Optimum Skills Apprenticeship Training Provider

About Optimum Skills

Optimum Skills is a North East-based training and apprenticeship provider offering flexible programmes for individuals and employers across the region. The organisation focuses on ‘Future Building Apprenticeships’, helping people aged 16+ to kickstart or develop their careers through work-based learning and employability routeways. Apprenticeship qualifications span areas such as customer service,...

Training Types

Apprenticeships

Skills Bootcamps

Delivery Modes

In Person

Top Standards

Urban driverL2 Carpentry And JoineryL2 Recruitment ResourcerL2 Craft bricklayerL3 Large goods vehicle (LGV) driver C + EL2 Supply Chain OperatorL2+22 more

Regions

North East

England

Newcastle

Sunderland

Darlington

Middlesbrough

Key Facts

Active Learners:: 372
Standards:: 28
Locations:: 7

Official Sources

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Bricklayer	L2	£13,000	N/A	--
Building service engineering foundation apprenticeship	L2	£4,000	N/A	--
Business Administrator	L3	£5,000	N/A	--
Business analyst	L4	£18,000	N/A	--
Carpentry And Joinery	L2	£13,000	N/A	--
Construction plant operative	L2	£14,000	N/A	--
Content creator	L3	£10,000	N/A	--
Craft bricklayer	L3	£10,000	N/A	--
Craft carpentry and joinery	L3	£13,000	N/A	--
Customer Service Practitioner	L2	£3,500	N/A	--
Groundworker	L2	£9,000	N/A	--
Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative	L2	£9,000	N/A	--
Improvement Technician	L3	£4,000	N/A	--
Large goods vehicle (LGV) driver C + E	L2	£8,000	N/A	--
Leader In Adult Care	L5	£7,000	N/A	--
Lean Manufacturing Operative	L2	£6,000	N/A	--
Multi-channel marketer	L3	£11,000	N/A	--
Passenger transport driver - bus and coach or tram	L2	£8,000	N/A	--
Plumbing and domestic heating technician	L3	£22,000	N/A	--
Property Maintenance Operative	L2	£14,000	N/A	--
Recruiter	L3	£7,000	N/A	--
Recruitment Consultant	L3	£5,000	N/A	--
Recruitment Resourcer	L2	£5,000	N/A	--
Road Surfacing Operative	L2	£14,000	N/A	--
Roofer	L2	£11,000	N/A	--
Supply Chain Operator	L2	£3,000	N/A	--
Supply Chain Warehouse Operative	L2	£5,000	N/A	--
Urban driver	L2	£8,000	N/A	--

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Ofsted

Inspected August 2022

GoodOverall effectiveness

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Leadership and management: Good

Source: Ofsted further education and skills inspection outcomes, published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We publish Ofsted's judgement as given and do not grade providers ourselves. Read the full inspection report on Ofsted

Performance Data

Achievement Rate

60.2%

DfE-published all-standards rate, as shown on gov.uk

Employer Score

4.0

Apprentice Score

N/A

Active Learners

372

Official achievement data by course

DfE-published rates for 2024/25. Achievement counts everyone who left the programme; pass rate counts only those who reached end-point assessment.

Course	Achievement	Pass rate	Retention	Learners
Bricklayer	69.2%	100%	69.2%	30
Business Administrator	60%	100%	60%	30
Carpentry and Joinery	61.8%	100%	61.8%	30
Customer Service Practitioner	suppressed by DfE (few learners)
Improvement Technician	suppressed by DfE (few learners)
Lean Manufacturing Operative	suppressed by DfE (few learners)
Learning and Skills Mentor	suppressed by DfE (few learners)
Multi-Channel Marketer	suppressed by DfE (few learners)
Operations Manager	suppressed by DfE (few learners)
Property Maintenance Operative	suppressed by DfE (few learners)
Roofer	63%	94.4%	66.7%	30
Supply Chain Warehouse Operative	suppressed by DfE (few learners)
Team Leader	suppressed by DfE (few learners)

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted inspection data coming soon.

Data sourced from Skills England, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and the National Achievement Rate Tables. View on Find Apprenticeship Training