The professional accountant is evolving. That’s why ACCA apprenticeships develop future-ready accountants with the digital skills, business acumen, ethical integrity, and emotional intelligence that top employers look for and the expertise needed to add value to any organisation in any industry.
ACCA Apprenticeships in England
We offer two levels of apprenticeship programmes in England:
- Level 4 Accounting Technician apprenticeship: our apprenticeship for accounting technicians.
- Level 7 Professional Accountant apprenticeship: our apprenticeship for accountancy professionals.
As an apprentice, your training is funded by the government and employers. There's no cost to you.
Apprenticeships combine on-the-job work experience with an employer, with technical training from an external training provider and exams. You'll be assessed and mentored by an experienced professional and keep a log showing what you’ve learned.
You’ll work, study and take exams. You'll be assessed and mentored by an experienced professional, and keep a log showing what you’ve learned.
An apprenticeship:
- takes a minimum of 12 months to complete
- dedicates around 20% of your working hours on learning and training, both with your employer and their training provider
- provides online learning support in the form of interactive lessons, access to a tutor and an online community of fellow students
- provides you with a salary while you learn
- involves exams taken 'on demand’ during your apprenticeship
- has one final exam, which you take when both you and your employer are ready.
Both of our apprenticeship programmes cover the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to become a technician or a professional accountant. Both apprenticeships cover three main subject areas:
- Business Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Management Accounting
And with the Level 7 Professional Accountant apprenticeship, you can choose to specialise in certain areas with our Strategic Professional Level modules.
If you want to go on to achieve our ACCA Qualification, experience that you get under your apprenticeship will count towards meeting the Practical Experience Requirement (PER).This means that from day one of being an ACCA apprentice, you're already on the way to becoming a fully qualified ACCA member.
In addition, you'll get real-life workplace experience, which will put your ahead of your university peers.
ACCA Apprenticeships build a solid foundation for a successful future opening up a whole host of career opportunities.
On completion of your apprenticeship there are a number of payhway you could choose:
- the full ACCA Qualification and go on to become an ACCA member
- an undergraduate degree from Oxford Brookes University (closing in May 2026)
- a Master’s degree from the University of London
That means that in just five years, you could become a chartered certified accountant, having avoided student debt and earned a salary from day one. You won’t just be level with people who went to university - you’ll be well ahead of them.
How to get started
Find an apprenticeship
To start an apprenticeship, you need to have a job.
Firstly, check out the vacancies available on ACCA Careers, our global employability site. You can also create an account through the Government service or through UCAS so that you can access apprenticeship vacancies.
If you're already working
If you are already working, talk to your employer about the ACCA apprenticeship.
Ask them to visit our employers' apprenticeships section and we can help them set up their programme.
Find out more about the different apprenticeships.
Once you have an employer and have agreed with them to do apprenticeship you would then need to register as a student with ACCA.
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact us at apprenticeships@accaglobal.com
Alternatively, you can register your interest.
