Synergy Learning customers win two awards at Totara Awards 2026

See Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service’s LMS in action

LMS supports amazing knowledge retention

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service worked with us to create a compliance training LMS that delivers critical training to firefighters and other staff. The LMS has achieved impressive outcomes, including 85% knowledge retention of the crucial National Operational Guidance (NOG) mandatory training.

“We were amazed when we came back with a knowledge retention rate of 85%,” said Steve Wass, NFRS’s E-Learning Lead. “I’d be quite happy with that at lunchtime in a face-to-face training session, never mind 30 months later in e-learning!”

Training completed on the organisation’s flexible, customised Totara LMS has also increased the amount of time staff can dedicate to frontline firefighting. Steve praised the LMS support we provided for its role in helping the project achieve its goals.

He continued: “We were impressed with the flexibility and the level of consultancy that Synergy Learning was able to provide. They were able to understand our requirements and create a user-friendly learning portal for staff, and one that we can amend and be comfortable using without having to go back for minor changes.”

H5P content drives positive learning experiences

It was a similar story for fellow winners Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, whose Wetland Learning Hub Project Officer, Marie Schlenker, pinpointed the LMS consultancy sessions we delivered as being key to the project’s success.

“I’m very happy,” she said. “Synergy Learning have been really helpful. It was nice to have consulting calls at the start and opportunities to ask questions.”

The learning hub was created to increase conservation knowledge, develop a wider understanding of wetland management strategies and share conservation best practices globally. It delivered on those targets in spectacular style, with 100% of learners who used the LMS saying it had a positive impact on their knowledge of wetland conservation.

Those results have been driven by the use of engaging H5P learning content. WWT’s learners reported that the Wetland Learning Hub’s learning content sets it apart from previous e-learning experiences.

See WWT’S LMS in action

Jonny McAlister

Head of Customer Experience

The awards recognise Synergy Learning’s expertise in deploying Totara learning platforms to help organisations achieve their business goals.

Synergy Learning’s Head of Customer Experience, Jonny McAlister, said: “We were delighted to partner with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on their awardwinning learning platforms.

“These awards show what’s possible when great organisations, the right platform and the right partner come together with a shared focus on improving learning and delivering meaningful outcomes.

“Alongside our recent Global Partner of the Year and Marketing Impact Totara awards, it’s been a fantastic year for Synergy Learning and one we are proud to celebrate with our customers.”

Synergy Learning have been top-tier Totara Partners since 2011, delivering more than 150 Totara learning management systems in that time. It’s a partnership that is continuing to grow in strength.

We’ve delivered large-scale and enterprise Totara learning platforms to help our partners engage thousands of learners and meet evolving business needs. To achieve that, we provide a range of supporting services for the Totara projects we work on. These include: