Futureproof your business

We develop the next generation of tech professionals, enabling diverse talent to excel in businesses like yours.

In a constantly evolving digital landscape, organisations aiming to develop their own technology capabilities risk becoming overly dependent on third parties.

La Fosse Academy enhances your teams with skilled, diverse talent, providing capacity for today, capability for tomorrow, and expertise for the future.

93%

of UK businesses are experiencing a tech skills gap in the job market.

53%

report a "significant" increase in their level of dependency on third parties.

Why our customers partner with us

Change and transformation

Cultivating the skills and mindset essential for transformation, our model retains crucial IP when Associates convert to permanent employees.

Efficiency

Associates handle lower-level tasks, liberating senior resource. Our sustainable cost model allows budget optimisation for innovation and development.

Predictability and cost control

Predictable scaling, time-to-hire, resource planning, and budgeting gives you more control, with costs also reduced when converting to perm.

ESG integration

We engage skilled, diverse talent from all backgrounds and career pathways, creating a more sustainable approach and addressing key industry challenges.

How it works

Our in-depth programme gives our Associates upfront training, ongoing guidance, and professional development, with the aim to accelerate them to mid-level when they join your team permanently. Our typical cohort programme follow this timeline:

Apply

2+ months

We select the top 2% from over 1000 applicants per cohort. Our assessment process tests for critical thinking and learning agility, ensuring quality talent and reducing the risk of
mis-hires.

Amplify

9 weeks

Our students complete an intensive training programme, first establishing foundational tech knowledge and then focusing on specialisms that align with their individual skills and market demand.

Accelerate

24+ months

Our career pathways accelerate Associates into mid-level roles, bringing them up to speed rapidly and holistically. Over a minimum of two years, our management support and community networks provide consistent development and guidance.

Transition

Ongoing

You then have the option to extend your Associates or convert them into full-time employees, retaining valuable IP and ensuring continuity of your tech capability.

Specialisms

Product &
Programmes
Change
Management
Data
Testing
Cloud & DevOps
Architecture
Engineering
Information
Security

Our customers

We put diversity at the heart of what we do

Diverse companies are 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry averages.

Our vision is to create a world where talent is recognised regardless of background and lived experience. Because our training is free, we have access to a broader talent pool, based on ability and not ability to pay.

45%

are female

46%

are career changers

57%

represent ethnic minorities

85%

come from lower income backgrounds

Blended teams

A flexible route to building your own capability, our blended teams integrate Academy Associates and SMEs into your organisation to tackle specific challenges.

This approach delivers immediate expertise and transformation whilst our Associates develop alongside the experienced team.

See our impact

Building effective engineering teams at Kingfisher

International home improvement company Kingfisher plc turned to La Fosse Academy to support its in-house engineering capabilities. We examine the ways in which we collaborated with Kingfisher to meet their hiring ambitions.

Helping University College London meet their digital goals

University College London has recently embraced the tech talent of the future by working alongside La Fosse Academy. We look at the university’s tech challenges, ambitions, and how the La Fosse Academy associates have helped ready it for the future.

Leidos UK partners with La Fosse Academy

Leading science and technology solutions provider Leidos UK recruits 37 La Fosse Academy associates to boost the diversity and sustainability of their tech teams.

Reducing third-party dependancies for leading HealthTech service provider

Our customer recognised that their experienced engineers, contractors, and third-party providers were spending a significant proportion of their time working on simple, repetitive tasks and boilerplate code.

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