning coaches make sure that you will get the results you want and a boost in confidence, all while enjoying the journey.

The Attractions of Pitman – Creating the Future You Want

Reputable, recognised and renowned! We’re one of the longest-established office and business training organisations, helping people succeed for over 180 years! So you have the best of both worlds: lifetimes of expertise AND cutting-edge learning methods.

• Times to suit you! No term times, so you can start right now if you want with part- or full-time study. Do you need a speedy result or a longer time study plan? Don’t worry; you can schedule around your personal, family, or work life. Day, evening, or weekend.
• Study Anywhere! Take your courses on-site at our learning centre or through distance learning. Enjoy studying in our light, bright, well-equipped learning hub and/or log on from your home or office. Ideally, why not do both to make the most of every training minute?
• Easy to learn, quality, clear & practical! With the best learning materials, your digital workbooks, your personal audio tutor and masses of practice exercises. Courses are clear and easy to follow; you’ll have plenty of time to stop, reflect, and revise any tricky elements until you’re completely confident.
• Diplomas and Certificates! With a validation test at the end, you will achieve a Pass or a Distinction on a globally recognised Pitman Training Certificate or Diploma – this instantly demonstrates your skills and value – helping you gain promotion, a better job or change your career.
• The personal touch! Quality study material is important, but the extra edge is in the support you will enjoy every day. A personal Welcome Session to get you started, a team to encourage you and your Learning Coach to help with any questions or if you get stuck on any point. You are set up to succeed.
• Employers love Pitman! Recognised, reputable and renowned. Ambitious start-ups, global companies, central and local governments, NHS Trusts and professional firms all train their teams with us at Pitman in Stratford and the City. They also love to promote and hire Pitman students.

Your CV will stand out. Imagine: Get the interviews you want or find your brilliant new job on our notice board or through the Employers’ Link that we promote. Many students start a new job before they finish their course and then complete their studies part-time – it’s that flexible!

Give Us a Call or Pop In to See Us Today – Let Us Help You Transform Your Future

Check out these popular career options:

• PA and Administrative diplomas
• IT, Web Developer and Software Developer diplomas
• Bookkeeping and Accounting diplomas
• Microsoft Office courses and diplomas
• Touch Typing for everyone!

How Can We Help Your Business?

Business right now is all about change – let’s face it, we’ve had a tricky two years. Change often means a need to refresh or develop skills, so if you are responsible for L&D at your company or for appraising your own team, we have a lot to offer. Get the same high-level support for each of your delegates with access to our whole training portfolio on our learning portal as above – call or email for our full prospectus. But that’s not all…

Your corporate needs may be very different. We work with you to customise, create and manage training projects, whether for one person or company-wide programmes. You get the solutions you want, with minimum hassle and maximum benefit. Group training at our venue, or in-house workshops or seminars – face-to-face or webinar-based? Or one-to-one coaching? You’ve got it!

Most of our training is CPD-accredited, and you will see a clear return on investment:

• Improve productivity and profit through more efficient, effective and adaptable teams.
• Happy, confident staff means less churn, less stress and more positive outcomes.
• Saving on recruiting time, empty chair syndrome and recruitment fees.
• Lead into change or restructure with career transition or outplacement programmes.
• Peace of mind – you can rely on Pitman as your training partner.

To learn more contact us:

Email [email protected]

Tel: 020 7256 7273

Popular Group Seminars

• Personal Assistant/Executive Assistant Advanced Masterclass
• Executive PA – Developing Your Role
• Minutes & Meetings
• Speedwriting
• Touch Type in 2 Days

Accredited Exam Centre

We work with many awarding organisations for exams and provide a comfortable, quiet, and well-equipped environment to support you through many professional exams.

Book directly with us for AAT, ECDL, AMSPAR, CILEX and MOS exams, and others through the awarding body for your particular qualification.