Excel is the most requested workplace skill — and the most bluffed
Almost every office job asks for Excel, and a huge number of capable people quietly work around it: borrowing formulas they do not understand, retyping data that could be automated, or avoiding tasks that a few techniques would make routine. One-to-one training fixes this faster than any video course because a teacher can see exactly where your understanding stops and build from precisely that point.
Sessions are taught by Kevin Johal, a qualified teacher with an MEd in Educational Technology and Learning Design, so the teaching itself — not just the content — is the product.
What the training covers, level by level
- Foundations — navigating confidently, entering and formatting data, simple formulas, printing and sharing without chaos
- Everyday working Excel — SUM, AVERAGE and IF families, absolute references, sorting and filtering, tables, basic charts
- Intermediate — VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, conditional formatting, data validation, working across sheets, cleaning messy data
- Advanced — pivot tables and pivot charts, dashboards, named ranges, and an introduction to automating repetitive work
Built around your actual job
Generic exercises produce generic skills. Where possible, sessions use the spreadsheets you actually face — the monthly report, the stock tracker, the rota, the budget. You leave each session having improved something you genuinely use, which is also how the learning sticks.
Who books Excel training
Working adults upgrading their role or preparing for one; jobseekers who keep seeing "strong Excel skills" in adverts; small business owners doing their own numbers; and complete beginners, including older adults, who want patient teaching that never assumes knowledge. Sixth-form and university students preparing for placements are regulars too.
Mid-July 2026: build the skill before September asks for it
Mid-July 2026 is a strong moment to start an Excel block: six weekly sessions from now reaches genuine working proficiency by early September, when new roles, new terms and new budgets all arrive at once. Summer diaries also make consistent weekly slots easier to protect than term-time evenings.
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This page is written for searches like Excel training Birmingham, Excel courses near me, one-to-one Excel lessons, pivot table training and spreadsheet help Smethwick. If you need broader coverage across Word, PowerPoint and Outlook as well, start from the Microsoft Office training page.
Next Step
Call 07909 274901 or book a free trial session. Bring a spreadsheet you wrestle with — the first session will make it visibly easier.