Heritage Skills Academy

Heritage Skills Academy The ‘Heritage Skills Academy’ delivers Apprenticeships in Classic Vehicle Restoration. Find out more on our website!

The ‘Heritage Skills Academy’ has been created to deliver Apprenticeships in Classic Vehicle Restoration. Our mission is to ensure that the traditional skills required to maintain and restore our Engineering heritage thrive and that the UK maintains its position as the centre for engineering excellence. The Academy brings together experts from across the Automotive Industry who are committed to te

aching the skills required to preserve and restore our Pre-war, Post-war and Modern automotive heritage. If you are interested in a career with excellent prospects and a reputation that could offer progression into engineering and management positions across the world, this is the place to start. We have over 25 years of experience in delivering world class Automotive Apprenticeships. The Academy is based at the ‘Bicester Heritage’ site in Oxfordshire; the UK’s first park for the restoration, storage and enjoyment of vintage and classic cars, motorcycles and aeroplanes. We also have a second site at Brooklands Museum in Surrey where our Apprentices on the Coachbuilding programme are based, along with a couple of Mechanical cohorts, which opened early in 2021.

02/06/2026

We were kindly invited by to a STEM event they hosted at Duxford Air Museum on Saturday and our great ambassadors Mark and Duncan supported the event with solid riveting and bookmark/dog tag stamping activities for the young attendees ⚒️

We love sharing what we do and the classic industries we can feed with the skills we teach across our apprenticeships and training courses 🤩

A huge Thank You and Well Done to tutor Paul for delivering a bespoke 2 day MIG/MAG welding course to 2 friends -  and C...
28/05/2026

A huge Thank You and Well Done to tutor Paul for delivering a bespoke 2 day MIG/MAG welding course to 2 friends - and Colin Goodwin in these really hot conditions! 🥵

Paul asked for a signature on his boots and James kindly obliged! ✍🏼

It was lovely to see James’ Triumph Stag in its lovely magenta paint in the sunshine too ☀️

Last week mechanical cohort HSA19 were in Bicester doing transmission systems ⚙️The apprentices worked on a variety of g...
26/05/2026

Last week mechanical cohort HSA19 were in Bicester doing transmission systems ⚙️

The apprentices worked on a variety of gearboxes and diffs to carry out inspections, fault finding and repairs. 🧰

Make sure you swipe to the end to see the great work some of the apprentices from this group who rebuilt a final drive for a 1920s Ford Model A! 🤩

It was a challenging week, everyone worked really hard - well done all! 👏🏼

Mechanical cohort HSA 18 (plus Ben on a catch up Block) visited  for their Fuel Injection Block with tutor, Paul this we...
17/05/2026

Mechanical cohort HSA 18 (plus Ben on a catch up Block) visited for their Fuel Injection Block with tutor, Paul this week!⛽️

In depth theory followed by full system testing ensured they all went away with new skills. 📊

Our Capri also came in for some MOT advisories and our Saabs were returned to the ‘woodland glade’ until the next block.🔧

Well done all and the Brooklands team wish you all good luck in your upcoming End-Point Assessments 👏🏼

A busy week at  for our 9th Coachbuilding Cohort who’ve learnt steel TIG welding and revisited panel making with the whe...
15/05/2026

A busy week at for our 9th Coachbuilding Cohort who’ve learnt steel TIG welding and revisited panel making with the wheeling machines ⚒️🧑‍🏭

All produced good test welds in different joint types and all got their panels welded into their mini wings - kindly supplied by - ready to practice metal finishing in a future Block 👏🏼

Plus more progress with our Napier Railton cycle kart too - thank you Mark for your help! 🙌🏼


Welcome to our newest mechanical cohort (and some of their brilliant cars!) - HSA28 🛠️👏🏼If you’re interested in an appre...
14/05/2026

Welcome to our newest mechanical cohort (and some of their brilliant cars!) - HSA28 🛠️👏🏼

If you’re interested in an apprenticeship with us apply now on our website! www.heritageskillsacademy.co.uk

We had a great week with cohorts HSA26 and HSA27 down at our Engineering Hub!HSA26 spent the week with Mark on their fir...
12/05/2026

We had a great week with cohorts HSA26 and HSA27 down at our Engineering Hub!

HSA26 spent the week with Mark on their first mechanical block👏🏼. The apprentices worked hard and on a variety of engines learning servicing, engine layouts and different configurations ⚙️

HSA27 were in the machining shop with Rob, progressing on their drilling and filing skills from their last block. They also completed two practical tasks - riveting and threads 🔩

Some of the apprentices this week also worked on one of their karts alongside Tim our technician! Looking forward to hearing more about how it gets on in racing 🏎️

Both groups mixed really well and all worked very hard. Well done all!🎉

Great week for our 8th Coachbuilding Cohort - especially in the 4 day week after the Bank Holiday! 👏🏼Fabricating their o...
08/05/2026

Great week for our 8th Coachbuilding Cohort - especially in the 4 day week after the Bank Holiday! 👏🏼

Fabricating their own vacuum tank and TIG welding together and progressing our cycle kart project - a scaled down interpretation of the famous Napier Railton which lives at 🛠️


HSA23 were busy in Bicester this week learning Cooling Systems with Paul! 🛠️They removed radiators, water pumps and heat...
01/05/2026

HSA23 were busy in Bicester this week learning Cooling Systems with Paul! 🛠️

They removed radiators, water pumps and heater matrixes 💧

They also conducted pressure tests for leaks and lots of checking and reading of thermostats 🌡️

The apprentices also took the Riley Merlin and Alvis TA14 out! 🤩

Well done to all the apprentices on their hard work👏

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Buckingham Road
Bicester
OX265HA

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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