Social Value

We aim to build the next generation of UK software engineers.

Westpoint runs a structured six-month engineering academy that takes junior talent and produces production-ready engineers: every one of them employed or actively sought for partnerships.

Westpoint Academy social value programme

Our Success

Westpoint Academy graduates are now leading delivery on real client projects, moving from structured training into trusted engineering roles.

They work with senior teams, own production features, and help clients turn complex ideas into reliable software.

That is the measure of the Academy: people who started as junior talent now carrying meaningful responsibility on live projects.

Programme Structure

A six-month programme built around real engineering

Weeks 1-4

Remote lessons

Structured sessions make the Academy accessible while keeping candidates on a clear weekly rhythm.

Weeks 5-8

Technical modules

Candidates build across full-stack development, cloud deployment, Docker, and serverless architecture.

Months 3-4

Team onboarding

They move into Westpoint delivery routines: planning, standups, code review, and communication.

Months 5-6

Live project delivery

They contribute to client or internal projects with deadlines, ownership, and senior oversight.

Where Training Becomes Work

Live project integration is the difference

After the technical foundation, candidates join an active Westpoint team on a real client or internal project. They are not observing from the edge of the room: they are learning how software is delivered when quality, time, communication, and ownership all matter at once.

Academy graduate working on a live project

Real team

Candidates join an active Westpoint delivery team and work inside normal engineering routines.

Real projects

They contribute to live client or internal projects, not isolated classroom exercises.

Real delivery

The work is shaped by deadlines, quality expectations, code review, and production constraints.

Real ownership

Candidates practise communication, accountability, judgement, and follow-through.

Academy Enquiries

Know someone ready for the Academy?

If you are a student, parent, or know someone who could be a good fit, get in touch with Westpoint about the Academy.

The Westpoint Academy is designed to support UK employment by turning early-career talent into trusted software engineers.

All graduates employed

Academy graduates have progressed into mid-senior and senior engineering roles.

Sought for partnerships

Graduates are approached directly for freelance, contract, and delivery partnerships.

UK-based talent

The programme will contribute practical engineering capability to the domestic workforce.

UK Social Value Alignment

Built into how we operate

Built around the social value principles reflected in the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 and the PPN 002 Social Value Model, Westpoint Academy embeds skills development, employment opportunity and inclusive supply-chain participation into how we develop engineers, not as a compliance add-on, but as part of how we build lasting delivery capability.

Partner for inclusive procurement

Guided by public sector social value commitments

Skills and employmentSix-month structured programme producing production-ready engineers.

Workforce diversityOpen to candidates from non-traditional and early-career backgrounds.

Supply chainGraduate engineers available for partnership and subcontract engagement.

Economic opportunityEntry-level engineering talent developed into employable delivery capability.

Get Involved

Help build the next generation of UK engineers or become one

If you are a partner who can help create real opportunities, or an aspiring UK student looking for a practical route into software engineering, get in touch with Westpoint about the Academy.