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University Centre Quayside

University Centre Quayside

Training Provider·UKPRN 10025197·Ofsted: Achievement Expected, Curriculum Strong·Website
Achievement rate
45%
Sector benchmark 71.4%
Employer score?
4 / 4
Excellent · 16 employers
Apprentice score?
4 / 4
Excellent · 16 apprentices
Active learners?
169
In training now
Data updated 23 Oct 2026

About University Centre Quayside

University Centre Quayside (UCQ) is a specialist work-based learning provider established in 1994, offering apprenticeships and other vocational programmes designed to develop employees’ skills and support organisational performance. UCQ delivers apprenticeships from Level 2 to Level 7, including higher and degree apprenticeships such as the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, with provision ...

Training Types

Apprenticeships
Degree Apprenticeships
Commercial Training

Delivery Modes

Online
In Person
Hybrid

Regions

North East
UK
England
Newcastle

Key Facts

Active Learners:
169
Standards:
19
Locations:
4

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Adult Care Worker
L2
£4,000N/A--
Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation practitioner
L4
£18,000N/A--
Associate Project Manager
L4
£7,000N/A--
Business Administrator
L3
£5,000N/A--
Chartered Manager (Degree)
L6
£22,00036%--
Coaching professional
L5
£5,000N/A--
Customer Service Practitioner
L2
£3,500N/A--
Customer Service Specialist
L3
£4,000N/A--
Improvement Technician
L3
£4,000N/A--
Lead Adult Care Worker
L3
£4,000N/A--
Leader In Adult Care
L5
£7,000N/A--
Lean Manufacturing Operative
L2
£6,000N/A--
Learning And Skills Teacher
L5
£7,000N/A--
Operations manager
L5
£9,000N/A--
Retail Manager
L4
£5,000N/A--
Retailer
L2
£5,000N/A--
Senior leader
L7
£14,000N/A--
Supply Chain Warehouse Operative
L2
£5,000N/A--
Team leader
L3
£5,00082%--

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Ofsted

AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
Participation and developmentExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard

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 report

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.

Performance Data

Achievement Rate

44.7%

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

Employer Score

4.0

Apprentice Score

4.0

Active Learners

169

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.

CourseAchievementPass rateRetentionLearners
Chartered Manager (Degree)36%100%36%80
Lead Adult Care Workersuppressed by DfE (few learners)
Learning and Skills Teachersuppressed by DfE (few learners)
Team Leader82.4%100%82.4%20

Data sourced from the Department for Education's National Achievement Rate Tables and Skills England. View on Find Apprenticeship Training

University Centre Quayside