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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 learner numbers, 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. 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

#ProviderAchievement ratePass rateLearners
1
University of Huddersfield
92.6%+26.2100%30
2
University of Exeter
89.6%+23.2100%50
3
Heart of England Training Limited
88.5%+22.1100%30
4
Smart Training & Recruitment
83.3%+16.9100%40
5
Prostart
82.8%+16.4100%30
6
AC Training
81.2%+14.8100%100
7
Pearson
80.2%+13.8100%80
8
Ixion
79.1%+12.7100%40
9
Sr Education
78.4%+12100%70
10
University of Staffordshire
78%+11.6100%40
11
Corndel
77.7%+11.3100%1520
12
Fuel Learning
77.2%+10.8100%210
13
Education Training Collective
76.7%+10.3100%30
14
GLP Training
75.4%+997.9%60
15
Raise the Bar
74.2%+7.899.5%270
16
ioda
73.3%+6.9100%110
17
Captiva Learning
73%+6.6100%130
18
Adalta Development
72.4%+6100%30
19
Eliesha Training
71.9%+5.5100%30
20
Best Practice Network
71.8%+5.496.6%40
21
Travis Perkins
71.7%+5.397.7%60
22
Lighthouse Group
71.4%+5100%80
23
Salford City College
71%+4.6100%30
24
Knowledgebrief Limited
70.9%+4.5100%170
25
Instep
70.1%+3.7100%200
26
Remit Training
69.6%+3.2100%80
27
Performance Through People
69.2%+2.8100%30
28
Dove Nest Group
69.1%+2.7100%70
29
North Lancs Training Group
68.9%+2.593.9%50
30
Future Talent Learning
68.3%+1.9100%150
31
T2 Business Solutions
66.7%at avg97.3%170
32
The Apprenticeship College
66.7%at avg100%150
33
Riverside Training
66.7%at avg100%50
34
Solace
66.7%at avg94.7%30
-National average for this standard(8,820 leavers nationally)66.4%
35
North Hertfordshire College
66.3%at avg100%100
36
Encompass Consultancy
66.1%at avg97.4%60
37
PMA Ltd
64.3%-2.1100%30
38
Gateshead College
64.3%-2.1100%30
39
Institution of Railway Operators Ltd
64.2%-2.2100%50
40
Span Training and Development
63.6%-2.8100%30
41
Happy
63.3%-3.1100%50
42
Babington
63%-3.4100%130
43
Damar Training
62.1%-4.3100%30
44
Learnmore
61.5%-4.9100%90
45
Total Training Provision
60.7%-5.7100%30
46
Citrus Training
59%-7.495.8%40
47
Tend Training Ltd
58.9%-7.5100%100
48
Nine Dots Development
58.8%-7.697.5%130
49
ITEC Training & Education Center
58.6%-7.8100%60
50
WELL Training
58.3%-8.1100%50
51
Lifetime
58.1%-8.398.7%270
52
Seetec
57.9%-8.5100%40
53
BPP
56.9%-9.5100%140
54
HIT Training
56.1%-10.398.9%160
55
Intec Business Colleges
56%-10.4100%50
56
MBKB
56%-10.4100%30
57
Gloucestershire Enterprise Limited
55.6%-10.8100%30
58
SCL Education Group
55%-11.4100%60
59
South Devon College
53.3%-13.1100%60
60
South West Association of Training Providers Limited
52%-14.4100%30
61
Activate Learning
50.6%-15.8100%80
62
Hawk Training
50%-16.4100%120
63
Learning Curve Group
49.4%-17100%80
64
Realise
45.7%-20.797%70
65
Paragon Skills
44.1%-22.3100%140
66
Inspiro Learning
38.3%-28.1100%50
67
Coventry University
30.8%-35.6100%30
–West London College few learners100%100%10
–The Childcare Company few learners100%100%10
–Lancaster & Morecambe College few learners100%100%10
–Waverley Training Services few learners100%100%10
–JGA Group few learners100%100%10
–First Intuition few learners100%100%10
–Fareport Training few learners100%100%10
–Am 2 Pm Group Holdings Limited few learners100%100%10
–Professional Development and Training Ltd few learners100%100%10
–Chesterfield College few learners100%100%10
–Yuzu Training few learners100%100%10
–Weir Training few learners100%100%10
–Blue Sky Assessing & Consultancy few learners100%100%10
–EKC Group few learners100%100%10
–Whyy? few learners100%100%10
–Southport College few learners100%100%10
–The Square Metre Group few learners100%100%10
–West Berkshire Training Consortium few learners100%100%10
–Derwentside College few learners94.4%100%20
–University of Birmingham few learners92.3%100%10
–Management Training Plus few learners92.3%100%10
–The Tess Group few learners90%100%20
–East Sussex County Council few learners90%100%10
–Durham County Council few learners87.5%100%10
–Pilot IMS few learners87.5%100%10
–The Training & Learning Company few learners87%100%20
–Westminster Kingsway College few learners85.7%100%10
–VQ Solutions few learners85.7%100%10
–Coreed few learners85.7%100%10
–Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group few learners85.7%100%10
–CT Skills few learners85%100%20
–Exeter College few learners85%100%20
–Sunderland College few learners84.6%100%10
–Make UK few learners84.6%100%10
–WS Training few learners83.3%100%10
–Acorn Training few learners83.3%100%10
–Aurelia Training few learners83.3%100%10
–The Kingdom Group few learners82.4%100%20
–Middlesbrough Council few learners81.3%100%20
–University Centre Somerset College Group few learners81.3%100%20
–Rewards Training Recruitment Consultancy few learners81.3%100%20
–Colchester Institute few learners80%100%10
–Leicester College few learners78.6%100%10
–PETA Ltd few learners78.6%100%10
–University of Lincoln few learners76.2%100%20
–Herefordshire & Worcestershire Group Training Association few learners75%100%20
–Cognition Evolve UK Ltd few learners75%100%20
–South Hampshire College Group few learners75%100%10
–Pier Training few learners75%100%10
–Workpays few learners73.3%100%20
–Trafford College few learners73.3%100%20
–Mercury Training few learners72.7%100%20
–Hult International Business School few learners72.2%100%20
–Weston College few learners72.2%100%20
–South Gloucestershire and Stroud College few learners71.4%100%10
–The Apprentice Academy few learners71.4%100%10
–East Sussex College few learners71.4%100%10
–The Learning Enterprise few learners71.4%90.9%10
–Dudley College of Technology few learners70.6%100%20
–Htp Apprenticeship College Ltd few learners69.6%100%20
–University College Birmingham few learners69.6%100%20
–DN Colleges Group few learners69.2%100%10
–Aicura few learners68.4%100%20
–Blackpool and The Fylde College few learners68.4%100%20
–Walsall College few learners68.2%100%20
–RNN Group few learners66.7%100%10
–Clear Quality few learners66.7%100%10
–Bradford College few learners66.7%100%10
–Alliance Learning few learners66.7%100%10
–Barnsley College few learners65%100%20
–Partnership Training few learners63.6%100%10
–Derby Business College Limited few learners62.5%100%20
–Axia Solutions few learners62.5%100%10
–Heart of Worcestershire College few learners62.5%83.3%10
–Sport Structures few learners62.5%100%10
–Linden few learners61.5%100%10
–Davies few learners61.1%100%20
–Ascento few learners60.9%93.3%20
–Kendal College few learners60%100%20
–The Apprenticeship Centre few learners58.8%100%20
–Boom Training few learners58.3%100%10
–Lincoln College few learners57.1%100%10
–BPIF Training few learners56.5%100%20
–Wiltshire College & University Centre few learners56.3%100%20
–Randstad few learners56.3%100%20
–Bradford Council few learners55.6%100%10
–The Sheffield College few learners55.6%100%10
–AKG Learning few learners52.9%100%20
–Newcastle University few learners52.4%100%20
–Total People Ltd few learners50%100%20
–Qommunicate Ltd few learners50%90%20
–Nationwide Energy Training Services Ltd few learners50%100%10
–Loughborough College few learners50%100%10
–Locomotivation few learners47.1%100%20
–NTG Training few learners45.5%100%10
–Crosby Training few learners43.8%100%20
–Training 2000 few learners41.7%100%10
–LMP Group few learners35.7%100%10
–New College Durham few learners31.6%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 (very few learners) are not shown.

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