Apprentices

Question

Over five years of substantial reforms, we have made apprenticeships longer and better, with more off the job training and assessment at the end. We have introduced high quality employer designed standards, put funding on a sustainable footing through the introduction of the apprenticeship levy, and introduced the register for apprenticeship training providers to ensure apprentices receive high quality training.

Care should be taken when comparing apprenticeship start figures across years, due to the impact of these reforms, and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on employer recruitment.

Apprenticeship starts for Coventry North East parliamentary constituency, Coventry Unitary Authority, West Midlands Region and England in the last 5 full academic years and the first quarter of the current academic year are shown in the table below:

[1] August to October, reported to date

Note:

1. Geographical breakdowns are rounded to the nearest 10, the England totals are rounded to the nearest 100.
2. Total values for England include a small number of learners living outside England where a home address is not known.
3. Source: Individualised Learner Record
4. Geography is based upon the home postcode of the learner.

Further information on apprenticeship starts can be found in the apprenticeships and traineeships statistics publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships.