About
About Veralta
Veralta is a UK leadership development and coaching culture consultancy. We partner with organisations, schools and universities to develop leaders, embed coaching cultures and create lasting organisational change, supported by ILM-accredited Executive Coaching and Mentoring qualifications at Levels 3, 5 and 7.
TL;DR
Veralta exists to build coaching cultures that endure. We develop leaders, embed coaching as everyday practice and create sustainable behavioural change, partnering with organisations long-term rather than running one-off training.
Why we exist
Coaching cultures that outlast any single programme
Across UK organisations, leadership development is often active but scattered. Tools, courses and one-off programmes are adopted independently by different teams, with no shared standard and no one owning the culture they're meant to create.
The number one barrier isn't budget, it's skills, strategy and ownership. Organisations don't need more disconnected training. They need accredited capability, a clear strategy, and a long-term partner taking ownership of building a coaching culture that endures.
Veralta was founded to be that partner.
What "Veralta" means
Ver + Alta, truth, then ambition
Ver
The courage to face the authentic truth of where you are today.
Alta
The uncompromised ambition to reach higher tomorrow.
How we think
Long-term excellence is an ecosystem, not a transaction
Most providers sell a course. We build an ecosystem. By deploying a network of verified associates and internal experts, we develop three things at once.
Culture
Robust, high-trust organisational cultures where coaching is how leaders lead.
Capability
Advanced individual leadership capability, developed level by level.
Connection
Systemic connection that links people, teams and strategy.
Our values
Five values that govern everything we do
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Integrity
We say what's true, deliver what we promise, and assure quality without compromise.
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Equal Voice
We dismantle instructional hierarchy; every voice in the room counts, including yours.
03
Agility & Adaptability
We flex our pathways to your institutional and commercial reality.
04
Agency
We build active ownership, not passive compliance.
05
Pioneering
We equip leaders to break new ground, not just maintain the status quo.
Our team
Executive coaches with academic rigour and business grit
Led by founder Alan Rapley, our team are experienced executive-level coaches, qualified to ILM Level 7, with deep expertise across both education and business.
Every Veralta associate is vetted, contracted and held to a single quality standard, so the experience in the room is consistent whether you're coaching a head, a CEO or an emerging leader.
Build something that lasts
Whether you're qualifying your first cohort of coaching leaders or embedding coaching across an entire trust or business, we'd love to talk.
FAQ
About Veralta, answered
What does Veralta do?
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Veralta is a leadership development and coaching culture consultancy. We partner with organisations to develop leaders, embed coaching cultures and create lasting organisational change, supported by ILM-accredited Executive Coaching and Mentoring qualifications at Levels 3, 5 and 7.
What does the name Veralta mean?
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Veralta combines "Ver" (the truth of where you are now) and "Alta" (the ambition to reach higher), reflecting our philosophy of honest assessment followed by ambitious development.
What are Veralta's core values?
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Integrity, Equal Voice, Agility & Adaptability, Agency and Pioneering.
Is Veralta only for the education sector?
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No. Veralta partners with businesses, SMEs, senior teams, schools, trusts, colleges, universities and Learning & Development companies.
Are your qualifications accredited?
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Yes. Our Executive Coaching and Mentoring qualifications are accredited through ILM and designed to develop practical coaching capability that creates lasting organisational impact.