Best Early years practitioner apprenticeship providers in North West
Providers covering North West that deliver the Level 2 Early years practitioner apprenticeship, ranked by the Department for Education's official 2024/25 achievement rate. Positions cannot be bought. See the national table or the full due-diligence report.
Top providers by achievement rate
Official 2024/25 achievement rates for Early years practitioner - North West, published by the Department for Education. Learner numbers shown - providers with fewer than 30 leavers are listed separately. The DfE rounds achievement and leaver counts to the nearest 10, so a rate marked * is approximate and the true figure may be lower. How this table works
| # | Provider | Achievement rate | Pass rate | Learners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88.5%+22.2 | 100% | 30 | |
| 2 | 85%+18.7 | 97.1% | 40 | |
| 3 | 81.8%+15.5 | 100% | 30 | |
| 4 | 81.1%+14.8 | 100% | 40 | |
| 5 | 80.8%+14.5 | 100% | 30 | |
| 6 | 80%+13.7 | 96.6% | 40 | |
| 7 | 80%+13.7 | 100% | 30 | |
| 8 | 69.9%+3.6 | 98.5% | 90 | |
| 9 | 68%+1.7 | 100% | 30 | |
| - | National average for this standard(5,690 leavers nationally) | 66.3% | ||
| 10 | 65.5%-0.8 | 97.3% | 110 | |
| 11 | 65.5%-0.8 | 100% | 30 | |
| 12 | 65.2%-1.1 | 100% | 50 | |
| 13 | 59.4%-6.9 | 100% | 30 | |
| 14 | 59.3%-7 | 100% | 30 | |
| – | Real Skills Training few learners | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Neat Training and Education Ltd few learners | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | St Helens College few learners | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Blackburn College few learners | 92.9% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Kendal College few learners | 88.9% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Craven College few learners | 85.7% | 85.7% | 10 |
| – | East Lancashire Learning Group few learners | 85.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Acorn Training few learners | 82.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Lancaster & Morecambe College few learners | 81.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Bolton College few learners | 76.9% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Trafford College few learners | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Burnley College few learners | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Salford City College few learners | 73.9% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Tameside College few learners | 72.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Blackpool and The Fylde College few learners | 66.7% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Achieving Excellence UK few learners | 62.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Macclesfield College few learners | 61.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Alphabet Training few learners | 58.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Lakes College few learners | 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 (very few learners) are not shown.
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