Our target is for 2.3% of our employees to be apprentices.
The government set this target for all public sector organisations that employ more than 250 members of staff. This target runs from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2021.
The government considers that, in making workforce planning decisions, public bodies should actively consider apprenticeships, either for new recruits or as part of career development for existing staff. Apprentices are only considered as 'new apprentices' who will count towards the target, in the year in which they begin their apprenticeship.
We continue to deliver successful apprenticeships and many of our apprentices have been really successful and progressed into permanent jobs at higher levels and received recognition through industry and college awards. During the past year we have continued to deliver additional apprenticeship starts and hope to continue to maintain these numbers.
