National Talent Academy
National Talent Academy provides FE Colleges with an online TQUK endorsed Level 3 Award for Essential Work Skills. The courses are the result of many years of R&D including partnerships with Manchester University and Morgan Stanley leading to a Futureproof Careers Framework.
National Talent Academy courses are designed to help learners align their strengths and passions with the skills and character qualities that will always be needed in the workplace.
National Talent Academy courses are designed to help learners align their strengths and passions with the skills and character qualities that will always be needed in the workplace.
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Who's Who?
David Jaffa
National Talent Academy was founded in 2020 by Cambridge graduate David Jaffa, who previously founded SAM Learning, an online learning tool for GCSE and KS3 used in hundreds of English secondary schools, and Penda Learning, an online Science and Math tool for US schools. David received the BETT Outstanding Achievement Award for lifetime achievements in EdTech.
Bryan Horne
Bryan is a senior qualifications and skills specialist with a long track record shaping high-quality vocational education across the UK.
He has led major regulatory, accreditation, and innovation programmes at Ofqual, OCN London, and across multiple awarding bodies, developing robust qualifications, micro-credentials, and assessment systems used nationally.
Bryan also supports sector workforce development through his work with the National Talent Academy, helping to strengthen employer-aligned pathways and raise standards in skills delivery.
He has led major regulatory, accreditation, and innovation programmes at Ofqual, OCN London, and across multiple awarding bodies, developing robust qualifications, micro-credentials, and assessment systems used nationally.
Bryan also supports sector workforce development through his work with the National Talent Academy, helping to strengthen employer-aligned pathways and raise standards in skills delivery.
craig hendleman
Craig has over 20 years' experience of successfully helping colleges and schools to not only raise attainment, but also to help learners develop the Essential Work Skills that employers want and need.
Passionate about education, his ongoing mission is
Passionate about education, his ongoing mission is
to help educators work smarter, not harder using the most effective and innovative Edtech systems on the market.
Contributors
Rory Graves
Rory works at Morgan Stanley and brings his skills as a certified Toastmaster to presentation skills teaching at NTA.
Maxine Jaffa
Maxine has a background in teaching and neuropsychology. Her book 'Emotion' is a collaboration with Mark Solms, Antonio Damasio and Oliver Sacks.
Thor Conklin
Thor has founded, bought and sold several multi-million dollar businesses and is a peak performance consultant to several multi-millionaire entrepreneurs.
Emily Cotterill
Emily specialises in developing resources for PSHE, Citizenship and Careers and has ten years of experience teaching in inner city schools.
Dick Tomlinson
Dick is an international educational and business consultant. Developed a school for 350 developmentally disadvantaged students in North Carolina.