Best Early years practitioner apprenticeship providers

Top providers by achievement rate

Official 2024/25 achievement rates for Early years practitioner, 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	Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber Training	91.2%+24.9	96.9%	30
2	System People	88.5%+22.2	100%	30
3	Derby College Group	87.5%+21.2	100%	40
4	Total People Ltd	85%+18.7	97.1%	40
5	South West Association of Training Providers Limited	82.1%+15.8	100%	30
6	Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group	81.8%+15.5	100%	30
7	Bury College	81.1%+14.8	100%	40
8	The Growth Company	80.8%+14.5	100%	30
9	The Learning Foundry	80%+13.7	96.6%	40
10	Brighter Beginnings	80%+13.7	100%	30
11	Performance Through People	76.5%+10.2	100%	30
12	Next Step Apprenticeships	76%+9.7	100%	30
13	Swift Aci	75%+8.7	98.9%	120
14	SS&L	75%+8.7	100%	60
15	Best Practice Network	72.5%+6.2	96.7%	160
16	SCCU Group	72.4%+6.1	100%	30
17	Access Training East Midlands	72.3%+6	100%	80
18	Inspiro Learning	72.3%+6	100%	80
19	WMC Training	71.4%+5.1	95.2%	30
20	Luminate Education Group	70.6%+4.3	96%	30
21	Kids Planet Training Academy	69.9%+3.6	98.5%	90
22	Juniper Training	69.1%+2.8	100%	70
23	Eden Training Solutions	68.6%+2.3	100%	190
24	Central Young Men's Christian Association	68.2%+1.9	94.8%	110
25	Oldham College	68%+1.7	100%	30
26	AKG Learning	68%+1.7	100%	30
27	Realise	67.4%+1.1	99.8%	680
28	Paragon Skills	67.4%+1.1	99.2%	180
29	HIT Training	66.7%at avg	92.5%	110
30	Shoots Training	66.7%at avg	100%	110
-	National average for this standard(5,690 leavers nationally)	66.3%
31	Education Learning Academy	65.7%-0.6	100%	100
32	Busy Bees Education and Training	65.5%-0.8	97.3%	110
33	Rochdale Training	65.5%-0.8	100%	30
34	Runshaw College	65.2%-1.1	100%	50
35	Vocational Training Services Care Sector Limited	64.8%-1.5	94.6%	50
36	Bournemouth & Poole College	64.7%-1.6	100%	30
37	Education and Skills Training & Development	63.6%-2.7	100%	30
38	Quest Training	63.3%-3	95%	30
39	CT Skills	63%-3.3	100%	50
40	The Childcare Company	60.9%-5.4	97.7%	70
41	Skills Group	60%-6.3	97.5%	70
42	Brighter Horizons	60%-6.3	100%	30
43	Training Works	59.4%-6.9	100%	30
44	Furness College	59.3%-7	100%	30
45	Aspiration Training	59%-7.3	100%	160
46	Chiltern Training	58.9%-7.4	91.7%	60
47	Showcase Training	58.8%-7.5	100%	90
48	Lifetime	57.1%-9.2	96.6%	50
49	Orange Moon Training	54%-12.3	100%	90
50	Hawk Training	53.6%-12.7	98.7%	140
51	Parenta	52%-14.3	95.8%	350
–	Campus Training small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	Northumberland Skills small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	Real Skills Training small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	Learnmore Skills Ltd small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	Neat Training and Education Ltd small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	St Helens College small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	East Sussex College small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	Sandwell College small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	Train Together small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	North Tyneside Adult Learning Service small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	First Avenue Training small cohort	94.4%	100%	20
–	Blackburn College small cohort	92.9%	100%	10
–	High Ridge Training Ltd small cohort	91.7%	100%	10
–	HSDC (Havant & South Downs College) small cohort	90%	90%	10
–	Chelmsford College small cohort	90%	90%	10
–	Exeter College small cohort	88.9%	100%	20
–	Kendal College small cohort	88.9%	100%	10
–	RNN Group small cohort	87.5%	100%	10
–	Cliffe House Day Nurseries small cohort	87.5%	100%	10
–	Weston College small cohort	86.7%	100%	20
–	WFCCTT small cohort	85.7%	100%	10
–	Craven College small cohort	85.7%	85.7%	10
–	The College of West Anglia small cohort	85.7%	100%	10
–	East Lancashire Learning Group small cohort	85.7%	100%	10
–	Hertford Regional College small cohort	85.7%	85.7%	10
–	Edubase Academy small cohort	84.2%	100%	20
–	West Suffolk College small cohort	83.3%	93.8%	20
–	Aire Vocational Training Limited small cohort	83.3%	100%	20
–	Profile Development & Training small cohort	83.3%	100%	10
–	James Education Ltd small cohort	83.3%	100%	10
–	First Rung small cohort	83.3%	100%	10
–	Kent County Council small cohort	83.3%	100%	10
–	Acorn Training small cohort	82.4%	100%	20
–	Riverside Training small cohort	81.8%	100%	10
–	Lancaster & Morecambe College small cohort	81.3%	100%	20
–	Halifax Opportunities Trust small cohort	80%	100%	10
–	Sunderland College small cohort	80%	100%	10
–	DN Colleges Group small cohort	78.6%	100%	10
–	Montessori Apprentice Academy small cohort	78.6%	100%	10
–	Scope Tranining small cohort	77.8%	100%	20
–	University Centre Somerset College Group small cohort	77.8%	87.5%	10
–	Bolton College small cohort	76.9%	100%	10
–	Trafford College small cohort	75%	100%	10
–	Burnley College small cohort	75%	100%	10
–	Salford City College small cohort	73.9%	100%	20
–	Global Skills small cohort	73.7%	87.5%	20
–	Tameside College small cohort	72.7%	100%	10
–	Achievement Training small cohort	72.7%	100%	10
–	Brooklands Technical College small cohort	71.4%	100%	10
–	MBKB small cohort	71.4%	100%	10
–	City of Bristol College small cohort	71.4%	100%	10
–	Heart of England Training Limited small cohort	71.4%	100%	10
–	Herefordshire Ludlow & NS College small cohort	71.4%	100%	10
–	London South East Colleges small cohort	71.4%	100%	10
–	On Point Apprenticeships small cohort	70.6%	100%	20
–	Calderdale College small cohort	69.2%	100%	10
–	New College Swindon small cohort	68.8%	100%	20
–	Blackpool and The Fylde College small cohort	66.7%	100%	20
–	Maybird Training small cohort	66.7%	100%	10
–	Bradford College small cohort	66.7%	100%	10
–	TrainPlus small cohort	66.7%	100%	10
–	Riverside Training Spalding small cohort	64.7%	100%	20
–	Linden small cohort	63.6%	100%	20
–	Hull College small cohort	62.5%	100%	10
–	Achieving Excellence UK small cohort	62.5%	100%	10
–	Macclesfield College small cohort	61.5%	100%	10
–	West Berkshire Training Consortium small cohort	60%	81.8%	20
–	Abingdon and Witney College small cohort	60%	100%	10
–	Gloucestershire College small cohort	58.8%	90.9%	20
–	Alphabet Training small cohort	58.3%	100%	10
–	Crackerjack Training small cohort	58.3%	100%	10
–	JACE Training small cohort	57.1%	100%	10
–	Time Training Ltd small cohort	55.6%	71.4%	10
–	Nottingham College small cohort	55.6%	83.3%	10
–	Stamford College small cohort	54.5%	100%	10
–	Shipley College small cohort	52.4%	100%	20
–	Educational and Sporting Futures small cohort	50%	100%	10
–	Loughborough College small cohort	46.2%	85.7%	10
–	Lakes College small cohort	42.9%	100%	10
–	Total Training Provision small cohort	38.5%	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.