Train to teach the Next Generation with COYO and HDP

Bring your AEC experience into the classroom

Health Delivery Partnership (HDP), Programme Delivery Partner for the New Hospital Programme, is collaborating with Class Of Your Own on a targeted teacher training initiative – designed to tackle the construction skills shortage at source.

AEC professionals can make a lasting impact in further education through the BEST (Built Environment Specialist Trainer) Training Programme and gain a recognised Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (CET).

Educate and inspire the next generation of Built Environment Professionals

The BEST (Built Environment Specialist Trainer) Training Programme gives AEC professionals the opportunity to train as educators while continuing their industry careers.

Gain a recognised Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (CET) and make a lasting impact in further education and the Built Environment industry.

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Extend your career by teaching in Further Education (FE) settings

Gain the confidence to deliver engaging workshops and projects

Share real-world expertise and bring the Built Environment to life

Build your teaching skills and confidence

A comprehensive training programme, fully aligned with the updated Ofsted framework, that equips participants with strong pedagogical skills and provides a structured pathway towards a recognised training qualification.

Inspire young people through hands-on, project-based learning and make a genuine contribution to the future of construction education and skills.

Student showing design work to an industry professional

Learn about the world of teaching

Get real teaching practice in the classroom

18 week programme that fits around working life

Start teaching as soon as you qualify

A complete talent pipeline for the Built Environment and Healthcare

Class Of Your Own delivers both specialist teacher training and student project programmes that work together to strengthen the built environment talent pipeline.

BEST prepares industry professionals to teach in further education, while DEC and DEC for Healthcare projects give young people early, practical exposure to design, engineering and construction in healthcare settings.

The result is a joined-up pathway supporting talent development from classroom projects through to qualified educators.

DEC for Healthcare Projects
Real-world design projects in healthcare for learners aged 11–18
Built Environment Awareness
Early stage learning and project engagement builds pathways into further education.
Further Education Delivery
Learners transition into structured post-16 education with industry-aligned projects.
Built Environment Specialist Trainers
Industry professionals trained as educators bringing real-world experience into the classroom.
Healthcare and Infrastructure Talent
Output of the pipeline: trained teachers and capable learners moving toward industry roles.

Join the 2026 BEST cohort and help shape tomorrow’s classroom today

Play your part in industry transformation to address the UK construction skills crisis

As demonstrated over years, the UK construction skills crisis will not be solved by policy statements or short term interventions. It will be solved when industry steps directly into education.

That’s why Health Delivery Partnership (HDP), Programme Delivery Partner for the New Hospital Programme, is collaborating with award-winning social enterprise Class Of Your Own on a targeted teacher training initiative designed to tackle the construction skills shortage at source.

The pilot will run across the North and North West of England, linked directly to live hospital projects at Leighton in Crewe, North Manchester and Airedale, ensuring teaching is grounded in current practice.

Play your part in industry transformation to address the UK Construction Skills Crisis

As demonstrated over years, the UK construction skills crisis will not be solved by policy statements or short term interventions. It will be solved when industry steps directly into education.

That’s why Health Delivery Partnership (HDP), Programme Delivery Partner for the New Hospital Programme, is collaborating with award-winning social enterprise Class Of Your Own on a targeted teacher training initiative designed to tackle the construction skills shortage at source.

We are now looking for experienced professionals who want to put their knowledge to work by teaching the next generation of infrastructure experts.

Class Of Your Own’s BEST (Built Environment Specialist Trainers) Programme brings real world construction expertise into classrooms by supporting industry professionals to become Further Education teachers. Delivered over 18 weeks through a blended model that fits around working lives, the programme combines practical training, mentoring and supported teaching experience. The pilot will run across the North and North West of England, linked directly to live hospital projects at Leighton in Crewe, North Manchester and Airedale, ensuring teaching is grounded in current practice.

By September 2026, the programme aims to have qualified a new cohort of FE educators, expanding capacity across post 16 provision while strengthening engagement with KS3 and KS4 learners. Once proven, the model will scale into other priority regions, supporting nationally significant infrastructure including new hospitals and projects such as Sizewell C.

This initiative goes beyond skills supply. It strengthens education capacity, enriches the national curriculum with real world learning, and creates clear, credible pathways into construction careers. It also opens up new second career opportunities for experienced professionals, including those who wish to return to work after having a family, ex-military, and those aged 50 plus, whose expertise is too valuable to lose.

We are asking industry to help make this work. Share the opportunity through your networks and consider whether your experience could shape the future workforce through teaching as part of this exciting opportunity.

To find out more or to get involved, contact alison@classofyourown.com or joe.hobbins@macegroup.com.

This is a practical, industry led response to a national challenge, rooted in live projects, real teaching and long term impact.

We look forward to hearing from you!