Rebus Training Recognises Success

Our annual awards evening celebrates the hard work of our learners who complete their City & Guilds NVQ Level 3 Qualification.

Annual Awards 2024

Tuesday 12th March 2024 saw the return of our Annual Awards Evening. The event recognises the hard work, commitment and dedication of our learners over the past 12 months. It was also fantastic to have the opportunity to recognise the dedication of our employers who invest their time, experience and knowledge in the training of the next generation of electricians.

Following on from the success of last year we had in excess of 150 attendees including daytime apprentices, evening learners and their employers from within the electrical industry.

Award winners were selected across each of our four apprenticeship year groups and also from our evening learners. This year we also introduced a range of employer awards.

Huge congratulations, once again, to all of our award nominees and winners! 
Special recognition must go to Sam Bailey from Highpride Developments who won a hat trick of awards including Rebus Training Apprentice of the Year.



Rebus Training is proud of our commitment to fundraising within the local community. Throughout the evening we raised £630 for our chosen charity of 2024, the Midlands Air Ambulance with a charity raffle.

Thank you to all the generous organisations who donated raffle prizes. These included Port Vale Football Club, Bet365, Caltherm Thermal Engineering, Megger, Primal Personal Training, Dunwood Farm Butchers, Stoke Ski Centre. 

We would like to take the opportunity to thank our event sponsors. Midlands Power Networks who sponsored our overall Apprentice of the Year award and donated a £100 Screwfix gift card to include with the winners prize. 
Caltherm Thermal Engineering, Bet365, PCS (UK) Ltd and Staffordshire University sponsored our  individual year group awards. 


Proud Sponsors of

Apprentice of the Year 2024 award

Proud Sponsors of

Individual year group awards

Proud Sponsors of

Individual year group awards


A fantastic night was had by all. Here are a selection of photos from the event.



Annual Awards 2023

Our Annual Awards evening took place on 13th February 2023 in the Valiant Suite at Port Vale Football Club and was our largest awards event to date. The evening was to celebrate our student's hard work and successes throughout 2022. A fantastic evening was had by all who attended.

Along with our apprentices and adult learners, it was amazing to see family, friends, employers and special guests join in with the celebrations.

Thank you to our special guest speakers Carol Shanahan (OBE) and John Rudge and to our awards prize sponsors Electric Light Co.

As part of our awards evening we are proud to have raised money for The Hubb Foundation with our charity raffle.

Special thanks goes to all our sponsors who kindly donated the fabulous prizes.
Port Vale Football Club / Kismet Burselm / Energie Fitness / Dunwood Farm Butchery / Snugberrys Ice Cream / New Vic Theatre / Peak Wildlife Park / Emma Bridgewater / Game-Grid / Staffordshire University


CONGRATULATIONS! to Macy Isherwood who won our Apprentice of the Year award.

Macy started her apprenticeship in 2021 and is our 1st female apprentice to win the award.

Macy is currently halfway through her 2nd year of training with Rebus Training and her employer Aspire Housing.

Here are some more photos of the fantastic night. 



Annual Awards 2021

The 2021 Annual Awards evening was held on the 23rd November 2021 at Rebus Training Ltd in Stoke-on-Trent.

After a challenging 18 months, it was great to finally celebrate the successes of our students once again. An enjoyable evening was attended by apprentices, adult learners, friends, family and importantly our loyal employers.

Special thanks to Ray and the team at the Electric Light Co for sponsoring a number of award prizes.

Apprentice of the year 2021

Drew Lund
presented with his award by Managing Director Jon Grocock

Best Apprentice Year 3

Neil Ford
presented with his award by Tutor Chris Tatton

Most Improved Year 3

Annabelle Franks  presented with her award by Tutor Chris Tatton

Best Apprentice  Year 2

Ashley Bourne  presented with his award by Tutor John Davies

Most Improved Year 2

Wayne Bailey
presented with his award by Tutor John Davies

Best Apprentice  Year 1

Drew Lund
presented with his award by Tutor Shaun Eardley

Most Improved Year 1

Kyle Standeven  presented with his award by Tutor Shaun Eardley

Best Student  Evening Groups

Sam Smith  presented with his award by Tutor Simon Hodgkiss

Most Improved Evening Groups

Nigel Baddeley presented with his award by Tutor Simon Hodgkiss

Tutor of the Year (nominated by students)

John Davies presented with his award by Training Manager Rob Glover

Special Apprenticeship Award

Ayesha Parveen presented with her award by Finance Manager Jo Finnerty


Annual Awards 2019

Our Annual Awards took place on Tuesday 3rd December.

An amazing time was had by all who attended, this could not have been made possible without thanks to our sponsors for the evening.

Our prize sponsors:



A special thank you to Sam Hulley at Instalek for taking photos of the nights events.

Congratulations to William Furmedge who won Apprentice of the year 2019

Throughout the year William has showed consistent determination, he has a polite and respectful attitude an eagerness to learn and progress. William has a willingness to help others and shows all the qualities of an ideal apprentice.

The award was presented to William by Pete Angel from NICEIC

Below are the awards categories, winners and runner ups.

Year 1
Most Improved in the Year Jack Hurlstone – Winner
Matthew Cowan – Runner up
Best in the Year Jack Harvey – Winner
Neil Ford – Runner up
Year 2
Most Improved in the Year Lewis Dunleavy – Winner
James Harper – Runner up
Best in the Year Nigel Cartwright – Winner
Gregor Brailsford – Runner up
Year 3
Most Improved in the Year Chris Ryder – Winner
Harry Richards – Runner up
Best in the Year William Furmedge – Winner
Kelvin Jackson – Runner up
Evening Groups
Most Improved in the Year Christian Smith – Winner
Jamie Witkowski
Best Student David Parker – Winner
Kelso Condliffe – Runner up

A new category for this year was  Tutor of the Year, which was nominated by all of our learners.


Ian Brookes accepting his Tutor of the Year award from Jon Grocock (Managing Director)


William Furmedge – Winner in Year 3 Best in the Year category. Presented by Ian Brookes (Tutor)


Kelvin Jackson – Runner up in Year 3 Best in the Year category. Presented by Ian Brookes (Tutor)


Chris Ryder – Winner in Year 3 Most Improved in the Year category. Presented by Ian Brookes (Tutor) and accepted by Lloyd Tattum


Harry Richards – Runner up in Year 3 Most Improved in the Year category. Presented by Ian Brookes (Tutor)


Neil Ford – Runner up in Year 1 Best in the Year category. Presented by Jake Tuck (Tutor)


David Parker – Winner in Evening Group Best Student category. Presented by Chris Tatton (Tutor)


Christian Smith – Winner in Evening group Most Improved in the Year category. Presented by Chris Tatton (Tutor)


Nigel Cartwright – Winner in Year 2 Best in the Year category. Presented by Rob Glover (Training Manager)


Gregor Brailsford – Runner up in Year 2 Best in the Year category. Presented by Rob Glover (Training Manager)


Lewis Dunleavy- Winner in Year 2 Most Improved in the Year category. Presented by Rob Glover (Training Manager)


James Harper – Runner up in Year 2 Most Improved in the Year category. Presented by Rob Glover (Training Manager)


Jack Harvey – Winner in Year 1 Best in the Year category. Presented by Jake Tuck (Tutor)

Annual Awards 2018

Our Annual Apprentice Awards took place on Monday 12th November 2018 and a great time was had by all who attended.

Well done to everyone who was nominated.

Congratulations to Adam Tanner who won Apprentice of the year 2018

Adam’s award was presented by our Tutor Rob Glover.

Unfortunately Adam was unable to attend on the evening, his award was accepted on his behalf by his Employer (JPR Mechanical & Electrical Services Ltd)

Below are the categories, winners and runner ups.

Year 1
Most Improved In The Year Kurt Scully – Winner
Best In The Year Nigel Cartwight – Runner Up
Joe Davis – Winner
Year 2
Most Improved In The Year Charlie Webster – Runner Up
Jake Avery – Winner
Best In The Year Richard Bloor – Runner Up
Kelvin Jackson – Winner
Year 3
Most Improved In The Year Joseph Hill – Runner Up
Joshua Marks – Winner
Best In The Year Jake Cooper – Runner Up
Adam Tanner – Winner

Thank you to Seaward, Electric Light Co. & NAPIT who sponsored the event and donated a number of prizes.

Here are a few photos from the night


Joshua Marks awarded Winner in the Year 3 Most Improved In The Year Category. Presented by Rob Glover (Tutor)


Kelvin Jackson awarded Winner in the Year 2 Best in Year Category. Presented by Jake Tuck (Tutor)


Jake Avery awarded Winner in the Year 2 Most Improved In The Year Category. Presented by Jake Tuck (Tutor)


Charlie Webster awarded Runner up in the Year 2 Most Improved In The Year Category. Presented by Jake Tuck (Tutor)


Joe Davies awarded Winner in the Year 1 Best in the Year Category. Presented by Chris Tatton (Tutor)


Nigel Cartwright awarded Runner up in the Year 1 Best in the Year Category. Presented by Chris Tatton (Tutor)


Kurt Scully awarded Winner in the Year 1 Best in the Year Category. Presented by Chris Tatton (Tutor)


The Rebus Team


Annual Awards Trophy