The government published the national achievement rates for apprenticeships on 21st March 2023, which made for interesting reading! We are delighted with our 72% achievement. To put this in perspective, we are one of only a handful of independent training providers that have exceeded the government's 67% achievement target. There are 1119 apprenticeship providers in this year's achievement rates, meaning most have failed to meet the government's planned achievement target. People Professional Apprenticeship Delivery We decided to explore our stats a bit deeper. We looked at all the independent apprenticeship training providers listed as CIPD-approved, with over 100 learners. We are placed in the top three as a Level 5 People Professional apprenticeship provider. This is an important achievement and is a measure of our overall competence in delivering high-quality apprenticeships. Provider NameAchievement Rate %ACCESS TRAINING LIMITED (10009059)77. 9VQ SOLUTIONS LTD (10022405)71. 8SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED (10031146)59. 5BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED (10029952)53. 4BESPOKE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING LIMITED (10045955)50. 9FAREPORT TRAINING ORGANISATION LIMITED (10002407)50. 8IXION HOLDINGS (CONTRACTS) LIMITED (10033758)50. 4THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED (10004177)49. 6BABINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED (10000494)47. 7CITY SKILLS LIMITED (10065422)47. 1TOTAL PEOPLE LIMITED (10021755)41. 6LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED (10003915)35AVADO APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED (10046797)30. 2 Marketing Apprenticeships We also looked at marketing apprenticeships. This was slightly more difficult to analyse as the list of providers of the Level 3 marketing apprenticeship has been removed and replaced with the Level 3 Multi-Channel Marketer apprenticeship, which was only released in December 2023. Instead, we took the list of independent training providers with over 100 learners delivering this programme. Again, we are delighted to be placed as a top 3 training provider. Provider NameAchievement Rate %EMA TRAINING LIMITED (10041891)75. 2VQ SOLUTIONS LTD (10022405)71. 8HOUSE OF CLIVE (HAIR AND BEAUTY) LIMITED (10005426)68BALTIC TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED (10019026)67. 4CLEARLINE RECRUITMENT LTD (10066561)66. 1JGA LIMITED (10006710)65. 6APPRENTIFY LIMITED (10063272)65. 4GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED (10048380)63PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIPS LTD (10065020)61. 5SCCU LTD (10036794)60. 5DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED (10005109)60. 2JUST IT TRAINING LIMITED (10034940)59. 9J G W TRAINING LIMITED (10031399)57. 1CAMBRIDGE MARKETING COLLEGE LIMITED (10001113)56ESTIO TRAINING LIMITED (10048177)54. 6SWARM TRAINING C. I. C. (10049392)51. 4REMIT GROUP LIMITED (10023047)51. 2THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED (10004177)49. 6HTP APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE LTD (10003162)48. 1BOOM TRAINING LIMITED (10044607)42. 5 Network Cable Installer The Network Cable Installer apprenticeship is delivered by a much smaller group of providers as it is more technical and specialised. Again, we took the list of providers from the Apprenticeship Training Courses list and were delighted to find that we have the highest achievement rate of all of the listed providers. Training Provider NameAchievement Rate %VQ SOLUTIONS LTD (10022405)71. 8MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE (10004344)69. 7THE COLLEGES' PARTNERSHIP LIMITED (10020932)62. 5BARKING AND DAGENHAM COLLEGE (10000528)54. 5THE EDUCATION AND SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD (10052437)50. 7DIGITAL TELECOMS NETWORK ACADEMY LIMITED (10001078)35. 3CNET TRAININGNo AchievementsC2CNo AchievementsWhat does this all mean? National achievement rates are always important as they measure our performance relative to other training providers. We are incredibly proud to be a leading training provider. We are grateful to work with many outstanding employers who share our passion for delivering high-quality apprenticeships. We are also grateful to work with many amazing apprentices who want to complete their programmes. Finally, none of this would have been possible without the entire VQ Solutions team's dedication, professionalism and unwavering commitment.