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A community for developing digital pioneers

Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, offers a career-catapulting, industry focused education that is free to attend. If you’re excited about entering the games design industry, creating apps that change lives or building technologies that help grow industries, then Ada is the perfect institution for you.Find out more

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Sixth Form Apprenticeships Employers

OUR SIXTH FORM TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO BECOME TOMORROW'S TECH PIONEERS

Earn valuable BTEC and A Level qualifications. Build a digital portfolio that stands out from the rest. Move forward with confidence and ambition. We help students unlock the door to aspirational apprenticeships, new start-ups, large corporations, and top universities.

EARN WHILE YOU LEARN

Not going to uni? Looking for a career change? Our Higher Level and Degree apprenticeships get you working with a top tech employer, a degree qualification, and a salary instead of tuition debt.

GET INVOLVED: SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE, GROW YOUR TALENT PIPELINE

Ada wants to close the gap between education and industry, provide a skills-first approach to everything we do, and remove barriers between talented young people and their dream employers. To do this, we rely on the support of innovative and creative companies and individuals to help our young people become tomorrow’s digital trailblazers. Hire an apprentice, volunteer with our learners, or make a philanthropic commitment. 

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  • 6%

    Ada’s Sixth Form Computer Science results are in the UK's top 6%

  • 21K

    The average salary of an Ada Apprentice

  • 10k

    By 2028 we will have transformed the lives of 10,000 young people

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  • “Ada have built a fantastic programme that combines a unique learning experience anchored around creative, entrepreneurial digital skills coupled with practical, relevant industry knowledge.”

    Lucinda Clements

    Partner, Deloitte

  • “By choosing an apprenticeship, I’m getting a degree for free, getting paid while I do it, getting on-the-job experience, and getting contacts in the area that I’m going to be working in. I feel like I get a head start.”

    Abby

    Ada Apprentice

  • “There’s nowhere else like this; that provides the same opportunities, that brings the same like-minded people together. You’re not going to find anywhere else like Ada.”

    Daniel

    Ada Sixth Form Graduate