Coaching leadership. Strengthening systems. Every child learning.

Aprender is a UK education charity that coaches government education leaders in developing countries to build the systems, school leadership, and teaching every child deserves.

Global Challenges We Meet

When education systems lack the investment, infrastructure and support needed to provide accessible, high-quality continuous professional development, even the most committed school leaders and teachers are left without the tools they need, limiting children's learning, life opportunities and future potential.

Absent/Low Quality

Educators need culturally appropriate, QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT courses and coaching. These are not widely available.

Lack of Access

Educators need ACCESS to those courses and coaching. Internet, data costs, and energy infrastructure restrict access for the majority.

Lack of Investment

Education administrations do not have the RESOURCES to fund what is needed.

Our Solutions We Bring

Through evidence-informed research, trusted partnerships and a scalable school improvement approach, Aprender enables education systems to provide the high-quality professional development that empowers school leaders and teachers to transform learning for every child.

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Our Cascade Approach

Aprender's research-informed Apto Cascade Model provides education systems with a scalable, cost-effective way to deliver high-quality professional development, empowering leaders, coaches and teachers to continuously improve teaching and learning for every child.

Democratising Access

By combining Apto Connect and AptoBox, Aprender removes barriers to professional development, giving education systems a scalable, online and offline solution that brings high-quality learning to every leader and teacher, even in the world's most challenging contexts.

Our Delivery Model

Because Aprender's model is designed to scale through local capacity and partnership, every investment delivers exceptional value, helping education systems reach more educators, improve more classrooms and transform the lives of more children for years to come.

Since 2010, together we have achieved

1000

School leaders trained

18,000

Teachers supported

1,450,000+

Children empowered

We invite you to support us to reach:

500,000

Educators trained

5,000

In-Country Apto Coaches

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10 Million

Children empowered

This is how we will do it:

The cascade mechanism powered by The Fellowship

Apto Fellows

APTO Fellowship members

Experienced UK & global school leaders. Recruited, trained & deployed, and supported. Fellows train in-country Apto Coaches.

In-Country Apto Coaches

(Government / NGO Education Officers)

Trained by Fellows. Train the trainers — each Apto Coach trains an average of 100 school leaders and teachers.

School Leaders & Teachers

Trained by in-country Apto Coaches using the Apto suite of programmes.

The 3 Cs

At the heart of the Apto model are the 3 Cs: Currency, Character and Culture: equipping children with the knowledge and skills to succeed, the values and personal qualities to flourish, and the school environments that make both possible.

Currency

The knowledge, skills and competencies students need to succeed in life. Their academic achievements are banked and will open up opportunities across their lives.

Character

The aspirations, values and personal qualities that shape who they become. Character is a significant indicator of a multitude of career, relational and societal benefits.

Culture

How a school lives its vision through everyday behaviours, relationships and leadership. Not just words but in deliberate attention to valuing all members of the community

Safeguarding

Every child, family, and community we work with has the right to be safe. Safeguarding is not a policy we follow but a principle that shapes every decision we make.

Safeguarding Statement

Are you a school leader with a legacy to transform communities that most need it?

The Apto Fellowship is a community of experienced school leaders giving two hours a week to coach government or NGO education officers across the countries where Aprender works. Associate Fellow, Apto Fellow, Senior Fellow: three tiers, one mission. We are recruiting our founding cohort now.

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