Academic year 2024/25

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts, achievements and participation. Includes breakdowns by age, sex, ethnicity, subject, provider, geography etc.

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 27 November 2025
• Last updated: 29 January 2026

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29 featured tables

• Apprenticeship Achievement Rates by age and level

  2021/22 to 2023/24 Includes Age, Level, Ethnicity, LLDD, Sex

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• Apprenticeship Achievement Rates by individual standard / framework

  2021/22 to 2023/24 Includes Age, Level, Framework/Standard name, Framework/Standard flag, Funding Type, Sector Subject Area Tier 1 and 2

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• Apprenticeship Achievement Rates by provider

  2021/22 and 2023/24 Includes provider, age, level, sector subject area, framework / standard name

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• Apprenticeship Achievement Rates by provider type and level

  2021/22 to 2023/24 Includes Age, Provider Type, Level, Sector Subject Area Tier 1

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• Commitments by age, payment status and start month

  2018/19 to 2025/26, as at 29 October 2025

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• Geographical - starts, achievements and participation by level and parliamentary constituencies

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Geographical - starts and achievements by region

  2024/25. Also includes sex and level

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• Geographical - Starts by English Devolved Area by level

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Headline full year comparisons by funding type

  2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Headline full year comparisons - starts by age

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Headline full year comparisons - starts by age and level

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Headline full year comparisons - starts by level

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Headline full year comparisons - starts by region and level

  2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Historical apprenticeship starts and participation by level, 2002/03 to 2024/25

  Apprenticeship starts and participation back to 2002/03 by level. File also contains age group and sector subject area (for starts only)

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• Learner characteristics - Participation by IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation) quintile and age

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Learner characteristics - starts by age group, LLDD and ethnicity

  2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Learner characteristics - Starts by age and IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation) quintile

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Learner Characteristics - Starts, Participation, Achievements by detailed learning difficulty/learner disability

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Monthly starts by age, level and start month

  2021/22 to 2024/25

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• Monthly starts by funding type and start month

  2021/22 to 2024/25

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• Provider starts and achievements

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Redundancies by redundancy month and level

  2020/21 to 2024/25 as reported at 29 October 2025

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• Starts by funding type, level and age

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - achievements by sector subject area

  2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - showing starts split between frameworks and standards by level and SSA

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts by occupational route and individual frameworks/standards

  2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts by sector subject area and individual frameworks/standards

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts by STEM, Sector Subject, and Sex

  2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Vacancies and Adverts posted on the Find An Apprenticeship website by month and level

  2018/19 to 2025/26 reported to date

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30 data sets available for download

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• Achievement Rates Learner Characteristics - Volumes and Rates by Level, Age, Sex, LLDD, Ethnicity

  National

  Apprenticeship national achievement rate tables.

  • Number of rows: 8,589
  • Indicators:
    • Achievement rate
    • Leavers
    • Completers
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

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• Achievement Rates Learner Characteristics - Volumes and Rates by Std-fwk flag, STEM, SSA T1, Level, Detailed Level, Age, IMD quintile

  National

  Apprenticeship national achievement rate tables.

  • Number of rows: 38,355
  • Indicators:
    • Achievement rate
    • Leavers
    • Completers
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

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• Achievement Rates Providers - Volumes and Rates by Provider, SSA T1, Level, Standard-framework name

  Provider

  Apprenticeship national achievement rate tables.

  • Number of rows: 599,549
  • Indicators:
    • Achievement rate
    • Leavers
    • Completers
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

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• Achievement Rates Provider Type - Volumes and Rates by Provider type, SSA T1, Level, Age

  National

  Apprenticeship national achievement rate tables.

  • Number of rows: 3,683
  • Indicators:
    • Achievement rate
    • Leavers
    • Completers
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

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• Achievement Rates Subjects - by Std-fwk flag, Route, Standard-framework name, Detailed Level, Age, Funding Type

  National

  Apprenticeship national achievement rate tables.

  • Number of rows: 172,962
  • Indicators:
    • Achievement rate
    • Leavers
    • Completers
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

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• Achievement Rates Subjects - by Std-fwk flag, SSA T1 and 2, Standard-framework name, Detailed Level, Age, Funding Type

  National

  Apprenticeship national achievement rate tables.

  • Number of rows: 201,949
  • Indicators:
    • Achievement rate
    • Achievers
    • Completers
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

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• Achievement Rates Subjects - Volumes and Rates by STEM, SSA T1, Level, Age, Ethnicity, Sex, LLDD

  National

  Apprenticeship national achievement rate tables.

  • Number of rows: 9,937
  • Indicators:
    • Achievement rate
    • Leavers
    • Completers
  • Filters:
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Breakdown
    • Detailed apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2020/21 to 2023/24

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• Adverts and vacancies by Level, month

  National

  Adverts and vacancies as reported on the Find an apprenticeship website to October 2025.

  • Number of rows: 475
  • Indicators:
    • Adverts
    • Vacancies
  • Filters:
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Month
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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• Commitments by Start year, Start month, Payment Status, Level, Age, Levy status

  National

  Commitments recorded on the apprenticeship service as at 29 October 2025.

  • Number of rows: 34,240
  • Indicators:
    • Commitments
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Latest levy status
  • Time period: 2024/25

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• Duration, Starts by Level, Age, Length of employment

  National

  Apprenticeship expected duration, length of employment, age

  • Number of rows: 989
  • Indicators:
    • Average expected duration (days)
    • Starts
    • Starts having expected duration under 12 months
  • Filters:
    • Age
    • Detailed level
    • Length of employment
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Geography LAD and PCON - Starts, Participation, Achievements by Age, Sex, Level

  Local authority district, National, Parliamentary constituency, Regional

  Geographical breakdowns (Region; Local Authority District; National; Parliamentary Constituency) of apprenticeship starts, participation, and achievements.

  • Number of rows: 247,449
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Participation
    • Achievements
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Sex
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Geography LEP and EDA - Starts, Achievements by Age, Sex, Level, SSA, Ethnicity

  English devolved area, Local enterprise partnership

  Geographical breakdowns (Local Enterprise Partnership; English Devolved Area) of apprenticeship starts and achievements.

  • Number of rows: 588,288
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Ethnicity major
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Geography Region and LAD - Starts, Achievements by Sex, Level, Ethnicity, SSA

  Local authority district, National, Regional

  Geographical breakdowns (Region; Local Authority District) of apprenticeship starts and achievements.

  • Number of rows: 482,944
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
  • Filters:
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Ethnicity major
    • Sector subject area (tier 1)
  • Time period: 2024/25

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• Geography Region - starts, achievements, participation, population by age, level

  English devolved area, Local authority, Local authority district, Local enterprise partnership, Local skills improvement plan area, National, Parliamentary constituency, Regional

  Geographical breakdowns of apprenticeship starts, participation, and achievements.

  • Number of rows: 103,456
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Indicative starts rate per 100,000 population
    • Achievements
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Headline Full year - Starts, Achievements, Participation by Level, Levy, Age, Region, Provider type

  National, Regional

  Headline apprenticeship figures.

  • Number of rows: 45,746
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Starts percentage
    • Participation
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Funding type
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2024/25

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• Headline In year (Q3 data; Aug to Apr) - Starts, Achievements, Participation by Level, Levy, Age, Region, Provider type

  National, Regional

  Headline apprenticeship figures. Please note this only covers August to April (as published in July 2025).

  • Number of rows: 20,121
  • Indicators:
    • Achievements
    • Achievements percentage
    • Participation
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Funding type
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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• Historical series - Starts, Participation by Age, Level, SSA

  National

  Historical data back to 2002/03 for apprenticeship starts by age, level and sector subject area.

  • Number of rows: 4,684
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Participation
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Sector subject area (tier 1)
  • Time period: 2002/03 to 2024/25

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• Learner Characteristics Deprivation Participation and Starts by Age, Learner home deprivation

  National

  Apprenticeship starts, participation, and achievements by apprentice home deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation quintile). Deprivation is based on the English indices of deprivation 2019.

  • Number of rows: 27,334
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
    • Participation
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Learner Characteristics Ethnicity - Starts, Achievements, Participation by Age, Level, Ethnicity, Sex, LLDD

  National

  Time series of apprenticeship starts, achievements, participation, by learner characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 67,060
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
    • Participation
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2024/25

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• Learner Characteristics LLDD - Starts, Achievements, Participation by Age, Level, Ethnicity, LLDD, Primary LLDD

  National

  Apprenticeship starts, achievements and participation by Age, Level, Ethnicity, LLDD, Primary LLDD.

  • Number of rows: 15,072
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
    • Participation
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Monthly Apprenticeship Starts by Start month, Age, Level, Fwk-std flag, Levy

  National

  Monthly breakdowns of apprenticeship starts.

  • Number of rows: 6,345
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Funding type
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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• Providers - Starts, Achievements by Provider Name, UKPRN, Level, SSA

  Provider

  Breakdowns of apprenticeship starts and achievements by individual provider.

  • Number of rows: 107,103
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
  • Filters:
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Sector subject area (tier 1)
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Redundancies by Age, Level

  National

  Redundancies recorded on the apprenticeship service as of 29 October 2025.

  • Number of rows: 1,036
  • Indicators:
    • Redundancies
  • Filters:
    • Month
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2020/21 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts, Achievements by Age, Sex, LLDD, Level, Levy

  National

  Time series of apprenticeship starts and achievements by level and funding type.

  • Number of rows: 5,184
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
  • Filters:
    • Age (under 19/19+)
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts, Achievements, Enrolments by Detailed level, and Standard showing age split by Under 22 and 22+

  National

  Time series of apprenticeship starts and achievements by level and standard - also to include new under 22 and 22+ age split

  • Number of rows: 38,807
  • Indicators:
    • Achievements
    • Enrolments
    • Starts
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Detailed apprenticeship level
    • Framework / standard name (with st code)
  • Time period: 2019/20 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts, Achievements, Enrolments by Age, Sex, Ethnicity, LLDD, Route, Detailed level, Standard-framework name

  National

  Time series of apprenticeship starts and enrolments by subject and learner demographics.

  • Number of rows: 161,594
  • Indicators:
    • Achievements
    • Enrolments
    • Starts
  • Filters:
    • Breakdown
    • Detailed apprenticeship level
    • Framework / standard name (with st code)
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts, Achievements, Enrolments by Age, Sex, Ethnicity, LLDD, SSA, Detailed level, Standard-framework name

  National

  Time series of apprenticeship starts and enrolments by subject and learner demographics.

  • Number of rows: 159,880
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
    • Enrolments
  • Filters:
    • Breakdown
    • Detailed apprenticeship level
    • Framework / standard name (with st code)
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts, Achievements, Enrolments by Detailed level, Degree flag, Std-fwk flag, STEM, SSA T1 and 2, Route

  National

  Time series of apprenticeship starts, enrolments, and achievements by subject

  • Number of rows: 817,738
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Achievements
    • Enrolments
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Apprenticeship level
    • Detailed apprenticeship level
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Subjects - Starts, Enrolments by Age, Sex, Ethnicity, LLDD, SSA, Detailed level, STEM

  National

  Time series of apprenticeship starts and enrolments by subject and learner demographics.

  • Number of rows: 346,734
  • Indicators:
    • Starts
    • Enrolments
  • Filters:
    • Age group (detailed)
    • Detailed apprenticeship level
    • Learning difficulty/disability
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2024/25

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• Underlying charts data - full year

  National

  Historical time series of headline adult (19+) further education and skills learner participation, containing breakdowns by provision type and in some cases level. Also includes some all age apprenticeship participation figures.

  • Number of rows: 350
  • Indicators:
    • Participation
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Level
    • Provision type
  • Time period: 2005/06 to 2024/25

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Supporting files

Supporting files provide an area for teams to supply non-standard files for download by users where required.

15 supporting data files

• Geography Region - starts, achievements, participation, population by age, level (2023 LSIP)

  Starts, achievements, participation, population by age, level using the 2023 LSIP boundaries.

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• Underlying data - apprenticeship demographics

  This contains lots of additional data on apprenticeships. Full details of all our underlying data files can be found in the document called "Metadata for underlying data files"

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• Underlying data - apprenticeship enrolments

  This contains lots of additional data on apprenticeships. Full details of all our underlying data files can be found in the document called "Metadata for underlying data files"

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• Underlying data - apprenticeship participation

  This contains lots of additional data on apprenticeships. Full details of all our underlying data files can be found in the document called "Metadata for underlying data files"

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• Underlying data - apprenticeship monthly starts

  This contains lots of additional data on apprenticeships. Full details of all our underlying data files can be found in the document called "Metadata for underlying data files"

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• Underlying data - starts arising from transferred commitments

  This contains lots of additional data on apprenticeship starts arising from transferred commitments. Full details of all our underlying data files can be found in the document called "Metadata for underlying data files".

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• Apprenticeship Achievement Rates - indicative rates for 19+ English and/or maths learners by region

  Indicative 2023/24 achievement rates by region for 19+ learners doing English/maths qualifications alongside their apprenticeship. Figures are not directly comparable with official statistics on Qualification Achievement Rates and are indicative.

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• Metadata for underlying data files

  Explanatory information for using the underlying data files that support the Apprenticeships 2024/25 statistics publication.

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• Apprenticeship Achievement Rates - indicative rates for English and/or maths learners

  Indicative 2022/23 achievement rates for those doing English/maths qualifications alongside their apprenticeship. Figures are not directly comparable with official statistics on Qualification Achievement Rates. Includes 2023/24 starts for context.

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• Apprenticeship Achievement Rates - by provider with provider type

  2021/22 to 2023/24 achievement rates for individual providers. Also includes provider type.

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• Underlying data - apprenticeship achievements

  This contains lots of additional data on apprenticeships. Full details of all our underlying data files can be found in the document called "Metadata for underlying data files"

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• Underlying data - apprenticeship vacancies

  This contains data on apprenticeship adverts and vacancies posted on the Find an apprenticeship website. Full details of all our underlying data files can be found in the document called "Metadata for underlying data files".

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• Apprenticeship Achievement Rates - transparency redactions

  Apprenticeship Achievement rates for those providers whose data has been redacted from the official provider level national achievement rate tables.

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• Apprenticeships Infographic November 2025

  Apprenticeships infographic outlining trends

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• Underlying data - apprenticeship starts

  This contains lots of additional data on apprenticeship starts. Full details of all our underlying data files can be found in the document called "Metadata for underlying data files".

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Data dashboards

Data dashboards provide an alternative route to explore a statistical release's data, presenting key statistics and further insights, often via graphical visualisations.

There are three supporting dashboards to accompany this release: two Power BI dashboards and an additional new R Shiny dashboard.

Power BI dashboards

The interactive dashboard (opens in new tab) allows users to investigate apprenticeship provision by level, standards, provider, learner characteristics and geographical area.

The provider-focussed interactive dashboard (opens in new tab) provides similar information, but with an emphasis on individual providers.

Note: data cannot be downloaded directly from the Power BI dashboards. The data within the dashboards is available via the underlying data in the ‘Additional supporting files’ section or the data catalogue.

R Shiny dashboard

The R Shiny provider dashboard (opens in new tab) replicates much of the content and some of the functionality of the existing Power BI provider-focussed dashboard, but in addition allows users to download data directly for the selections they have made.

Feedback

We welcome feedback on these dashboards, in particular the navigation, functionality and features of the two versions (Power BI and R Shiny). Your feedback will help determine the future development of dashboards and how they complement the tables and data made available through the Apprenticeships release.

We would therefore be grateful if you would complete the following survey (opens in new tab). This should take no more than 5 minutes.

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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes the contents of the underlying data files accompanying the ‘Apprenticeships’ statistics publication. There is a Methodology document that is linked under ‘Quick links’ at the top of the release that contains further information on the statistics published here.

Coverage

England

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