UK training provider
With education
comes freedom.
Inspiratus delivers Ofqual-regulated qualifications, CIMSPA-recognised prior-learning mapping and the professional development that changes what people believe is possible for them.
- 50+
- years’ combined education & justice experience
- 113
- CIMSPA L3 PT criteria mapped online
- 100%
- online RPL portal with human quality assurance


Now open · CIMSPA & Transcend Awards
Need Level 3 Personal Trainer recognition for CIMSPA membership?
If you already hold a sport or exercise degree, or years of industry experience, you may not need to retrain. Map what you already know against the CIMSPA Level 3 Personal Trainer standard, entirely online, with our AI guide helping you every step of the way.
- 1Create your account
- 2Upload your certificates & evidence
- 3Map every criterion with AI guidance
- 4Pay, then we quality-assure & certify
Developed in partnership with


Our mapping service helps people already working in the industry prove they meet the current CIMSPA standards. Every portfolio is quality-assured by an experienced Inspiratus assessor before certification.
What we do
Three ways Inspiratus helps

Inclusive education
Qualifications, mapping & CPD
Ofqual-regulated qualifications with Transcend Awards, our university-recognised prior-learning mapping service, personal development and CPD. Ask us what we are approved to deliver.
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Developmental education
Justice & satellite centres
Health, fitness and wellbeing education across HM Prisons, plus technical, IQA and awarding-body support for centres that want to deliver our qualifications.
Our justice provision →
Education consultancy
For employers & providers
A bespoke service to review or extend your provision, build an internal training team, develop your staff and make the most of the funding available.
How we can help →Inspiro
(Latin) īn- + spīrō
- 1. I breathe into; I blow upon
- 2. I inspire
- 3. I excite, inflame
- 4. I instil, implant
Our vision
Changing mindsets, achievements and lives
Inspired by the World Health Organization’s Wellness Dimensions and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Inspiratus works to change the mindset, achievements and personal development of everyone we work with.
We drive social change, social justice and social responsibility: helping people move forward, making sure every learner matters, and giving back to the communities we work in.
The wellness dimensions we build around

From the founder
“I started life in HMP Guys Marsh as a supply tutor, then trained as one of the Bricklaying Instructors. My father was a Senior Officer in the PE Department, which gave me a unique insight into prisons my whole life, and led me into developing education in HM Prisons.”
Vicki Smith
Founder & CEO, Inspiratus
Read our story →He who opens a school door closes a prison.
— Victor Hugo
Qualifications & recognition



Ready to learn, teach or partner with us?
Start your CIMSPA recognition online today, or talk to us about delivery, mapping and consultancy.






