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.

Ezi Methods and Heritage Skills Academy agree collaboration!🔗 (Full link to press release article is in our story and bi...
09/09/2026

Ezi Methods and Heritage Skills Academy agree collaboration!

🔗 (Full link to press release article is in our story and bio), but here is a summary below:

This partnership ensures that students training at the Heritage Skills Academy, which is dedicated to preserving vital vehicle restoration skills, gain direct access to industry-leading manufacturer repair information through access to the Ezi Methods platform, enabling ongoing learning and the practical application of manufacturer-approved repair procedures in real-world scenarios with accurate OEM repair methods.

Grace Roaf, Brooklands Workshop and Training Lead, for the Heritage Skills Academy, said: “We are committed to teaching our apprentices a wide range of repair methods, including accident damage repair alongside restoration work.“

Chris Dore, Group Operations Director for Ezi Methods, added: “Supporting technician training is vitally important to us. Having quick access to accurate manufacturer repair methods is essential for carrying out safe, high-quality repairs. By partnering with the Heritage Skills Academy and providing access to our repair method library, we are helping apprentices and technicians understand the importance of following OEM procedures.”

A big thank you to Ezi-Methods for their support and we look forward to our collaboration progressing further! 👏🏼

Goodbye HSA16! This week was the last time they’ll all be together before completing their End Point Assessments 👏🏼Best ...
03/09/2026

Goodbye HSA16! This week was the last time they’ll all be together before completing their End Point Assessments 👏🏼

Best of luck to you all in your End Point Assessments and future careers in the industry from everyone at HSA 😊 you should all be incredibly proud of everything you have achieved over the last 3+ years, seeing all of your progress and development has been a privilege - well done to you all! 🤩🙌🏼

Thank You to our apprentices James and George and staff members Paul and Rikki for supporting us with our stand at Brook...
30/08/2026

Thank You to our apprentices James and George and staff members Paul and Rikki for supporting us with our stand at Brooklands Museum for American Day today! 🇺🇸

Our lovely Buick Roadmaster was placed centre stage, alongside a tutor’s Ford Ranchero pick-up, and the Buick attracted a lot of attention alongside items created and repaired by apprentices we are proud to display 🛠️

Good conversations were had about the apprenticeships and courses we offer - thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat! 🗣️

Mechanical cohort HSA24 and 4 apprentices from HSA20 on catch up were covering Ignition & Exhaust at our Brooklands Muse...
28/08/2026

Mechanical cohort HSA24 and 4 apprentices from HSA20 on catch up were covering Ignition & Exhaust at our Brooklands Museum site this week ⚡️

They had a tour of the historic museum site plus a bonus trip on the Concorde experience to start the week then into the workshop!🛩️

Main tasks were individually refurbishing a distributor and setting air/fuel mixture with colortune - great work all! 👏🏼

A great week for Coachbuilding Cohort 7 down at Brooklands Museum designing and making their own aluminium fuel tanks! ⛽...
21/08/2026

A great week for Coachbuilding Cohort 7 down at Brooklands Museum designing and making their own aluminium fuel tanks! ⛽️

They each had to produce a technical drawing of their tank, calculate the volume to match the 1 UK gallon specification and dye test as they went along to ensure no leaks! ⛲️

All individual and creative designs completed - very well done all! Lots of skills and experience gained👏🏼

Thank you so much to Motorsport UK for delivering a fantastic and insightful  safeguarding training session last week! 🙌...
18/08/2026

Thank you so much to Motorsport UK for delivering a fantastic and insightful safeguarding training session last week! 🙌🏼

It was great to have so many of the HSA team together too!

Last week we had HSA27 at the hub completing their first engine block! 🙌🏼A great week for everyone, stripping, cleaning,...
12/08/2026

Last week we had HSA27 at the hub completing their first engine block! 🙌🏼

A great week for everyone, stripping, cleaning, examining, and rebuilding a variety of engines, including a Ford ‘Pinto’, a Triumph Spitfire, an A Series and DOHC Mazda. Also lots of Valve lapping, piston popping and block refacing 🛠️

Well done everyone 👏

09/08/2026

We attended the F1 Centenary Event at yesterday!🏎️

What an amazing show - so much to see and hear with beautiful cars on display ranging from pre-war to modern through all the eras but also track time and live demonstrations! 👏🏼

A bit of a longer video to fit the whole day in, but watch to the end to see a surprise for our apprentice volunteers to get a passenger trip in the Arrol Aster they’re making aluminium wheel arches for! 🙌🏼

31/07/2026

Well done to all of our apprentices this July! ⭐️

Here is just some of what our apprentices have been busy with this month. Both mechanical and coachbuilding apprentices have worked hard across various topics to learn new techniques and practice their existing skills 🛠️

Well done everyone! 😊👏🏼

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Buckingham Road
Bicester
OX265HA

Opening Hours

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

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