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Data Provider: Welsh Government Apprenticeship learning programmes started by quarter, region of domicile and programme type
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[Collapse]Age groupThis dimension gives the age of the learner at 31 August of the academic year. [Filtered]
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Age group 1[Filter]
Academic yearAcademic years run from 1 August of the initial year to 31 July of the following year.[Filter]
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Gender 1[Filter]
[Collapse]SectorThe sector reflects the type of work and training being undertaken by the learner and is directly related to the qualification being studied for. The sector groupings can be broken down into individual sector frameworks. Any sector framework with fewer than 40 programmes in the academic year is grouped under \'Other Sector Frameworks\' for the corresponding sector grouping. [Filtered]
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Sector 2[Filter]
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Programme type 1
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Quarter 1
[Collapse]Region of domicileThis dimension gives the local authority of domicile of the learner, and has been calculated using their recorded home postcode. The 22 local authorities in Wales are grouped under four regions.[Filter]
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[Collapse]Region of domicile 1(Descending)
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Region of domicile 3(Descending)
[Collapse]All apprenticeship programmesIncludes Foundation Apprenticeships, Apprenticeships, Higher Apprenticeships, and MSDs.
[Collapse]Foundation Apprenticeship (Level 2)[Collapse]Apprenticeship (Level 3)[Collapse]Higher Apprenticeship (Level 4+)MSDs (Modern Skills Diplomas) were replaced by Higher Apprenticeships for programmes starting on or after August 2011.
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All areas[Collapse]Wales
Wales[Collapse]North Wales regionNorth Wales region consists of the local authorities of Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.
North Wales regionNorth Wales region consists of the local authorities of Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.Wrexham
Isle of Anglesey
Gwynedd
Flintshire
Denbighshire
Conwy
[Collapse]Mid Wales regionMid Wales region consists of the local authorities of Powys and Ceredigion.
Mid Wales regionMid Wales region consists of the local authorities of Powys and Ceredigion.Powys
Ceredigion
[Collapse]South West Wales regionSouth West Wales region consists of the local authorities of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.
South West Wales regionSouth West Wales region consists of the local authorities of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.Swansea
Pembrokeshire
Neath Port Talbot
Carmarthenshire
[Collapse]South East Wales regionSouth East Wales region consists of the local authorities of Bridgend, The Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Newport and Cardiff.
South East Wales regionSouth East Wales region consists of the local authorities of Bridgend, The Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Newport and Cardiff.Torfaen
The Vale of Glamorgan
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Newport
Monmouthshire
Merthyr Tydfil
Cardiff
Caerphilly
Bridgend
Blaenau Gwent
[Collapse]Outside Wales or not knownIncludes all learners known to be domiciled outside of Wales and all learners for whom the region of domicile is unknown.[Collapse]Outside Wales or not knownIncludes all learners known to be domiciled outside of Wales and all learners for whom the region of domicile is unknown.Outside Wales or not knownIncludes all learners known to be domiciled outside of Wales and all learners for whom the region of domicile is unknown.

Metadata

Title

Number of apprenticeship learning programmes started in Wales by quarter

Last update

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

Next update

June 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Lifelong Learning Wales Record, Welsh Government

Contact email

Statistics@medr.cymru

Designation

None

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English only

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

Statisticians within the Welsh Government review the data and query any anomalies with the LLWR data collection team and, where relevant, with learning providers before tables are published.

The LLWR data underlying this table are intended to be final, for non-funding purposes.

Keywords

Lifelong Learning Wales Record LLWR Work Based Learning WBL Apprenticeship Apprenticeships Post 16 P16

General description

This table provides quarterly data on the number of apprenticeship learning programmes started in work-based learning (WBL) in Wales. The data includes WBL that is delivered by further education institutions and also WBL delivered by other training providers.

2024/25 data is calculated using the month 8 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales record (LLWR). This freeze was produced on the 20th March 2025.

New work-based learning contract arrangements came into effect on 1st August 2021. This resulted in the transfer of around 4,800 existing apprentices to new providers with new programme records created on the Lifelong Learning Wales Record. New programme records resulting from a transfer are usually included in the statistics on apprenticeship starts with the exception of the target measure. In 2021/22 Q1, however, we excluded the records as so many learners were transferred that the statistics would have presented a misleading picture of apprenticeship starts in that quarter had they been left in.

From 2016/17 onwards all data in the table is calculated using the month 5 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This freeze is produced close to the end of the December after the academic year in question finishes. For example, the freeze containing the 2016/17 data was taken close to the end of December 2017.

Prior to 2016/17 data in the table was calculated using the month 7 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This freeze was produced close to the end of the February after the academic year in question finishes. For example, the freeze containing the 2015/16 data was taken close to the end of February 2017.

Data in the table is presented on an academic year basis, which runs from 1st August - 31st July.

All figures are rounded to the nearest multiple of 5. Any values greater than 0 and less than 5 have been suppressed and replaced with an asterisk (*).

Rounding applied

All figures in the table have been rounded to the closest multiple of 5. All non-zero values less than 5 have been suppressed and are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Name

EDUC0192