This release is an update to the Apprenticeship and traineeships: June 2020 statistics publication and is a repurposed transitionary approach during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Please see the document above, ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships: main text - July 2020 update’, for more information.

We have updated official statistics within the publication to provide:

• the latest monthly apprenticeship starts to May 2020
• the number of apprenticeship service commitments as reported at the end of June 2020
• new, separate tables on apprenticeship starts as first reported for the month of June

The data for June is provided for transparency during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and would not normally be released due to high levels of underreporting at this point in the year (for example June starts as first reported at this point in 2019 were only 70.7% of the final figure). Additionally, the pandemic will have had an unknown impact on provider reporting, which may mean reporting has been affected further. Therefore extra care should be taken in interpreting these data.

For commentary and statistics relating specifically to the latest full academic year (2018 to 2019) please see Further education and skills: November 2019.

We may amend the content and timing of these statistics depending on user feedback and data reporting.

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This release is an update to the Apprenticeship and traineeships: May 2020 statistics publication and is a repurposed transitionary approach during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Please see the document above, ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships: main text - June 2020 update’, for more information.

We have updated official statistics within the publication to provide:

• the latest monthly apprenticeship starts to April 2020
• the number of apprenticeship service commitments as reported at the end of May 2020
• new, separate tables on apprenticeship starts as first reported for the month of May

The data for May are being provided for transparency during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and would not normally be released due to high levels of underreporting at this point in the year (for example May starts as first reported at this point in 2019 were only 71.1 per cent of the final figure). Additionally, the pandemic will have had an unknown impact on provider reporting, which may mean underreporting has been affected further. Therefore extra care should be taken in interpreting these data.

For commentary and statistics relating specifically to the latest full academic year (2018 to 2019) please see Further education and skills: November 2019.

We may amend the content and timing of these statistics depending on user feedback and data reporting.

For further information about this publication or to provide feedback, please contact:

This release is an update to the Apprenticeship and traineeships: April 2020 statistics publication and is a repurposed transitionary approach during the coronavirus outbreak. Please read ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships: main text - May 2020 update’ for more information.

We have updated official statistics within the publication to provide:

• the latest monthly apprenticeship starts to March 2020
• the number of apprenticeship service commitments as reported at the end of April 2020
• new, separate tables on apprenticeship starts as first reported for the month of April

The data for April is being provided for transparency during the coronavirus outbreak and would not normally be released due to high levels of underreporting at this point in the year (for example April starts as first reported at this point in 2019 was only 67.5% of the final figure). Additionally, the outbreak will have had an unknown impact on provider reporting, which may mean underreporting has been affected further. Therefore extra care should be taken in interpreting this data.

For commentary and statistics relating specifically to the latest full academic year (2018 to 2019) please read’Further education and skills: November 2019’.

We may amend the content and publication of these statistics depending on user feedback and data reporting.

For further information about this publication, or to provide feedback, please contact:

This release is an update to the apprenticeship and traineeships: August 2020 statistics publication and is a repurposed transitionary approach during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. See apprenticeships and traineeships: main text - August 2020 update, for more information.

We have updated official statistics within the publication to provide:

• the latest monthly apprenticeship starts covering the provisional, full 2019 to 2020 academic year.
• the latest number of apprenticeship service commitments.

For commentary and statistics relating specifically to the latest full academic year (2018 to 2019), see further education and skills: November 2019.

We may amend the content and timing of these statistics depending on user feedback and data reporting.

For further information about this publication or to provide feedback, please contact:

This release is an update to the Apprenticeships and traineeships: July 2020 statistics publication and is a repurposed transitionary approach during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Please see the document above, ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships: main text - August 2020 update’, for more information.

We have updated official statistics within the publication to provide:

• the latest monthly apprenticeship starts to June 2020
• the number of apprenticeship service commitments as reported at the end of July 2020
• new, separate tables on apprenticeship starts as first reported for the month of July

The data for June is provided for transparency during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and would not normally be released due to high levels of underreporting at this point in the year (for example July starts as first reported at this point in 2019 were only 75.9% of the final figure). Additionally, the pandemic will have had an unknown impact on provider reporting, which may mean reporting has been affected further. Therefore extra care should be taken in interpreting these data.

For commentary and statistics relating specifically to the latest full academic year (2018 to 2019) please see Further education and skills: November 2019.

We may amend the content and timing of these statistics depending on user feedback and data reporting.

For further information about this publication or to provide feedback, please contact:

This publication contain further education and skills statistics in England, including learner participation and achievements reported for the first three quarters (August 2019 to April 2020) of the 2019 to 2020 academic year (reported to date).

This comprises adult (aged 19 and over) government-funded further education (excluding schools and higher education) comprising:

• education and training
• English and maths
• community learning

Additional data relating to all age apprenticeships (participation and achievements) are also being published for the first time in this release along with further breakdowns of the apprenticeship starts covering this same time frame, as published in the Apprenticeship and traineeships: June 2020 statistics publication. Headline further education figures include traineeships and apprenticeships where appropriate.

Further breakdowns of these data are available in the FE data library. Commentary and statistics specific to the last full academic year can be found in the Further education and skills: November 2019 statistics publication.

We are planning on moving all our further education and apprenticeship releases to a new platform during 2020. These plans are detailed in the ‘main text’ document.

For further information about this publication or to provide feedback, please contact:

This release is an update to Apprenticeship and traineeships: March 2020 and is a transitionary approach while we move all our further education and apprenticeship releases to a new dissemination platform, which we plan to do during 2020. Please see the document above, ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships: main text - April 2020 update’, for more information.

We have updated official statistics within the publication relating to:

• apprenticeship service account registrations to March 2020
• the number of apprenticeship service commitments and transferred commitments, where someone expected to start an apprenticeship is recorded in the system, to March 2020
• the number of apprenticeship service reservations (from 9 January to 31 March 2020)
• the number of transferred commitments confirmed as having started their apprenticeships
• the latest monthly apprenticeship starts to February 2019

Please see the Apprenticeships and traineeships data section of the FE data library for more apprenticeship statistics.

For commentary and statistics relating specifically to the latest full academic year (2018 to 2019) please see Further education and skills: November 2019.

We may amend the content and timing of these statistics depending on user feedback and data reporting.

For further information about this publication or to provide feedback, please contact: