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 cohort sizes, 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. Cohort sizes shown - providers with fewer than 30 leavers are listed separately. How this table works

#	Provider	Achievement rate	Pass rate	Cohort
1	University of Bedfordshire	95.6%	100%	50
2	Leeds Beckett University	94.7%	100%	40
3	University of Staffordshire	93.1%	100%	60
4	University of East Anglia	92%	100%	80
5	University of Derby	91.9%	100%	100
6	University of Brighton	90%	100%	90
7	University of Chester	89.8%	100%	50
8	University of Suffolk	89.6%	100%	70
9	Nottingham Trent University	89.5%	98.6%	80
10	University Centre Somerset College Group	88.6%	100%	70
11	BPP University	88.1%	100%	100
12	University of West London	87.9%	100%	120
13	Teesside University	87.8%	100%	240
14	University of East London	87.1%	100%	100
15	Weston College	87.1%	100%	30
16	University of Hertfordshire	85.7%	100%	60
17	Edge Hill University	85.5%	100%	70
18	University of Greater Manchester	85.4%	100%	150
19	University of Huddersfield	85.4%	100%	90
20	University of Salford	85.2%	100%	150
21	University of Lancashire	84.2%	100%	120
22	University of Cumbria	84%	100%	30
23	Coventry University	83.8%	100%	140
24	Keele University	82.9%	100%	40
25	UWE Bristol	82.6%	100%	120
26	University of Hull	80.6%	100%	40
27	University of Plymouth	80.4%	100%	100
28	Birmingham City University	79.9%	100%	260
29	The University of Sheffield	79.4%	100%	110
30	University of Lincoln	79.4%	100%	100
31	London South Bank University	78%	100%	100
32	Liverpool John Moores University	78%	100%	60
33	Canterbury Christ Church University	77.4%	98%	60
34	University College Birmingham	76.8%	100%	220
35	University of Gloucestershire	76.5%	100%	90
36	Anglia Ruskin University ARU	76.5%	100%	70
37	University of Wolverhampton	76.1%	100%	50
38	Buckinghamshire New University	76%	100%	100
39	The Open University	74.4%	100%	130
40	Kingston University London	74.2%	95.8%	60
41	Solent University	72.5%	100%	40
42	University of Worcester	72%	100%	30
43	Truro & Penwith College	71.4%	100%	40
44	Middlesex University	69.1%	100%	140
45	Bournemouth & Poole College	68.9%	100%	50
46	University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust	66.7%	100%	80
–	City St George’s University of London small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	University of Northampton small cohort	100%	100%	10
–	University of York small cohort	95.7%	100%	20
–	University of Winchester small cohort	94.1%	100%	20
–	London and South East University Group small cohort	92.3%	100%	10
–	Oxford Brookes University small cohort	91.3%	100%	20
–	University of Roehampton small cohort	91.3%	100%	20
–	University of Leeds small cohort	88.2%	100%	20
–	Brunel University London small cohort	86.7%	100%	20
–	University of Chichester small cohort	85.7%	100%	10
–	University of Bradford small cohort	82.6%	100%	20
–	University of Essex small cohort	77.8%	100%	20
–	Better Futures Apprenticeships small cohort	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 (small cohorts) are not shown.

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