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Foundation apprenticeship starts fall well below government target
160starts
Foundation apprenticeship starts between August 2025 and April 2026
Official figures show 160 foundation apprenticeship starts in the first eight months of the scheme, compared with the government’s ambition of 30,000 by the end of the parliament. The Fabian Society called for reforms to apprenticeships and technical education.
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- 160starts
Foundation apprenticeship starts between August 2025 and April 2026
“official figures show there have been only 160 such starts between August 2025 and April this year”
- 30,000starts
The government’s target for foundation apprenticeship starts by the end of the parliament
“its ambition of 30,000 “foundation apprenticeship” starts by the end of this parliament”
- 308,000enrolments
Apprenticeship enrolments of any kind in England during the academic year so far
“About 308,000 people have enrolled into an apprenticeship of any kind in England in the academic year so far”