About The Growth Company
The Growth Company is an award-winning social enterprise that has delivered high-quality training and apprenticeships for over 35 years, helping people and businesses grow. GC Education and Skills, part of the award-winning Growth Company, is one of the UK’s leading providers of apprenticeships and training. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we are committed to helping people and businesses t...
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Key Facts
- Active Learners:
- 3,195
- Standards:
- 39
- Locations:
- 4
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We have worked with The Growth Company since 2018 and have had over 20 apprentices complete their education with them. Although there have been some challenges over the years, our current account manager, Paul, has been fantastic—always attentive, re...
TGC have been a huge help with business support and finding apprentices over the previous few years. The staff are always at hand, and I honestly can say are very helpful.
Ofsted
Graded under Ofsted's renewed framework. Achievement, curriculum and participation are the judgements for this provider's apprenticeship provision; inclusion and leadership apply across the whole provider. The renewed framework does not award a single overall grade, and Ofsted states these do not map onto the previous Outstanding to Inadequate scale.
Read the full Ofsted reportSource: 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.
Performance Data
Employer Score
3.0Apprentice Score
3.0Active Learners
3,195
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounts or Finance Assistant | 77.8% | 87.5% | 88.9% | 10 |
| Adult Care Worker | 79.3% | 100% | 79.3% | 30 |
| Assistant Accountant | 88.2% | 100% | 88.2% | 20 |
| Associate Project Manager | 64.5% | 100% | 64.5% | 60 |
| Autocare Technician | 57.1% | 88.9% | 64.3% | 30 |
| Bricklayer | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Business Administrator | 78.2% | 100% | 78.2% | 60 |
| Carpentry and Joinery | 41.7% | 75% | 55.6% | 40 |
| Chartered Manager (Degree) | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Children, Young People and Families Practitioner | 58.3% | 100% | 58.3% | 20 |
| Compliance and Risk Officer | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Content Creator | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Craft Carpentry and Joinery | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Customer Service Practitioner | 70% | 100% | 70% | 10 |
| Customer Service Specialist | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Digital Marketer | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Early Years Educator | 77.3% | 100% | 77.3% | 20 |
| Early Years Practitioner | 80.8% | 100% | 80.8% | 30 |
| Engineering Design Technician | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Engineering Fitter | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Engineering Operative | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Engineering Technician | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Fenestration Fabricator | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Fenestration Installer | 44.4% | 88.9% | 50% | 20 |
| Gas Engineering Operative | 63.2% | 100% | 63.2% | 20 |
| Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician | 68% | 100% | 68% | 30 |
| HR Support | 83.3% | 95.2% | 87.5% | 20 |
| Improvement Practitioner | 74.3% | 96.3% | 77.1% | 40 |
| Information Communications Technician | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Installation and Maintenance Electrician | 45% | 81.8% | 55% | 20 |
| Insurance Practitioner | 81.8% | 100% | 81.8% | 10 |
| Insurance Professional | 41.3% | 100% | 41.3% | 80 |
| Investment Operations Technician | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Lead Adult Care Worker | 66.7% | 100% | 66.7% | 20 |
| Lead Practitioner in Adult Care | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Leader in Adult Care | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Lean Manufacturing Operative | 53.3% | 100% | 53.3% | 20 |
| Lift and Escalator Engineering | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician | 42.9% | 85.7% | 50% | 10 |
| Marketing Executive | 87.5% | 100% | 87.5% | 10 |
| Metal Fabricator | 85.7% | 100% | 85.7% | 10 |
| Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician - Light Vehicle | 85% | 100% | 85% | 20 |
| Multi-Channel Marketer | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Operations Manager | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Pensions Administrator | 78% | 100% | 78% | 50 |
| People Professional | 75% | 100% | 75% | 40 |
| Plasterer | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Professional Accounting Technician | 78.6% | 100% | 78.6% | 10 |
| Property Maintenance Operative | 68.8% | 100% | 68.8% | 20 |
| Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Engineering Technician | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| School Business Professional | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Senior Insurance Professional | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Software Developer | 80% | 100% | 80% | 10 |
| Supply Chain Warehouse Operative | 85.7% | 100% | 85.7% | 10 |
| Teaching Assistant | 72% | 100% | 72% | 30 |
| Team Leader | 60% | 100% | 60% | 10 |
| Vehicle Damage Paint Technician | suppressed by DfE (few learners) | |||
| Welder | 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