We’ve drilled down in the latest figures from The Data Service and the Department for Education to give you 10 interesting apprenticeship facts.
- Business, Administration and Law are the most popular sector subject area for people starting an apprenticeship. Over 130,000 people started apprenticeships in these sectors in 2011.
- In total the Retail and Commercial Enterprise sector has seen most people start apprenticeships with 417,600 participants in total since 2002/3.
- In 2002/03 Hospitality & Catering and Business Administration were the two most popular options. Customer Service and Health & Social Care now rank the highest, closely followed by Retail, Business Administration and Hospitality & Catering.
- 175,000 people (almost 40%) who started an apprenticeship in 2011 were between 25 and 60 years old.
- In 2010/11 180,000 people completed an apprenticeship, an increase of almost 40,000 on 2009.
- Provisional data shows that nearly 444,000 people started an apprenticeship in 2010/11, up by 37% on the previous year.
- Hampshire had the most people successfully complete an apprenticeship in 2011, with a figure of 5,730.
- Apprenticeships are equally popular with males and females. The split on average in 2011 was 52% males and 48% females.
- Those with a Level 2 Apprenticeship earn on average around £73,000 more over their lifetime than those with a Level 2 qualification or below; people with an Advanced Apprenticeship earn around £105,000 more.*
- The Apprenticeship budget for the 2010-11 financial year was £1,337 million (£780 million for 16- to 18-year-olds).*
Sources: The Data Service except for *The Department for Education.
Highbury College Portsmouth is one of the largest providers of apprenticeship training in Hampshire and the South East. For more information about apprenticeships and grants at Highbury email employers@highbury.ac.uk or telephone (023) 9238 3131 (option 2).
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