Following a successful proposal to England Basketball, Reading Rockets Basketball Club have achieved approval to deliver the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE). The AASE will be operated across the club's 2 flagship Academies TVU Reading and The Henley College in its first year.

In its second year of delivery the NVQ award will be utilised across the board in ALL Rockets Academies with Windsor Boys School and John Madejski Academy (JMA) playing an important role in continuing the program’s success through to its third year.

The award of the AASE will signal an important chapter in the clubs history and development. It is hoped that along with this the club will be best placed to develop its junior program and players as well as attract other elite athletes to the club.