{"id":16135,"date":"2017-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stoneacre.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/25\/award-winning-stoneacre-academy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:10:50","slug":"award-winning-stoneacre-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stoneacre.co.uk\/blog\/award-winning-stoneacre-academy","title":{"rendered":"UK Excellence &#8211; The Award Winning Stoneacre Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u201cAs an Academy it\u2019s all about making a difference to people\u2019s lives and offering the right guidance and Career for life. We assess our candidates from day one, ensuring they\u2019re right for our culture.  <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs an Ofsted school we know we can give them the skills to do a great job. The key to our success is to recruit the right personality, with a positive attitude to fit our dynamic, positive growing company.\u201d    \u2013 Claire Rooms, Group Academy Manager, Stoneacre Motor Group  <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stoneacre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-2022-07-05T153315.410.jpg\" alt=\"Stoneacre Academy\" class=\"wp-image-11602\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stoneacre Academy is winning even more awards for its outstanding recruitment, training and development. CV Magazine has recongised our Academy and presented us with a UK Excellence award in the recruitment category due to our fantastic student reviews and parent testimonials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As one of the country\u2019s leading Automotive Recruitment groups, we take huge pride in the services we provide at the Academy. It\u2019s our passion to create careers for life, not just a training programme. 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