Best Senior leader apprenticeship providers

Every provider delivering the Level 7 Senior leader 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 Senior leader standard page for funding, duration and the full provider directory.

Top providers by achievement rate

Official 2024/25 achievement rates for Senior leader, 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	York St John University	92.5%+19.1	100%	50
2	Best Practice Network	92%+18.6	97.9%	50
3	University of Huddersfield	87.9%+14.5	100%	30
4	University of Leeds	86.4%+13	100%	60
5	Loughborough University	86%+12.6	100%	40
6	University of Hertfordshire	85.7%+12.3	100%	40
7	QA	85.1%+11.7	100%	50
8	Newcastle University	84.8%+11.4	100%	30
9	University of Staffordshire	84.6%+11.2	100%	30
10	Cranfield University	84.5%+11.1	99.2%	300
11	University of Exeter	83.6%+10.2	100%	260
12	University of Lancashire	83.3%+9.9	100%	40
13	Arden University	82.7%+9.3	100%	320
14	The University of Sunderland	82.4%+9	100%	30
15	The University of Manchester	81%+7.6	99.3%	170
16	Corndel	80.4%+7	100%	1030
17	Babington	80%+6.6	100%	30
18	Lincoln Bishop University	80%+6.6	100%	30
19	Nottingham Trent University	78.4%+5	100%	50
20	The Open University	77.5%+4.1	100%	40
21	Knowledgebrief Limited	76.8%+3.4	100%	70
22	Captiva Learning	76%+2.6	100%	560
23	Sheffield Hallam University	75%+1.6	100%	70
24	University of Portsmouth	75%+1.6	100%	30
25	Teesside University	73.6%at avg	98.7%	110
26	De Montfort University	73.5%at avg	100%	30
-	National average for this standard(5,760 leavers nationally)	73.4%
27	Ascento	73.1%at avg	86.4%	30
28	University of Reading	71.4%-2	100%	320
29	University of Wolverhampton	71.4%-2	100%	40
30	Lancaster University	71.2%-2.2	100%	70
31	Tend Training Ltd	69.7%-3.7	100%	30
32	Keele University	68.6%-4.8	100%	70
33	Oxford Brookes University	68.1%-5.3	100%	50
34	University of Kent	67.3%-6.1	100%	50
35	Middlesex University	64%-9.4	97%	50
36	University of Gloucestershire	63.4%-10	100%	40
37	Better Futures Apprenticeships	63.2%-10.2	100%	40
38	Hult International Business School	63.1%-10.3	100%	150
39	Aston University	62%-11.4	97.1%	110
40	University of Cambridge	61.8%-11.6	100%	60
41	Liverpool John Moores University	60.5%-12.9	100%	80
42	Northumbria University	60%-13.4	100%	30
43	University of Birmingham	59.8%-13.6	100%	170
44	City St George’s University of London	58.6%-14.8	100%	30
45	Consalia	57.1%-16.3	94.1%	30
46	University of East Anglia	54.5%-18.9	100%	40
47	Solent University	54.3%-19.1	100%	40
48	Happy	50%-23.4	93.3%	30
49	Leeds Trinity University	50%-23.4	100%	30
50	Coventry University	45.1%-28.3	100%	50
51	Durham University	29.4%-44	100%	30
–	University of Nottingham few learners	100%	100%	10
–	Bauer Academy few learners	100%	100%	10
–	Coreed few learners	93.3%	93.3%	20
–	Serco few learners	90%	100%	10
–	University of Bedfordshire few learners	88.9%	100%	10
–	Aicura few learners	87.5%	100%	20
–	University of Lincoln few learners	85.7%	100%	10
–	WELL Training few learners	81.3%	100%	20
–	Anglia Ruskin University ARU few learners	78.3%	100%	20
–	Buckinghamshire New University few learners	76.9%	100%	10
–	University of West London few learners	75%	100%	20
–	Bournemouth University few learners	75%	100%	10
–	The University of Sheffield few learners	72.2%	100%	20
–	UWE Bristol few learners	71.4%	100%	10
–	Aspirations Academies Trust (Academy Trust) few learners	70%	100%	10
–	Qdos Training few learners	63.6%	100%	10
–	Canterbury Christ Church University few learners	63.6%	100%	10
–	Birmingham City University few learners	45.5%	100%	10
–	University of Plymouth few learners	41.7%	100%	20
–	BPIF Training few learners	41.7%	100%	10
–	Deere Apprenticeships Ltd few learners	40%	100%	20
–	Sct Ltd few learners	38.9%	100%	20
–	UCL few learners	38.9%	100%	20
–	University of Bradford few learners	36.8%	100%	20
–	Riverside Training few learners	31.3%	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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