Best Nursing associate (NMC 2018) apprenticeship providers

Every provider delivering the Level 5 Nursing associate (NMC 2018) apprenticeship, ranked by the Department for Education's official 2024/25 achievement rate. Compare pass rates and learner numbers, then view a provider's profile to enquire. See the Nursing associate (NMC 2018) standard page for funding, duration and the full provider directory.

Top providers by achievement rate

Official 2024/25 achievement rates for Nursing associate (NMC 2018), 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	University of Bedfordshire	95.6%+13.1	100%	50
2	Leeds Beckett University	94.7%+12.2	100%	40
3	University of Staffordshire	93.1%+10.6	100%	60
4	University of East Anglia	92%+9.5	100%	80
5	University of Derby	91.9%+9.4	100%	100
6	University of Brighton	90%+7.5	100%	90
7	University of Chester	89.8%+7.3	100%	50
8	University of Suffolk	89.6%+7.1	100%	70
9	Nottingham Trent University	89.5%+7	98.6%	80
10	University Centre Somerset College Group	88.6%+6.1	100%	70
11	BPP University	88.1%+5.6	100%	100
12	University of West London	87.9%+5.4	100%	120
13	Teesside University	87.8%+5.3	100%	240
14	University of East London	87.1%+4.6	100%	100
15	Weston College	87.1%+4.6	100%	30
16	University of Hertfordshire	85.7%+3.2	100%	60
17	Edge Hill University	85.5%+3	100%	70
18	University of Greater Manchester	85.4%+2.9	100%	150
19	University of Huddersfield	85.4%+2.9	100%	90
20	University of Salford	85.2%+2.7	100%	150
21	University of Lancashire	84.2%+1.7	100%	120
22	University of Cumbria	84%+1.5	100%	30
23	Coventry University	83.8%+1.3	100%	140
24	Keele University	82.9%at avg	100%	40
25	UWE Bristol	82.6%at avg	100%	120
-	National average for this standard(4,340 leavers nationally)	82.5%
26	University of Hull	80.6%-1.9	100%	40
27	University of Plymouth	80.4%-2.1	100%	100
28	Birmingham City University	79.9%-2.6	100%	260
29	The University of Sheffield	79.4%-3.1	100%	110
30	University of Lincoln	79.4%-3.1	100%	100
31	London South Bank University	78%-4.5	100%	100
32	Liverpool John Moores University	78%-4.5	100%	60
33	Canterbury Christ Church University	77.4%-5.1	98%	60
34	University College Birmingham	76.8%-5.7	100%	220
35	University of Gloucestershire	76.5%-6	100%	90
36	Anglia Ruskin University ARU	76.5%-6	100%	70
37	University of Wolverhampton	76.1%-6.4	100%	50
38	Buckinghamshire New University	76%-6.5	100%	100
39	The Open University	74.4%-8.1	100%	130
40	Kingston University London	74.2%-8.3	95.8%	60
41	Solent University	72.5%-10	100%	40
42	University of Worcester	72%-10.5	100%	30
43	Truro & Penwith College	71.4%-11.1	100%	40
44	Middlesex University	69.1%-13.4	100%	140
45	Bournemouth & Poole College	68.9%-13.6	100%	50
46	University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust	66.7%-15.8	100%	80
–	City St George’s University of London few learners	100%	100%	10
–	University of Northampton few learners	100%	100%	10
–	University of York few learners	95.7%	100%	20
–	University of Winchester few learners	94.1%	100%	20
–	London and South East University Group few learners	92.3%	100%	10
–	Oxford Brookes University few learners	91.3%	100%	20
–	University of Roehampton few learners	91.3%	100%	20
–	University of Leeds few learners	88.2%	100%	20
–	Brunel University London few learners	86.7%	100%	20
–	University of Chichester few learners	85.7%	100%	10
–	University of Bradford few learners	82.6%	100%	20
–	University of Essex few learners	77.8%	100%	20
–	Better Futures Apprenticeships few learners	72.2%	100%	20

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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