Best Operations manager apprenticeship providers
Every provider delivering the Level 5 Operations manager 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 Operations manager standard page for funding, duration and the full provider directory.
Top providers by achievement rate
Official 2024/25 achievement rates for Operations manager, 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 Huddersfield | 92.6% | 100% | 30 |
| 2 | University of Exeter | 89.6% | 100% | 50 |
| 3 | Heart of England Training Limited | 88.5% | 100% | 30 |
| 4 | Smart Training & Recruitment | 83.3% | 100% | 40 |
| 5 | Prostart | 82.8% | 100% | 30 |
| 6 | AC Training | 81.2% | 100% | 100 |
| 7 | Pearson | 80.2% | 100% | 80 |
| 8 | Ixion | 79.1% | 100% | 40 |
| 9 | Sr Education | 78.4% | 100% | 70 |
| 10 | University of Staffordshire | 78% | 100% | 40 |
| 11 | Corndel | 77.7% | 100% | 1520 |
| 12 | Fuel Learning | 77.2% | 100% | 210 |
| 13 | Education Training Collective | 76.7% | 100% | 30 |
| 14 | GLP Training | 75.4% | 97.9% | 60 |
| 15 | Raise the Bar | 74.2% | 99.5% | 270 |
| 16 | ioda | 73.3% | 100% | 110 |
| 17 | Captiva Learning | 73% | 100% | 130 |
| 18 | Adalta Development | 72.4% | 100% | 30 |
| 19 | Eliesha Training | 71.9% | 100% | 30 |
| 20 | Best Practice Network | 71.8% | 96.6% | 40 |
| 21 | Travis Perkins | 71.7% | 97.7% | 60 |
| 22 | Lighthouse Group | 71.4% | 100% | 80 |
| 23 | Salford City College | 71% | 100% | 30 |
| 24 | Knowledgebrief Limited | 70.9% | 100% | 170 |
| 25 | Instep | 70.1% | 100% | 200 |
| 26 | Remit Training | 69.6% | 100% | 80 |
| 27 | Performance Through People | 69.2% | 100% | 30 |
| 28 | Dove Nest Group | 69.1% | 100% | 70 |
| 29 | North Lancs Training Group | 68.9% | 93.9% | 50 |
| 30 | Future Talent Learning | 68.3% | 100% | 150 |
| 31 | T2 Business Solutions | 66.7% | 97.3% | 170 |
| 32 | The Apprenticeship College | 66.7% | 100% | 150 |
| 33 | Riverside Training | 66.7% | 100% | 50 |
| 34 | Solace | 66.7% | 94.7% | 30 |
| 35 | North Hertfordshire College | 66.3% | 100% | 100 |
| 36 | Encompass Consultancy | 66.1% | 97.4% | 60 |
| 37 | PMA Ltd | 64.3% | 100% | 30 |
| 38 | Gateshead College | 64.3% | 100% | 30 |
| 39 | Institution of Railway Operators Ltd | 64.2% | 100% | 50 |
| 40 | Span Training and Development | 63.6% | 100% | 30 |
| 41 | Happy | 63.3% | 100% | 50 |
| 42 | Babington | 63% | 100% | 130 |
| 43 | Damar Training | 62.1% | 100% | 30 |
| 44 | Learnmore | 61.5% | 100% | 90 |
| 45 | Total Training Provision | 60.7% | 100% | 30 |
| 46 | Citrus Training | 59% | 95.8% | 40 |
| 47 | Tend Training Ltd | 58.9% | 100% | 100 |
| 48 | Nine Dots Development | 58.8% | 97.5% | 130 |
| 49 | ITEC Training & Education Center | 58.6% | 100% | 60 |
| 50 | WELL Training | 58.3% | 100% | 50 |
| 51 | Lifetime | 58.1% | 98.7% | 270 |
| 52 | Seetec | 57.9% | 100% | 40 |
| 53 | BPP | 56.9% | 100% | 140 |
| 54 | HIT Training | 56.1% | 98.9% | 160 |
| 55 | Intec Business Colleges | 56% | 100% | 50 |
| 56 | MBKB | 56% | 100% | 30 |
| 57 | Gloucestershire Enterprise Limited | 55.6% | 100% | 30 |
| 58 | SCL Education Group | 55% | 100% | 60 |
| 59 | South Devon College | 53.3% | 100% | 60 |
| 60 | South West Association of Training Providers Limited | 52% | 100% | 30 |
| 61 | Activate Learning | 50.6% | 100% | 80 |
| 62 | Hawk Training | 50% | 100% | 120 |
| 63 | Learning Curve Group | 49.4% | 100% | 80 |
| 64 | Realise | 45.7% | 97% | 70 |
| 65 | Paragon Skills | 44.1% | 100% | 140 |
| 66 | Inspiro Learning | 38.3% | 100% | 50 |
| 67 | Coventry University | 30.8% | 100% | 30 |
| – | Blue Sky Assessing & Consultancy small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Southport College small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Lancaster & Morecambe College small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Professional Development and Training Ltd small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Chesterfield College small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Yuzu Training small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Waverley Training Services small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Weir Training small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Square Metre Group small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Childcare Company small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | EKC Group small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | First Intuition small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Am 2 Pm Group Holdings Limited small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The JGA Group small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | West Berkshire Training Consortium small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Fareport Training small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | West London College small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Whyy? small cohort | 100% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Derwentside College small cohort | 94.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | University of Birmingham small cohort | 92.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Management Training Plus small cohort | 92.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Tess Group small cohort | 90% | 100% | 20 |
| – | East Sussex County Council small cohort | 90% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Durham County Council small cohort | 87.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Pilot IMS small cohort | 87.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Training & Learning Company small cohort | 87% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Coreed small cohort | 85.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group small cohort | 85.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | VQ Solutions small cohort | 85.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Westminster Kingsway College small cohort | 85.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Exeter College small cohort | 85% | 100% | 20 |
| – | CT Skills small cohort | 85% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Make UK small cohort | 84.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Sunderland College small cohort | 84.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | WS Training small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Aurelia Training small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Acorn Training small cohort | 83.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Kingdom Group small cohort | 82.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Middlesbrough Council small cohort | 81.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Rewards Training Recruitment Consultancy small cohort | 81.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | University Centre Somerset College Group small cohort | 81.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Colchester Institute small cohort | 80% | 100% | 10 |
| – | PETA Ltd small cohort | 78.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Leicester College small cohort | 78.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | University of Lincoln small cohort | 76.2% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Cognition Evolve UK Ltd small cohort | 75% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Herefordshire & Worcestershire Group Training Association small cohort | 75% | 100% | 20 |
| – | South Hampshire College Group small cohort | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Pier Training small cohort | 75% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Workpays small cohort | 73.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Trafford College small cohort | 73.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Mercury Training small cohort | 72.7% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Weston College small cohort | 72.2% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Hult International Business School small cohort | 72.2% | 100% | 20 |
| – | East Sussex College small cohort | 71.4% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Apprentice Academy small cohort | 71.4% | 100% | 10 |
| – | South Gloucestershire and Stroud College small cohort | 71.4% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Learning Enterprise small cohort | 71.4% | 90.9% | 10 |
| – | Dudley College of Technology small cohort | 70.6% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Htp Apprenticeship College Ltd small cohort | 69.6% | 100% | 20 |
| – | University College Birmingham small cohort | 69.6% | 100% | 20 |
| – | DN Colleges Group small cohort | 69.2% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Blackpool and The Fylde College small cohort | 68.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Aicura small cohort | 68.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Walsall College small cohort | 68.2% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Alliance Learning small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Bradford College small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | RNN Group small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Clear Quality small cohort | 66.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Barnsley College small cohort | 65% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Partnership Training small cohort | 63.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Derby Business College Limited small cohort | 62.5% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Heart of Worcestershire College small cohort | 62.5% | 83.3% | 10 |
| – | Sport Structures small cohort | 62.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Axia Solutions small cohort | 62.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Linden small cohort | 61.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Davies small cohort | 61.1% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Ascento small cohort | 60.9% | 93.3% | 20 |
| – | Kendal College small cohort | 60% | 100% | 20 |
| – | The Apprenticeship Centre small cohort | 58.8% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Boom Training small cohort | 58.3% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Lincoln College small cohort | 57.1% | 100% | 10 |
| – | BPIF Training small cohort | 56.5% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Wiltshire College & University Centre small cohort | 56.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Randstad small cohort | 56.3% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Bradford Council small cohort | 55.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | The Sheffield College small cohort | 55.6% | 100% | 10 |
| – | MTD Training small cohort | 55% | 100% | 20 |
| – | AKG Learning small cohort | 52.9% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Newcastle University small cohort | 52.4% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Total People Ltd small cohort | 50% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Qommunicate Ltd small cohort | 50% | 90% | 20 |
| – | Loughborough College small cohort | 50% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Nationwide Energy Training Services Ltd small cohort | 50% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Locomotivation small cohort | 47.1% | 100% | 20 |
| – | NTG Training small cohort | 45.5% | 100% | 10 |
| – | Crosby Training small cohort | 43.8% | 100% | 20 |
| – | Training 2000 small cohort | 41.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | LMP Group small cohort | 35.7% | 100% | 10 |
| – | New College Durham small cohort | 31.6% | 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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