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Software Developer Apprenticeship in England

Level 4 · 24 months · Funding band: £18,000

Top providers in England by achievement rate

View the full Software Developer provider ranking

Official 2024/25 achievement rates for Software Developer, published by the Department for Education. Learner numbers shown - providers with fewer than 30 leavers are listed separately. The DfE rounds achievement and leaver counts to the nearest 10, so a rate marked * is approximate and the true figure may be lower. Only providers delivering in England are listed; the DfE publishes each provider's rate nationally, not per site. How this table works

#ProviderAchievement ratePass rateLearners
191.5%+11.598.5%70
289.6%+9.6100%80
-National average for this standard(810 leavers nationally)80%
372.9%-7.1100%140
467.6%-12.492%30
–Digital Native few learners100%100%20
–Ada National College for Digital Skills few learners88.9%100%20
–The Development Manager (TDM) few learners87.5%100%10
–The Coders Guild few learners83.3%100%10
–The Growth Company few learners80%100%10
–Corndel few learners61.1%100%20
–Founders and Coders few learners58.8%100%20

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education, apprenticeship national achievement rate tables, 2024/25. Rankings are compiled by FATP and are not endorsed by the DfE. Providers with DfE-suppressed data (very few learners) are not shown.

42 providers deliver this apprenticeship in England:

Showing 1–20 of 42 training providers

QA
QA
73%Employer: 3.0140 learners

QA is a technology and digital skills training provider offering a wide portfolio of apprenticeships...

Middlesbrough College
Middlesbrough College
Employer: 3.0

Middlesbrough College Group provides a broad range of education and training routes for school leave...

Weston College of Further and Higher Education
Weston College of Further and Higher Education
Employer: 3.0

Weston College is an award‑winning further and higher education college in Weston‑super‑Mare that de...

Activate Learning
Activate Learning
Employer: 3.0

Activate Learning is a UK education group that delivers apprenticeships and vocational training thro...

Firebrand Training
Firebrand Training
92%Employer: 3.070 learners

Firebrand Training is a specialist IT and digital skills provider offering accelerated, certificatio...

Barnsley College
Barnsley College
Employer: 3.0

Barnsley College is a further and higher education provider offering a broad apprenticeship and trai...

The Growth Company
The Growth Company
80%Employer: 3.010 learners

The Growth Company is an award-winning social enterprise that has delivered high-quality training an...

South Devon College
South Devon College
Employer: 3.0

South Devon College is a further and higher education provider offering a wide range of apprenticesh...

Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
Employer: 4.0

Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) is a general further education college and apprenticesh...

DN Colleges Group
DN Colleges Group
Employer: 3.0

DN Colleges Group is a major education provider for South Yorkshire, Greater Lincolnshire and the Hu...

Ginger Nut Training
Ginger Nut Training
Employer: 4.0

Ginger Nut Training is a UK apprenticeship training provider that grew out of Ginger Nut Media’s exp...

Calderdale College
Calderdale College
Employer: 3.0

Calderdale College is a major provider of post-16 further education, work-based learning and higher ...

LearnTech
Employer: 4.0
Abingdon and Witney College
Abingdon and Witney College
Employer: 3.0

Abingdon & Witney College is a further and higher education college in Oxfordshire offering a wide r...

Milton Keynes College
Milton Keynes College
Employer: 3.010 learners

Milton Keynes College is a general further education provider offering a wide range of qualification...

Oldham College
Oldham College
Employer: 3.0

Oldham College is Oldham’s specialist provider of work-related education and training, working with ...

East Sussex College
East Sussex College
Employer: 3.0

East Sussex College is a further education college offering a wide range of training routes includin...

Estio
Estio
68%Employer: 3.030 learners

Estio is a specialist digital apprenticeship training provider focused on developing IT and digital ...

Pro Apprenticeships
Pro Apprenticeships
Employer: 4.0

Looking for the very highest level of apprenticeship training and support? We deliver Ofsted Outstan...

Standard Details

Reference
2
Level
Level 4
Typical Duration
24 months
Sector
Digital apprenticeships
Description
Building and testing simple, high-quality code for software.

Funding

Maximum funding
£18,000
Apprentices aged 16 to 24
Fully funded by the government
Aged 25 and over
Non-levy employers pay £900 (5%). Levy payers use their levy, then pay £4,500 (25%) once it runs out.

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