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Apprenticeships started by deprivation, age group, programme, gender, home region, quarter, and year

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Age group	Shown in table	All 13 values	Change values
Academic year	Shown in table	All 9 values	Change values
Programme type	Shown in table	All 4 values	Change values
Gender	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values
Deprivation quintile	Shown in table	All 7 values	Change values
Home region	Shown in table	All 29 values	Change values
Quarter	Shown in table	All 5 values	Change values
Data description	Shown in table	Number of apprenticeship starts	Value cannot be changed

Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [c] = confidential information, [p] = provisional.

Data values	Data description	Academic year	Programme type	Gender	Age group	Deprivation quintile	Home region	Quarter
31,360	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	All areas	Total
9,485	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	All areas	Q1
6,715	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	All areas	Q2
6,890	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	All areas	Q3
8,270	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	All areas	Q4
30,495	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Wales	Total
9,240	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Wales	Q1
6,535	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Wales	Q2
6,710	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Wales	Q3
8,010	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Wales	Q4
6,250	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	North Wales region	Total
2,170	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	North Wales region	Q1
1,350	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	North Wales region	Q2
1,245	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	North Wales region	Q3
1,485	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	North Wales region	Q4
690	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Isle of Anglesey	Total
250	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Isle of Anglesey	Q1
115	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Isle of Anglesey	Q2
135	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Isle of Anglesey	Q3
190	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Isle of Anglesey	Q4
1,110	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Gwynedd	Total
395	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Gwynedd	Q1
200	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Gwynedd	Q2
225	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Gwynedd	Q3
290	Number of apprenticeship starts	2017-18	All apprenticeship programmes	All learners	All ages	All	Gwynedd	Q4

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Metadata

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Next update expected:August 2026

Updates

• 20th August 2026:

  New quarterly data added and updated provisional data.

  To align with other tertiary statistics, deprivation deciles have been replaced with deprivation quintiles. If you need deciles, please get in touch with statistics@medr.cymru.

  The reference codes for the home region field have been changed to align with other statistics.

• 28th May 2026:

  New quarterly data added and updated provisional data.

• 19th February 2026: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider 1: Welsh Government
• Data source 1: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD)
• Data provider 2: Welsh Government
• Data source 2: Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR)
• Time period covered: August 2017 to July 2026
• Dataset ID: 13f104af-3f2f-4b44-885f-f973810b8fc5

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  This table contains the number of apprenticeship programmes taken in Wales at further education institutions and by private training providers. It does not include apprenticeships delivered by higher education institutions. Degree apprenticeships are not included.

  The dataset contains the following variables:

  Academic year - Runs from 1st August to 31st July.

  Quarter - Q1 (Aug to Oct), Q2 (Nov to Jan), Q3 (Feb to Apr), Q4 (May to Jul).

  Programme type - Three level of apprenticeships: level 2 foundation apprenticeships, level 3 apprenticeships, level 4+ higher apprenticeships.

  Deprivation - Based on the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) 2025, 1st deprivation quintile represents learners in 20% most deprived area and 5th decile represents the 20% least deprived areas.

  Age group - Age of the learner at 31st August of the academic year.

  Home region - The local authority of domicile of the learner, calculated using the learner's home postcode.

  Gender - It is displayed as it is collected in the data, but this does not follow best practice. We will evaluate how gender and/or sex should be collected in the Lifelong Learning Record Wales (LLWR).

• Data collection or calculation:

  2025/26 Q3 data is calculated using the month 12 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales record (LLWR). This freeze was produced on the 23rd July 2026

  New work-based learning contract arrangements came into effect on 1st August 2021. This resulted in the transfer of around 4,800 existing apprentices to new providers with new programme records created on the Lifelong Learning Wales Record. New programme records resulting from a transfer are usually included in the statistics on apprenticeship starts with the exception of the target measure. In 2021/22 Q1, however, we excluded the records as so many learners were transferred that the statistics would have presented a misleading picture of apprenticeship starts in that quarter had they been left in.

• Statistical quality:

  Statisticians within the Medr review the data and query any anomalies with the LLWR data collection team and, where relevant, with learning providers before tables are published. The LLWR data underlying this table are intended to be final, for non-funding purposes.

• Rounding applied:

  All figures in the table have been rounded to the closest multiple of 5. All non-zero values less than 5 have been suppressed and are denoted by [c].

• Related reports:
  • Sta/Medr/13/2026: Apprenticeships learning programmes started: February to April 2026 (provisional)

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• Organisation: Medr
• Contact email: statistics@medr.cymru