Best Early Years Educator apprenticeship providers
Every provider delivering the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship, ranked by the Department for Education's official 2024/25 achievement rate. Compare pass rates and cohort sizes, then view a provider's profile to enquire. See the Early Years Educator standard page for funding, duration and the full provider directory.
Top providers by achievement rate
Official 2024/25 achievement rates for Early Years Educator, published by the Department for Education. Cohort sizes shown - providers with fewer than 30 leavers are listed separately. How this table works
| # | Provider | Achievement rate | Pass rate | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aire Vocational Training Limited | 86.8% | 100% | 50 |
| 2 | Winnovation Training | 86.5% | 100% | 40 |
| 3 | SS&L | 82.4% | 100% | 30 |
| 4 | High Ridge Training Ltd | 82.1% | 100% | 30 |
| 5 | James Education Ltd | 81.3% | 100% | 30 |
| 6 | Total People Ltd | 81% | 100% | 60 |
| 7 | First Avenue Training | 80.4% | 97.8% | 60 |
| 8 | Edubase Academy | 79% | 100% | 120 |
| 9 | Salford City College | 77.8% | 97.2% | 50 |
| 10 | Eden Training Solutions | 76.7% | 100% | 720 |
| 11 | Brighter Beginnings | 76.5% | 100% | 50 |
| 12 | Acorn Training | 76.3% | 100% | 40 |
| 13 | HIT Training | 75.9% | 97.7% | 390 |
| 14 | Real Skills Training | 75.8% | 100% | 30 |
| 15 | Derby College Group | 75% | 100% | 50 |
| 16 | Alphabet Training | 75% | 100% | 40 |
| 17 | Inspiro Learning | 74.5% | 98.7% | 300 |
| 18 | Training Works | 74.2% | 100% | 70 |
| 19 | Global Skills | 74.2% | 93.9% | 60 |
| 20 | Performance Through People | 73.9% | 100% | 70 |
| 21 | Next Step Apprenticeships | 73.8% | 100% | 70 |
| 22 | Juniper Training | 73.8% | 100% | 60 |
| 23 | Scope Tranining | 73.7% | 100% | 60 |
| 24 | Best Practice Network | 73.4% | 97.3% | 640 |
| 25 | Kids Planet Training Academy | 73.3% | 99.2% | 170 |
| 26 | Calderdale College | 73.1% | 100% | 30 |
| 27 | WMC Training | 72.9% | 99.4% | 220 |
| 28 | Montessori Apprentice Academy | 72.9% | 100% | 60 |
| 29 | Riverside Training Spalding | 72.6% | 100% | 80 |
| 30 | Derwentside College | 72.2% | 98.1% | 70 |
| 31 | City of York Council | 71.9% | 100% | 30 |
| 32 | Maybird Training | 71.9% | 100% | 30 |
| 33 | Realise | 71.8% | 99.5% | 1130 |
| 34 | Swift Aci | 71.8% | 98.9% | 390 |
| 35 | Quest Training | 71.3% | 96.6% | 80 |
| 36 | Dot | 70.6% | 100% | 100 |
| 37 | Central Young Men's Christian Association | 69.9% | 93.4% | 160 |
| 38 | TrainPlus | 69.7% | 92% | 30 |
| 39 | Learnmore Skills Ltd | 69.2% | 100% | 30 |
| 40 | Showcase Training | 68% | 100% | 100 |
| 41 | SCCU Group | 67.9% | 100% | 30 |
| 42 | Shoots Training | 67.3% | 99% | 150 |
| 43 | AKG Learning | 66.7% | 100% | 150 |
| 44 | Trafford College | 66.7% | 100% | 50 |
| 45 | City of Bristol College | 66.7% | 100% | 30 |
| 46 | Gloucestershire College | 66.7% | 100% | 30 |
| 47 | Total Training Provision | 66.7% | 100% | 30 |
| 48 | Paragon Skills | 64.9% | 99.7% | 480 |
| 49 | Skills Group | 64.1% | 100% | 40 |
| 50 | Oldham College | 64% | 100% | 30 |
| 51 | Vocational Training Services Care Sector Limited | 63.9% | 93.9% | 70 |
| 52 | Hawk Training | 63.8% | 99.7% | 450 |
| 53 | Access Training East Midlands | 63.8% | 97.8% | 70 |
| 54 | Parenta | 63.5% | 97.7% | 790 |
| 55 | Education Learning Academy | 63.2% | 100% | 240 |
| 56 | East Lancashire Learning Group | 63% | 100% | 30 |
| 57 | Busy Bees Education and Training | 61.7% | 98.4% | 610 |
| 58 | CT Skills | 61.4% | 100% | 60 |
| 59 | Education and Skills Training & Development | 61.2% | 100% | 120 |
| 60 | The Childcare Company | 61% | 98.4% | 400 |
| 61 | Brighter Horizons | 59.6% | 100% | 50 |
| 62 | Train Together | 59.5% | 100% | 40 |
| 63 | Aspiration Training | 57.4% | 99.3% | 250 |
| 64 | Lifetime | 57.3% | 99.2% | 420 |
| 65 | Chiltern Training | 56.8% | 79.4% | 90 |
| 66 | Orange Moon Training | 55.6% | 100% | 150 |
| 67 | Learning Curve Group | 54.5% | 94.7% | 30 |
| 68 | LMP Group | 47.3% | 95.2% | 170 |
| 69 | Professional Training Solutions | 45.7% | 100% | 40 |
| 70 | Chesterfield College | 45.2% | 73.7% | 30 |
| 71 | MBKB | 40% | 100% | 30 |
| – | Learning for Futures Ltd small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Riverside Training small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Trade Academy small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Learning & Skills Darlington small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Barnsley College small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Shrewsbury College small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Nacro small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Sct Ltd small cohort | 95.8% | 100% | 20 |
| – | HSDC (Havant & South Downs College) small cohort | 94.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Education Training Collective small cohort | 93.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Uxbridge College small cohort | 92.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Storyy Group small cohort | 91.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | West Suffolk College small cohort | 91.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | South West Association of Training Providers Limited small cohort | 90.9% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Yorkshire Training Partnership small cohort | 90.9% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Blackburn College small cohort | 90.9% | 100% | 10 |
| – | United Apprenticeships small cohort | 90.5% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group small cohort | 90% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Newbury College small cohort | 90% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Htp Apprenticeship College Ltd small cohort | 90% | 100% | 10 |
| – | West London College small cohort | 90% | 100% | 10 |
| – | SHE Compliancy small cohort | 88.9% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Cheshire College – South & West small cohort | 88.9% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Bishop Auckland College small cohort | 87.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Linden small cohort | 87.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Profile Development & Training small cohort | 87.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Abingdon and Witney College small cohort | 87.5% | 87.5% | 10 |
| – | Neat Training and Education Ltd small cohort | 87.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Runshaw College small cohort | 87% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Nottingham College small cohort | 86.4% | 95% | 20 |
| – | CMS Vocational Training small cohort | 85.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Brooklands Technical College small cohort | 84.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Bedfordshire Employment and Skills Academy small cohort | 84.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Nextstep Training small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Cambridge Regional College small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Northumberland Skills small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | South Hampshire College Group small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Cliffe House Day Nurseries small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Weston College small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Bury College small cohort | 82.4% | 93.3% | 20 |
| – | Hull College small cohort | 82.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | JACE Training small cohort | 81.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Exeter College small cohort | 80% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Burnley College small cohort | 80% | 100% | 20 |
| – | On Point Apprenticeships small cohort | 80% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Crackerjack Training small cohort | 80% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Buckinghamshire County Council small cohort | 80% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Jlms Management Ltd small cohort | 79.2% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Bolton College small cohort | 78.9% | 100% | 20 |
| – | University of Derby small cohort | 77.8% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Tend Training Ltd small cohort | 77.8% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Coventry City Council small cohort | 77.8% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Bournemouth & Poole College small cohort | 77.8% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Growth Company small cohort | 77.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Macclesfield College small cohort | 76.5% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Colchester Institute small cohort | 76.5% | 100% | 20 |
| – | EKC Group small cohort | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | South Gloucestershire and Stroud College small cohort | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber Training small cohort | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | IPS International small cohort | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Independent Training Services small cohort | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Nova Training small cohort | 73.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Tec Partnership small cohort | 73.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | System People small cohort | 73.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Loughborough College small cohort | 71.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | City College Norwich small cohort | 71.4% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Lift Schools small cohort | 71.4% | 100% | 10 |
| – | St Helens College small cohort | 71.4% | 100% | 10 |
| – | North Tyneside Adult Learning Service small cohort | 71.4% | 83.3% | 10 |
| – | Cornwall Marine Network small cohort | 70.8% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Chichester College small cohort | 70.6% | 100% | 20 |
| – | New College Swindon small cohort | 70% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Boston College small cohort | 70% | 77.8% | 10 |
| – | Achieving for Children small cohort | 70% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Furness College small cohort | 68.8% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Craven College small cohort | 68.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | New College Durham small cohort | 68.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Blackpool and The Fylde College small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 20 |
| – | UCAN small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Pre-School Learning Alliance small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Pathway Group small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | East Durham College small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | London South East Colleges small cohort | 65.2% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Stanfords Training small cohort | 65% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Wiltshire College & University Centre small cohort | 65% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Nescot small cohort | 63.6% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Activate Learning small cohort | 62.5% | 93.8% | 20 |
| – | Basingstoke College of Technology small cohort | 62.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | City of Portsmouth College small cohort | 62.5% | 83.3% | 10 |
| – | Shipley College small cohort | 62.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Hertford Regional College small cohort | 61.5% | 88.9% | 10 |
| – | Adult Education in Gloucestershire small cohort | 60% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Herefordshire Ludlow & NS College small cohort | 60% | 100% | 10 |
| – | First Rung small cohort | 60% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Learning Foundry small cohort | 58.3% | 93.3% | 20 |
| – | DN Colleges Group small cohort | 58.3% | 87.5% | 10 |
| – | East Coast College small cohort | 58.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Halifax Opportunities Trust small cohort | 58.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Heart of Yorkshire Education Group small cohort | 58.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Rochdale Training small cohort | 56.5% | 100% | 20 |
| – | E.Quality Training small cohort | 55.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Sparsholt College Hampshire small cohort | 55.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Northampton College small cohort | 55.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Lincoln College small cohort | 55.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Lakes College small cohort | 55% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Educational and Sporting Futures small cohort | 54.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | RNN Group small cohort | 50% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Stamford College small cohort | 50% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Telford College small cohort | 50% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Sunderland College small cohort | 42.9% | 100% | 10 |
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 (small cohorts) are not shown.
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