Programmes | The Public Service Transformation Academy

Choose what meets your needs, not by course title

The programmes range from short diagnostics and simulations to national cohorts and multi-month place-based academies. All should connect learning to live public service work.

Applications openSeptember 2026 to February 2027

The National Commissioning Academy

A flagship cross-sector programme for people who need to improve outcomes by working with the whole system, not only individual services, contracts or procurement processes.

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Available in-houseThree programme days with light activity over about two months

Commissioning and innovation: playing on a bigger stage

An intensive, experiential three-day programme that helps commissioners and transformation leaders work more effectively across complex systems.

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Available in-houseAdapted to the organisation and selected modules

Leading Transformation

A modular blended programme for people who need to understand, lead and sustain public service transformation across systems, organisations and services.

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Available through BasisAgreed with the delivery partner

The Service Transformation Programme

Learning through doing for public service managers and transformation practitioners who need to design and deliver sustainable service change.

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Available in-house

Commissioning health check

A short, structured diagnostic that helps a leadership team see how commissioning is really working and agree where to act next.

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Available for cohortsThree days, normally spaced about two weeks apart

Commissioning: a 10-step introduction

An intensive entry-level programme that helps people grasp the core principles and practices of effective public service commissioning.

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Available in-houseTwo days

Commissioning simulation

An immersive two-day learning experience in which participants face the consequences of strategic and operational decisions in a live but risk-free environment.

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Next cohort to be announcedCohort schedule agreed for each run

Contract Management Development Programme

Refresh contract management skills, strengthen judgement and help people work with outcomes, value, relationships and evidence across the contract lifecycle.

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Available in-houseNormally several months, designed around the place

Place-based and regional transformation academies

A locally designed academy that brings public service partners together around shared challenges, practical projects and lasting transformation capability.

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Not sure where to start?

A programme is sometimes the wrong first move. A short diagnostic can clarify the pressure, the people who need to learn together and the practical result worth pursuing. See how in-house work starts.

Start with the work

Tell us what is happening, who needs to act, and what cannot wait.

We will help you decide whether a short diagnostic, an in-house cohort, a place-based academy, or an existing programme is the sensible next move.

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