Apprenticeships in Berkshire. June 2016

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1 Apprenticeships in Berkshire June 2016

2 Apprenticeship activity in Berkshire ,700 Apprenticeships being undertaken 72.4% achievement rate 6,900 Apprenticeships starts 2,300 workplaces with Apprentices

3 Apprenticeship starts per 1,000 working age population Apprenticeship participation in Berkshire is lower than the national average Within Berkshire, participation is highest in West Berkshire and lowest in Windsor & Maidenhead Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham Slough Reading Bracknell Forest West Berkshire England South East Source: Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship Start Data 2014/15 and Annual Population Survey (ONS) Working Age Population Data 2014

4 Berkshire employers with Apprentices Fewer employers have Apprentices in Berkshire than the national average % Only 9% of workplaces in Berkshire have an Apprentice, compared with 17% nationally Within Berkshire, highest % of employers with Apprentices is in Reading and lowest is in Wokingham. Number of workplaces with Apprentices % 15% 12% 8% 6% 6% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% % of workplaces with Apprentices In terms of volume, Reading has the highest number of Apprenticeship employers Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Wokingham Maidenhead 2% 0% Source: Skills Funding Agency 2014/15 and UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2013 Data

5 Vacancies On average, 7 applicants per Apprenticeship vacancy in TVB. Data for February suggests highest demand for Apprenticeship vacancies in Slough. Local insight suggests that Berkshire employers receive far fewer applications for Apprenticeship vacancies than for graduate entry level vacancies Berkshire Apprenticeship vacancies advertised via the.gov.uk website* (snapshot taken in mid February 2016) Number of Vacancies Average of number of applications per advert Bracknell Forest 21 8 Reading 75 9 Slough West Berkshire 58 5 Windsor and Maidenhead 56 7 Wokingham Thames Valley Berkshire South of England Total 3,298 8 Hampshire Surrey Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire Wiltshire 71 5 Source: Skills Funding Agency, Live Vacancy Data 2016 *Note, the majority, but not all Apprenticeship vacancies are advertised via this site

6 Apprenticeship vacancies in Berkshire advertised via the.gov.uk website* by job family Vacancies Snapshot of vacancy data suggests that largest volume of vacancies in health, care & welfare and business & finance Demand from applicants highest for construction Apprenticeships and lowest for hospitality, logistics and education Apprenticeships (snapshot taken in mid February 2016) Number of vacancies Health, care and welfare Business and finance Digital technologies Hospitality Sales and customer service Hair and beauty Engineering and science Automotive Construction Land-based Property Leisure Retail Logistics Education Average number of applicants per vacancy Construction Automotive Business and finance Digital technologies Health, care and welfare Hair and beauty Sales and customer service Engineering and science Leisure Property Land-based Retail Hospitality Logistics Education Low number of vacancies, low demand (applicants) Low number of vacancies, high demand (applicants) High number of vacancies, low demand (applicants)

7 Top-level trends Over last four years the number of people starting Apprenticeships in TVB has decreased by an average of 1.2 per year. Whilst there was a 7.6% increase in starts between 2013/14 and 2014/15 this was much lower than the national increase of 13.5%. Achievement rates have fluctuated over the last three years. The number of workplaces offering Apprenticeships in TVB grew at a faster rate than the national average between 2013/14 and 2014/15 (6.9% v 4.7%) Apprenticeship starts, participation, achievement and workplace numbers 2011/12 to 2014/ / / / /15 Growth 2013/14 to 2014/15 Average annual growth rate Starts (excl. Army) 6,050 6,310 5,360 5, % -1.2% Starts (Army) 1,560 1,870 1,360 1, % -8.6% Starts (incl. Army) 7,610 8,180 6,720 6, % -2.6% Participation (incl. Army) n/a n/a 12,590 12, % n/a Achievement rate (incl. Army) Workplaces with Apprentices n/a 72.8% 68.7% 72.4% n/a n/a 1,980 2,240 2,130 2, % 3.6% NOTE 1: The British Army has traditionally been the largest provider of Apprenticeship training in Berkshire. This was due to training undertaken at the Arborfield Garrison in Wokingham. Training ceased at Arborfield in September 2015, so it is anticipated that Army start figures will drop considerably in 2015/16. As those undertaking Apprenticeships with the Army are unlikely to be available to work in the local labour market, the Start data presented within the remainder of this presentation excludes those undertaking Apprenticeships with the Army. We are unable to strip this group out of the participation and achievement rate data so please bear this in mind when drawing conclusions. NOTE 2: Trends are often driven by changes in government policy (e.g. age groups eligible for funding)

8 Apprenticeship starts Apprenticeship starts have increased over the last 12 months. This increase is concentrated in the older age group (25 plus) and at Level 3. West Berkshire experienced a particularly high increase. 8% increase in Apprenticeship starts in Berkshire between 2013/14 and 2014/15 Growth in starts ranges from 17% in West Berkshire to -1% in Windsor and Maidenhead All of the growth was in the 25+ age group. The number of year olds and year olds starting Apprenticeships fell during this period Between 2013/14 and 2014/15 the greatest increase in Apprenticeship starts was at Level 3 (460), followed by Level 4 (80). The number of Level 2 starts fell by 30 during this period. Further details are provided in the next slides and full data tables can be found here: 0Starts%202014_15%20%20Local%20authority%20of%20learner.xl sx?dl=0 Source: Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship Start Data

9 Apprenticeship starts by age In line with the national trend, the largest age group starting Apprenticeships in TVB in 2014/15 were those over the age of 25. A slightly higher proportion of Apprenticeships were started by year olds in TVB than nationally (28% v 25%) There is some variation across Berkshire in terms of the age of those starting Apprenticeships. Learners from Slough starting Apprenticeships were most likely to be aged 25+ whilst learners from Wokingham were most likely to be aged Apprenticeship starts by age and local authority of learner 2014/15 Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham TVB total England % 26% 21% 30% 26% 35% 28% 25% % 29% 29% 33% 36% 33% 31% 32% % 45% 49% 37% 38% 33% 41% 43% Grand Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Source: Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship Start Data 41% of Apprenticeships started by TVB based individuals in 2014/15 were by people over the age of 25. Of the remainder there was a relatively even split between those aged and those aged Highest proportion of older Apprenticeship starts in Slough, highest proportion of year olds Apprentices in Wokingham Apprenticeship starts in TVB by age 41% 31% 28%

10 Apprenticeship starts by gender and local authority of learner 2014/15 Apprenticeship starts by gender In line with the national average, more females started Apprenticeships in TVB in 2014/15 than males There is variation across Berkshire with the gender split being most equal in West Berkshire (49%/51%). Since 2012/13, the gender gap in Apprenticeship starts has narrowed slightly. Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham TVB total England Female 56% 56% 58% 49% 58% 55% 55% 53% Male 44% 44% 42% 51% 42% 45% 45% 47% Grand Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Source: Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship Start Data More females than males started Apprenticeships in Berkshire in 2014/15. The gender gap has narrowed slightly over the last three years. West Berkshire has the highest proportion of male starts (51%) and Slough and Windsor & Maidenhead the lowest (42%). Apprenticeship starts in TVB by gender 65% 60% 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% Female Male 2011/ / / /15

11 Apprenticeship starts by level Most of those starting Apprenticeships in TVB are undertaking Intermediate Apprenticeships (L2) Apprenticeship starts by level and local authority of learner 2014/15 Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Windsor and Wokingha Berkshire Maidenhead m TVB total England Higher Apprenticeship (L4+) 6% 3% 3% 3% 3% 5% 3% 4% Advanced Level Apprenticeship (L3) 40% 38% 35% 40% 41% 47% 40% 36% Intermediate Level Apprenticeship (L2) 55% 60% 61% 57% 56% 49% 57% 60% Grand Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Take up of Advanced Level Apprenticeships is higher in TVB than the national average (40% v 36%) whilst take-up of Higher Apprenticeships is broadly in-line with the national average. There is variation across Berkshire with take up of Level 4+ Apprenticeships being highest amongst Bracknell Forest residents and Level 2 Apprenticeships amongst Reading and Slough residents. Source: Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship Start Data In 2014/15, 57% of Apprenticeship starts by Berkshire residents were at Level 2 (Intermediate), 40% were at Level 3 (Higher) and 3% at Level 4 or above (Advanced). The numbers starting Higher Apprenticeships have increased gradually over the last four years. Apprenticeship starts in TVB by level 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2011/ / / /15 Higher Apprenticeship Advanced Level Apprenticeship Intermediate Level Apprenticeship

12 Apprenticeship Employers Nearly a third of all Apprenticeship starts in 2014/15 were with micro employers (with 10 or fewer employees). A quarter were with small employers (11-30 employees). Approximately 30% were with medium employers ( employees) and 12% with large employers (300+ employees) There was some variation locally. Wokingham had the highest proportion of starts with micro employers and Slough had the highest proportion of starts with large employers Apprenticeship starts by workplace size and local authority of learner 2014/15 Number of employees Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham TVB total % 32% 29% 29% 33% 37% 32% % 24% 26% 23% 27% 24% 24% % 21% 22% 22% 23% 21% 21% % 11% 7% 11% 6% 8% 9% % 12% 15% 13% 9% 8% 12% Source: Skills Funding Agency Start Data Major Berkshire Apprentice employers include: Vodafone 3M Group BWM Rush Hair Hilton Worldwide Greene King TGI Fridays Local authorities NHS Fujitsu Hewlett Packard Norsk European Wholesale Busy Bees Childcare Tony & Guy Thames Water John Lewis GSK Microsoft Ladbrokes Baker Tilly Howdens

13 Apprenticeship starts by subject area, TVB and England Apprenticeship starts by sector subject area Top three sectors for Apprenticeship starts in TVB are: Business, Admin & Law; Health, Public Service & Care; Retail & Commercial Enterprise Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies starts were higher in last two years than previous two years, however, are lower that the national average. Starts in ICT, whilst comparatively low in relation to other subject areas, are higher than the national average England 2014/ Health, Public Services and Care 22% 26% 26% 26% 26% 02 - Science and Mathematics 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 03 - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care 1% 2% 2% 2% 1% 04 - Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies 9% 8% 14% 12% 15% 05 - Construction, Planning and the Built Environment 4% 4% 2% 3% 4% 06 - Information and Communication Technology 6% 4% 6% 5% 3% 07 - Retail and Commercial Enterprise 20% 20% 20% 19% 18% 08 - Leisure, Travel and Tourism 5% 4% 4% 4% 3% 09 - Arts, Media and Publishing 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 13 - Education and Training 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 15 - Business, Administration and Law 31% 29% 26% 28% 29% Grand Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Source: Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship Start Data

14 Apprenticeship starts by subject area and local authority of learner 2014/15 Apprenticeship starts by sector subject area Across Berkshire concentrations of Apprenticeship starts in certain subject areas broadly align with local economic structures. For example, West Berkshire has the largest manufacturing sector within Berkshire and the largest proportion of Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies Apprenticeship starts. Similarly Reading has the largest health sector and Slough the largest business administration sector. Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and TVB Maidenhead Wokingham total 01 - Health, Public Services and Care 27% 32% 29% 22% 26% 22% 26% 03 - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care 1% 1% 1% 3% 2% 2% 2% 04 - Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies 10% 10% 12% 18% 11% 14% 12% 05 - Construction, Planning and the Built Environment 2% 3% 1% 3% 3% 3% 3% 06 - Information and Communication Technology 5% 4% 6% 4% 6% 6% 5% 07 - Retail and Commercial Enterprise 20% 18% 17% 19% 21% 17% 19% 08 - Leisure, Travel and Tourism 5% 4% 2% 4% 5% 7% 4% 13 - Education and Training 1% 1% 1% 2% 3% 1% 1% 15 - Business, Administration and Law 29% 27% 33% 27% 24% 28% 28% 100 Grand Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% % Source: Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship Start Data

15 Training providers The majority of Apprenticeship training delivered to Berkshire learners is delivered by Private Sector Public Funded providers. When Army provision is excluded, nearly three quarters of the remaining starts in 2014/15 were with Private Sector Public Funded training providers. 25% of starts were with General FE and Tertiary Colleges. This is lower than the national average of approximately 30%. Apprenticeship starts by type of training provider 2014/15 Including Army Excluding Army Type of provider Number % Number % General FE and Tertiary College 1,440 21% 1,440 25% Other Public Funded 1,150 17% 60 1% Private Sector Public Funded 4,130 60% 4,130 72% Sixth Form College 110 2% 110 2% Specialist College 40 1% 40 1% Grand Total 6, % 5, % Source: Skills Funding Agency Start Data

16 Main providers of Apprenticeship training to TVB residents In 2014/15 the British Army was the main provider of training to Berkshire residents (most likely those living at Arborfield Garrison). They are followed by three national Private Sector Public Funded training providers. Activate Learning (which includes Reading College) is the largest General FE and Tertiary College provider (based on starts in 2014/15) Provider name Starts BRITISH ARMY 1,090 LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED 380 LEARNDIRECT LIMITED 350 BABCOCK TRAINING LIMITED 270 ACTIVATE LEARNING 250 CHILTERN TRAINING LIMITED 230 BRACKNELL AND WOKINGHAM COLLEGE 210 QA LIMITED 180 HIT TRAINING LTD 170 WEST BERKSHIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM 170 MITIE GROUP PLC 150 THE HENLEY COLLEGE 110 KEY TRAINING LIMITED 100 EAST BERKSHIRE COLLEGE 100 BASINGSTOKE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 80 MARR CORPORATION LIMITED 80 CITB 80 EASTLEIGH COLLEGE 80 THE CADCENTRE (UK) LIMITED 70 WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE 70 FIRST4SKILLS LIMITED 70 PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED 70 NEWBURY COLLEGE 60 HAWK MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED 60 Apprenticeship starts by training provider 2014/15 Key Provider Type General FE and Tertiary College Other Public Funded Private Sector Public Funded Sixth Form College Specialist College Source: Skills Funding Agency Start Data

17 Apprenticeship achievement rates Berkshire s Apprenticeship achievement rates seem comparatively good, sitting just above the national average. However, when broken down it appears that the high rate is being driven by the high achievement rate of those undertaking Apprenticeships with the Army. We are unable to extract this group from the analysis but we can see that achievement rates at Level and amongst those learning with colleges and private providers are lower than the national average. Berkshire s overall Apprenticeship achievement rate is above the national average (72.4% v 71.7%) Achievement rates for those learning with General FE Colleges and Private Sector Public Funded providers are lower than the national average, whilst rates for those learning with Other Public Funded providers (which includes the Army and local authorities) are higher Achievement rates in Berkshire are highest at Level 3 (Advanced Apprenticeships) and amongst year olds Achievement rates for Level 3 and Level 4 Apprenticeships are higher in Berkshire than nationally but for Level 2 Apprenticeships are lower Source: Skills Funding Agency Achievement Data

18 Achievement rates by TVB-based training provider Provider achievement rates Achievement rates of TVBbased providers fluctuate over time. Generally speaking, achievement rates are higher for private providers than for colleges. Institution Name ACTIVATE LEARNING (Reading, City of Oxford, Banbury and Bicester Colleges) BERKSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, THE (BCA) No data BRACKNELL AND WOKINGHAM COLLEGE CHILTERN TRAINING LIMITED EAST BERKSHIRE COLLEGE KEY TRAINING LIMITED NEWBURY COLLEGE QA LIMITED SLOUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL THE SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED WEST BERKSHIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM Source: Skills Funding Agency Achievement Data

19 Apprenticeship workforce penetration rates A lower proportion of the hair and beauty; public service and construction workforce in TVB started Apprenticeships in 2014/15 than the national average. Apprenticeship penetration rates 2014/15 starts as a proportion of employment 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% This suggests there is potentially latent demand from TVB employers for Apprenticeships in these subject areas and/or a lack of demand by individuals to take-up Apprenticeships in these subjects. TVB penetration rate England penetration rate Source: Skills Funding Agency Start Data and EMSI employment data by occupational group

20 Job family Likely undersupply mid-skill occupations Employer views Other local views Opportunities to increase Apprenticeship provision Mid-skill occupations likely to be facing an undersupply of new entrants listed in adjacent table Science & engineering Engineering & production technicians Construction Electricians & electronics trades We want Apprenticeships in ECITB programmes but struggle to source locally (Engineering company) We need local HND engineering courses (Large engineering company) Specific technical courses challenging to source locally (Global construction company) Can t find training locally. Apprentices have to go to Willesden for NVQ3 in air con and refrigeration training for example (Berkshire air conditioning company) Digital technologies IT technicians Tend to prefer to recruit graduates but often don t value computer science degrees Business & finance Accountancy & finance technicians HR & industrial relations officers Financial service analysts/advisors Sales, marketing & customer service Marketing associate professionals Heath, care & welfare Caring personal services Welfare & housing associate professionals Childcare & related personal services Hospitality Chefs Catering managers Employers have traditionally tended to prefer to recruit graduates but are increasingly keen to recruit from other channels Employers tend to prefer to recruit graduates Employers struggle to recruit people with required combination of qualifications and soft skills Over time there seems to have been a reduction in the construction provision. Electrical courses have reduced (exception is B&W College) and there is a lack of L3 plastering provision (exception is East Berkshire College) (Elevate Reading) Difficult to grow in areas such as Electrical Installation, Construction, Engineering and Motor vehicle because often cannot attract the calibre of teachers on the salaries that we offer in comparison to salaries working in the trade. (Two Berkshire colleges)

21 Summary Comparatively low take-up of Apprenticeships by individuals in TVB and low % of employers offering Apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts in TVB are increasing but at a slower rate than the national average Higher take-up of Level 3 Apprenticeships in TVB than nationally Higher than average Apprenticeship achievement rates in TVB, but this is likely to be driven by high Army achievement rates The two main areas in which there appears to be gaps in Apprenticeship provision in TVB are Engineering & Science and Construction. In terms of local economic need and growth forecasts, there seems to be greatest scope to strengthen Berkshire s digital technologies Apprenticeship offer. In terms of where to focus efforts on raising demand amongst employers, there appear to be greatest need to work with Engineering & Science and Construction employers, and more generally, employers in Slough, to increase the numbers taking on Apprentices. And there appears to be greatest scope to raise demand amongst individuals to apply for Apprenticeships in Hospitality.

22 Data tables Published data - Thames Valley Berkshire LEP analysis - 0Starts%202014_15%20%20Local%20authority%20of%20learner. xlsx?dl=0