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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

#ProviderAchievement ratePass rateCohort
1
Aire Vocational Training Limited
86.8%+19.1100%50
2
Winnovation Training
86.5%+18.8100%40
3
SS&L
82.4%+14.7100%30
4
High Ridge Training Ltd
82.1%+14.4100%30
5
James Education Ltd
81.3%+13.6100%30
6
Total People Ltd
81%+13.3100%60
7
First Avenue Training
80.4%+12.797.8%60
8
Edubase Academy
79%+11.3100%120
9
Salford City College
77.8%+10.197.2%50
10
Eden Training Solutions
76.7%+9100%720
11
Brighter Beginnings
76.5%+8.8100%50
12
Acorn Training
76.3%+8.6100%40
13
HIT Training
75.9%+8.297.7%390
14
Real Skills Training
75.8%+8.1100%30
15
Derby College Group
75%+7.3100%50
16
Alphabet Training
75%+7.3100%40
17
Inspiro Learning
74.5%+6.898.7%300
18
Training Works
74.2%+6.5100%70
19
Global Skills
74.2%+6.593.9%60
20
Performance Through People
73.9%+6.2100%70
21
Next Step Apprenticeships
73.8%+6.1100%70
22
Juniper Training
73.8%+6.1100%60
23
Scope Tranining
73.7%+6100%60
24
Best Practice Network
73.4%+5.797.3%640
25
Kids Planet Training Academy
73.3%+5.699.2%170
26
Calderdale College
73.1%+5.4100%30
27
WMC Training
72.9%+5.299.4%220
28
Montessori Apprentice Academy
72.9%+5.2100%60
29
Riverside Training Spalding
72.6%+4.9100%80
30
Derwentside College
72.2%+4.598.1%70
31
City of York Council
71.9%+4.2100%30
32
Maybird Training
71.9%+4.2100%30
33
Realise
71.8%+4.199.5%1130
34
Swift Aci
71.8%+4.198.9%390
35
Quest Training
71.3%+3.696.6%80
36
Dot
70.6%+2.9100%100
37
Central Young Men's Christian Association
69.9%+2.293.4%160
38
TrainPlus
69.7%+292%30
39
Learnmore Skills Ltd
69.2%+1.5100%30
40
Showcase Training
68%at avg100%100
41
SCCU Group
67.9%at avg100%30
-National average for this standard(13,180 leavers nationally)67.7%
42
Shoots Training
67.3%at avg99%150
43
AKG Learning
66.7%-1100%150
44
Trafford College
66.7%-1100%50
45
City of Bristol College
66.7%-1100%30
46
Gloucestershire College
66.7%-1100%30
47
Total Training Provision
66.7%-1100%30
48
Paragon Skills
64.9%-2.899.7%480
49
Skills Group
64.1%-3.6100%40
50
Oldham College
64%-3.7100%30
51
Vocational Training Services Care Sector Limited
63.9%-3.893.9%70
52
Hawk Training
63.8%-3.999.7%450
53
Access Training East Midlands
63.8%-3.997.8%70
54
Parenta
63.5%-4.297.7%790
55
Education Learning Academy
63.2%-4.5100%240
56
East Lancashire Learning Group
63%-4.7100%30
57
Busy Bees Education and Training
61.7%-698.4%610
58
CT Skills
61.4%-6.3100%60
59
Education and Skills Training & Development
61.2%-6.5100%120
60
The Childcare Company
61%-6.798.4%400
61
Brighter Horizons
59.6%-8.1100%50
62
Train Together
59.5%-8.2100%40
63
Aspiration Training
57.4%-10.399.3%250
64
Lifetime
57.3%-10.499.2%420
65
Chiltern Training
56.8%-10.979.4%90
66
Orange Moon Training
55.6%-12.1100%150
67
Learning Curve Group
54.5%-13.294.7%30
68
LMP Group
47.3%-20.495.2%170
69
Professional Training Solutions
45.7%-22100%40
70
Chesterfield College
45.2%-22.573.7%30
71
MBKB
40%-27.7100%30
–Nacro small cohort100%100%10
–Riverside Training small cohort100%100%10
–Shrewsbury College small cohort100%100%10
–Trade Academy small cohort100%100%10
–Learning for Futures Ltd small cohort100%100%10
–Learning & Skills Darlington small cohort100%100%10
–Barnsley College small cohort100%100%10
–Sct Ltd small cohort95.8%100%20
–HSDC (Havant & South Downs College) small cohort94.4%100%20
–Education Training Collective small cohort93.3%100%20
–Uxbridge College small cohort92.3%100%10
–Storyy Group small cohort91.7%100%10
–West Suffolk College small cohort91.3%100%20
–Blackburn College small cohort90.9%100%10
–South West Association of Training Providers Limited small cohort90.9%100%10
–Yorkshire Training Partnership small cohort90.9%100%10
–United Apprenticeships small cohort90.5%100%20
–West London College small cohort90%100%10
–Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group small cohort90%100%10
–Htp Apprenticeship College Ltd small cohort90%100%10
–Newbury College small cohort90%100%10
–Cheshire College – South & West small cohort88.9%100%10
–SHE Compliancy small cohort88.9%100%10
–Neat Training and Education Ltd small cohort87.5%100%10
–Profile Development & Training small cohort87.5%100%10
–Abingdon and Witney College small cohort87.5%87.5%10
–Linden small cohort87.5%100%10
–Bishop Auckland College small cohort87.5%100%10
–Runshaw College small cohort87%100%20
–Nottingham College small cohort86.4%95%20
–CMS Vocational Training small cohort85.7%100%10
–Bedfordshire Employment and Skills Academy small cohort84.6%100%10
–Brooklands Technical College small cohort84.6%100%10
–Nextstep Training small cohort83.3%100%20
–Cambridge Regional College small cohort83.3%100%20
–Weston College small cohort83.3%100%10
–Cliffe House Day Nurseries small cohort83.3%100%10
–South Hampshire College Group small cohort83.3%100%10
–Northumberland Skills small cohort83.3%100%10
–Hull College small cohort82.4%100%20
–Bury College small cohort82.4%93.3%20
–JACE Training small cohort81.3%100%20
–Burnley College small cohort80%100%20
–Exeter College small cohort80%100%20
–On Point Apprenticeships small cohort80%100%10
–Crackerjack Training small cohort80%100%10
–Buckinghamshire County Council small cohort80%100%10
–Jlms Management Ltd small cohort79.2%100%20
–Bolton College small cohort78.9%100%20
–University of Derby small cohort77.8%100%20
–Tend Training Ltd small cohort77.8%100%20
–Bournemouth & Poole College small cohort77.8%100%10
–Coventry City Council small cohort77.8%100%10
–The Growth Company small cohort77.3%100%20
–Colchester Institute small cohort76.5%100%20
–Macclesfield College small cohort76.5%100%20
–EKC Group small cohort75%100%10
–South Gloucestershire and Stroud College small cohort75%100%10
–IPS International small cohort75%100%10
–Independent Training Services small cohort75%100%10
–Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber Training small cohort75%100%10
–Nova Training small cohort73.3%100%20
–Tec Partnership small cohort73.3%100%20
–System People small cohort73.3%100%20
–Loughborough College small cohort71.4%100%20
–North Tyneside Adult Learning Service small cohort71.4%83.3%10
–Lift Schools small cohort71.4%100%10
–City College Norwich small cohort71.4%100%10
–St Helens College small cohort71.4%100%10
–Cornwall Marine Network small cohort70.8%100%20
–Chichester College small cohort70.6%100%20
–Boston College small cohort70%77.8%10
–New College Swindon small cohort70%100%10
–Achieving for Children small cohort70%100%10
–Furness College small cohort68.8%100%20
–Craven College small cohort68.4%100%20
–New College Durham small cohort68.4%100%20
–Blackpool and The Fylde College small cohort66.7%100%20
–UCAN small cohort66.7%100%20
–Pre-School Learning Alliance small cohort66.7%100%20
–East Durham College small cohort66.7%100%10
–Pathway Group small cohort66.7%100%10
–London South East Colleges small cohort65.2%100%20
–Wiltshire College & University Centre small cohort65%100%20
–Stanfords Training small cohort65%100%20
–Nescot small cohort63.6%100%20
–Activate Learning small cohort62.5%93.8%20
–Basingstoke College of Technology small cohort62.5%100%10
–City of Portsmouth College small cohort62.5%83.3%10
–Shipley College small cohort62.5%100%10
–Hertford Regional College small cohort61.5%88.9%10
–Adult Education in Gloucestershire small cohort60%100%20
–Herefordshire Ludlow & NS College small cohort60%100%10
–First Rung small cohort60%100%10
–The Learning Foundry small cohort58.3%93.3%20
–Heart of Yorkshire Education Group small cohort58.3%100%10
–Halifax Opportunities Trust small cohort58.3%100%10
–East Coast College small cohort58.3%100%10
–DN Colleges Group small cohort58.3%87.5%10
–Rochdale Training small cohort56.5%100%20
–E.Quality Training small cohort55.6%100%10
–Sparsholt College Hampshire small cohort55.6%100%10
–Lincoln College small cohort55.6%100%10
–Northampton College small cohort55.6%100%10
–Lakes College small cohort55%100%20
–Educational and Sporting Futures small cohort54.5%100%10
–Telford College small cohort50%100%10
–Stamford College small cohort50%100%10
–RNN Group small cohort50%100%10
–Sunderland College small cohort42.9%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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