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Apprentices: Training

Answer

Apprenticeship starts by provider type and funding type for the 2022/23 academic year are shown in the following tables.

Funding type	Provider type	Starts in Academic Year 2022/23	Starts percentage in Academic Year 2022/23
Supported by Apprenticeship Service Account (ASA) levy funds	General Further Education (FE) College including Tertiary	28,490	12.4%
	Other Public Funded, such as Local Authorities and Higher Education(HE)	50,320	21.9%
	Private Sector Public Funded	149,510	65.1%
	Schools	180	0.1%
	Sixth Form College	130	0.1%
	Special College	1090	0.5%
	Total	229,720	100.0%

Funding type	Provider type	Starts in Academic Year 2022/23	Starts percentage in Academic Year 2022/23
Other (not supported by ASA levy funds)	General FE College including Tertiary	30,210	28.1%
	Other Public Funded, such as Local Authorities and HE	4510	4.2%
	Private Sector Public Funded	71,310	66.4%
	Schools	20	<0.05%
	Sixth Form College	210	0.2%
	Special College	1160	1.1%
	Total	107,410	100.0%

Funding type	Provider type	Starts in Academic Year 2022/23	Starts percentage in Academic Year 2022/23
Total	General FE College including Tertiary	58,700	17.4%
	Other Public Funded, such as Local Authorities and HE	54,830	16.3%
	Private Sector Public Funded	220,820	65.5%
	Schools	200	0.1%
	Sixth Form College	340	0.1%
	Special College	2250	0.7%
	Total	337,140	100.0%

Note:

(1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.

(2) Total starts are the count of apprenticeships started at any point during the stated academic period. Learners starting more than one apprenticeship will appear more than once.

These figures are published in the ‘apprenticeships statistics’ publication, which can accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL951

Session

2024-26

Grouped for answer

Yes

Subjects

Apprentices Training

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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