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Apprenticeship headlines for academic year Aug 2021 – Jul 2022

  • Overall starts (2021-22): 25,057
  • Cumulative starts from 2016 to end of 2021: 114,175 (so we passed 100k starts in the year 2021-2022)
  • 34% starts in the year were at degree and masters level, 35% were at level 2 and 3.
  • 36% apprentices aged 20-29, 65.5% aged 20-39

Top 5 standards last year overall (clinical and non-clinical NHS apprenticeships)

  1. Nursing Associate
  2. Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship
  3. Senior Healthcare Support Worker
  4. Associate Ambulance Practitioner
  5. Healthcare Support Worker

Top non-clinical apprenticeship standards

  1. Business Administrator (6th overall)
  2. Team Leader/Supervisor (7th overall)
  3. Senior leader (8th overall)
  4. Operations/Departmental Manager (11th overall)
  5. Chartered Manager (14th overall) 

Largest growth in starts by apprenticeship standard (number of starts)

  • Registered Nurse Degree (NMC 2018) increase of 998
  • Associate Ambulance Practitioner increase of 541
  • Coaching Professional increase of 206
  • Paramedic (integrated degree) increase of 199
  • Data Technician increase of 147

To find out more, please visit Talent for care.

Apprenticeship headlines for academic year August 2021 – July 2022