{
 "id": "apprenticeship-starts-england",
 "title": "Apprenticeship starts, England",
 "category": "education",
 "summary": "Apprenticeships started in England in each whole academic year since 2017/18, in all and at intermediate, advanced and higher level, from the Department for Education.",
 "unit": "count",
 "chart": "column",
 "volatile": false,
 "status": "Accredited official statistics",
 "notes": [
  "Apprenticeships started at any point in the academic year (August to July), in all and at each level (intermediate is level 2, advanced level 3, higher level 4 and above); the DfE counts the starts whose level it does not know in all starts alone. Someone starting two apprenticeships counts twice. The DfE rounds each count to the nearest 10.",
  "The DfE's newest release also gives the first three quarters of the year in progress, provisionally; the hub shows whole years only, so the two years shown cover the same months."
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "publisher": "Department for Education",
  "publisher_url": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/",
  "source_page": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships",
  "licence": "OGL-3.0",
  "licence_name": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T06:44:53Z",
  "raw_files": [
   {
    "name": "catalogue-1.json",
    "url": "https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/data-set-files?publicationId=412d8090-ab45-455a-c176-08dbf5ab522b&latestOnly=true&pageSize=40&page=1",
    "sha256": "35ef280c854a3fd15f9c938f7a006012359c9e7ded1df9054479b0d44b3d32a7",
    "bytes": 39908,
    "content_type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
   },
   {
    "name": "file.json",
    "url": "https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/data-set-files/26f76d9a-8700-4776-bbf6-9a1c963e607b",
    "sha256": "e3689b5dcd712f3af837020ccf68bbdaebab56ce6be7287bf357a94e9be3a6fd",
    "bytes": 6041,
    "content_type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
   },
   {
    "name": "headline.zip",
    "url": "https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/5fa09991-9ced-4ca5-b626-73b747df272d/files?fileIds=5e553962-0adf-4ab0-8ed6-08ded6bfeaad",
    "sha256": "6c754d53f5d4a8d96dcfd79ef22ecf2d931d4f5697089ca892aba58d668c17f5",
    "bytes": 510957,
    "content_type": "application/octet-stream"
   }
  ]
 },
 "meta": {
  "latest_period": "2024/25",
  "period_end": "2025-07-31",
  "release": "Academic year 2025/26",
  "published": "2026-07-16",
  "file": "apps_55_latest_summary_full_year_202526_10.csv"
 },
 "headline": {
  "label": "Apprenticeship starts",
  "value": 353500.0,
  "period": "2024/25"
 },
 "series": [
  {
   "name": "All starts",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 375760.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 393380.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": 322530.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": 321440.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 349190.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 337140.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 339580.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 353500.0
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Intermediate",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 161390.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 143590.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": 99220.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": 84150.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 91520.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 76280.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 70840.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 65680.0
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Advanced",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 166220.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 174730.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": 140840.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": 138490.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 151310.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 147930.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 146520.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 147090.0
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Higher",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 48150.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 75060.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": 82460.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": 98810.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 106360.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 112930.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 122230.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 140730.0
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}