2022 to 2023 progress report
The public sector apprenticeships target came to an end on 31 March 2022. From this date, there is no longer a target set for public sector employers. The government will still ask them to gather and report on:
- new apprenticeship starts
- total number of apprentices
- organisational headcount
The below figures have now been broken down into council and maintained school data.
Excluding maintained schools
Type of data |
Number or percentage |
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2022 |
4348 |
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2023 |
4477 |
Number of new employees who started working for you in England between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 |
661 |
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2022 |
118 |
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2023 |
92 |
Number of new apprentices in England whose apprenticeship agreements started between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. This includes both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship |
32 |
Maintained schools only
Type of data |
Number or percentage |
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2022 |
3554 |
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2023 |
3541 |
Number of new employees who started working for you in England between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 |
558 |
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2022 |
30 |
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2023 |
27 |
Number of new apprentices in England whose apprenticeship agreements started between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. This includes both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship |
15 |
Percentages
Category |
Council |
Maintained schools |
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 |
4.8% |
2.6% |
Percentage of total headcount that were apprentices on 31 March 2023 |
2.05% |
0.76% |
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 as a proportion of total headcount on 31 March 2022 |
0.74% |
0.42% |
Full time equivalents (optional)
The total number of full time equivalents (optional) was 6623.