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

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

Data valuesData descriptionAcademic yearProgramme TypeSectorGenderAge GroupHome regionQuarter
7,385 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesAll areasQ1
7,160 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesWalesQ1
1,430 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesNorth Wales regionQ1
130 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesIsle of AngleseyQ1
260 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesGwyneddQ1
215 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesConwyQ1
190 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesDenbighshireQ1
370 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesFlintshireQ1
270 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesWrexhamQ1
410 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesMid Wales regionQ1
300 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesPowysQ1
110 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesCeredigionQ1
1,900 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesSouth West Wales regionQ1
385 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesPembrokeshireQ1
480 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesCarmarthenshireQ1
625 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesSwanseaQ1
410 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesNeath Port TalbotQ1
3,415 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesSouth East Wales regionQ1
405 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesBridgendQ1
270 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesThe Vale of GlamorganQ1
605 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesRhondda Cynon TafQ1
150 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesMerthyr TydfilQ1
395 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesCaerphillyQ1
195 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesBlaenau GwentQ1
230 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesTorfaenQ1
105 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesMonmouthshireQ1
335 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesNewportQ1
725 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesCardiffQ1
230 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersAll agesOutside Wales or not knownQ1
[c] [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersUnder 16All areasQ1
[c] [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersUnder 16WalesQ1
[c] [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersUnder 16South West Wales regionQ1
[c] [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learnersUnder 16CarmarthenshireQ1
400 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16All areasQ1
390 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16WalesQ1
80 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16North Wales regionQ1
10 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16Isle of AngleseyQ1
5 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16GwyneddQ1
5 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16ConwyQ1
10 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16DenbighshireQ1
25 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16FlintshireQ1
20 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16WrexhamQ1
65 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16Mid Wales regionQ1
45 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16PowysQ1
20 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16CeredigionQ1
130 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16South West Wales regionQ1
25 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16PembrokeshireQ1
40 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16CarmarthenshireQ1
45 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16SwanseaQ1
20 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16Neath Port TalbotQ1
115 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16South East Wales regionQ1
10 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16BridgendQ1
5 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16The Vale of GlamorganQ1
15 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16Rhondda Cynon TafQ1
10 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16Merthyr TydfilQ1
15 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16CaerphillyQ1
[c] [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16Blaenau GwentQ1
10 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16TorfaenQ1
5 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16MonmouthshireQ1
15 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16NewportQ1
25 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16CardiffQ1
10 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners16Outside Wales or not knownQ1
690 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17All areasQ1
675 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17WalesQ1
180 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17North Wales regionQ1
20 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17Isle of AngleseyQ1
35 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17GwyneddQ1
20 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17ConwyQ1
15 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17DenbighshireQ1
45 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17FlintshireQ1
40 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17WrexhamQ1
50 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17Mid Wales regionQ1
30 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17PowysQ1
25 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17CeredigionQ1
180 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17South West Wales regionQ1
35 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17PembrokeshireQ1
50 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17CarmarthenshireQ1
55 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17SwanseaQ1
35 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17Neath Port TalbotQ1
265 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17South East Wales regionQ1
30 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17BridgendQ1
15 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17The Vale of GlamorganQ1
65 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17Rhondda Cynon TafQ1
10 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17Merthyr TydfilQ1
45 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17CaerphillyQ1
15 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17Blaenau GwentQ1
15 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17TorfaenQ1
10 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17MonmouthshireQ1
25 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17NewportQ1
40 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17CardiffQ1
15 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners17Outside Wales or not knownQ1
800 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18All areasQ1
765 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18WalesQ1
190 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18North Wales regionQ1
25 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18Isle of AngleseyQ1
40 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18GwyneddQ1
20 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18ConwyQ1
30 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18DenbighshireQ1
45 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18FlintshireQ1
35 [p]Number of apprenticeship starts2025-26All apprenticeship programmesAll ProgrammesAll learners18WrexhamQ1
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Next update expected:May 2026

Updates

19th February 2026
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics
Data provider
Welsh Government
Data source
Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR)

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.

Sector - Reflect the type of work and training being undertaken by the learner. Can be broken down into individual sector frameworks.

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 Q1 data is calculated using the month 6 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales record (LLWR). This freeze was produced on the 22nd January 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.

From 2016/17 onwards all data in the table is calculated using the month 5 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This freeze is produced close to the end of the December after the academic year in question finishes. For example, the freeze containing the 2016/17 data was taken close to the end of December 2017.

Prior to 2016/17 data in the table was calculated using the month 7 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This freeze was produced close to the end of the February after the academic year in question finishes. For example, the freeze containing the 2015/16 data was taken close to the end of February 2017.

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].

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