APM accreditations and qualifications.

From PFQ to Chartered Project Professional — supporting senior project professionals to gain the APM's highest standards. 500+ Chartered clients. 90%+ pass rate.

500+

APM Chartered clients

90%+

Chartership pass rate

96%

PMQ pass rate, 2017

15 yrs

Building APM expertise

A long history with the APM.

The Association for Project Management awarded our Managing Director the role of designing and piloting the Chartered Project Professional standard — including training the first forty assessors. We've been embedded in APM standards from the start.

Today we hold accreditation across multiple APM levels, run our own APM-licensed competence systems, and are regularly invited to contribute to new APM standards.

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Two levels. One pathway.

The APM's qualifications form a career-long progression — from foundational awareness to chartered status. We run accredited courses across the higher levels and embed all four into in-house academy pathways.

01
PPQ

Project Professional Qualification. Blended learning for experienced PMs (5+ years) — leading to MAPM membership and Chartership Pathway 2.

PPQ
02
ChPP

Building on core PM skills to grow project leaders and sponsors with strategic capability.

ChPP
“Project Academy continues to provide an excellent service, and their staff bring a wealth of PM experience to bear.”
“An amazing inspirational experience, that I wished I'd conducted much earlier in my career.”
“Fantastic coaching, it has really been powerful, it has helped identify some key things that were holding me back (without even realising it), it has given me tools and approaches that I will continue to use.  I have gained so much from this experience, thank you!”
“Genuinely transformational. I may have walked away from the opportunity of a senior role thinking I was not capable. I may also have seen myself signed off with stress again in a matter of months without the coaching tools and techniques I have gained.”
“I have found the leadership coaching to be extremely valuable. Through awareness, reflection and constructive challenge, I have increased resilience and confidence, which I have used in my career.”
“I have the cycle of imposter syndrome, which hindered me from achieving my true potential. Only to say a huge thank you to my coach - a truly life changing experience.”
“Outstanding and more valuable than the technical course - the coaching has changed me as a person and impacted on interactions professionally and personally.”
“Improved the culture of my team and relationships with stakeholders.”

Chartered Project Professional.

The senior benchmark. Chartership demonstrates technical knowledge, professional practice, and ethical conduct at the highest level — and it's a key criterion for the UK Government's Senior Practitioner accreditation.

Our courses guide you through the full application — written submission, competence statements, and the 1-2 hour assessor interview. Most include a 1-2-1 mentor with a track record of successful candidates. Available as closed corporate cohorts (typically 15 staff) or as open courses for individuals.

Three pathways to Chartership

  • 01

    Route 1 — for those with a recognised assessment for advanced technical knowledge

  • 02

    Route 2 — for those with a recognised assessment covering both technical knowledge and professional practice (typically holders of APM RPP)

  • 03

    Route 3— the experiential pathway, for those who meet eligibility but hold no prior recognised assessment

Selected case studies.

Where this work has run in real organisations — energy, infrastructure, defence, government and the public sector.

All case studies
Building 2,000 senior project leaders for UK Government.

Project Leadership Programme

Delivery partner alongside Cranfield University and PA Consulting on the UK Government's flagship leadership programme. Over 2,000 senior leaders graduated since 2015.

We built Shell's global PM competence system.

Shell Project Academy

A bespoke version of our online competence system, supporting Shell's global community of more than 4,000 project professionals. Launched globally in 2018.

Shell's PMs reach APM accreditation without rewriting their evidence.

Shell — APM Accreditation

A bespoke route to APM Chartership for Shell's global PMs, without rewriting their portfolios.

Tailored career pathways for the National Trust's project community.

Strategic PM Capability Partner

Career pathway development across multiple project management levels, plus a bespoke project sponsor competency framework.

From skills assessment to APM-accredited leadership programme

Capability Assessment & Leadership

Skills assessment of a 40-strong projects community, followed by an APM-accredited six-day Project Leadership Programme.

A 90%+ success rate on APM Chartership Fast Track

APM Chartership Fast Track

Four cohorts at 90%+ success, plus Licence to Operate assessor training.

Where APM accreditation fits.

Accreditation rarely sits alone. It's usually woven into a wider development pathway, a sibling delivery channel, or a competence regime.

Solution

Development Programmes

Bespoke training in leadership, advanced PM, and project sponsorship, integrated with your processes.

Development Programmes

Solution

eLearning System

Our Canvas-based LMS hosts the blended delivery behind PPQ, Chartership prep, and bespoke client programmes.

eLearning System

Solution

Competency Management

Our CEMS platform and APM-licensed frameworks for defining, assessing, and managing competence.

Competency Management