Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are a great way to develop your workforce. Whether you want to recruit a new apprentice or upskill your existing staff an apprenticeship can help meet the needs of your business. As apprenticeships range from Level 1 – Level 6, there’s a training option for every part of your team.  

Become an Apprentice

Earn while you earn with an apprenticeship. Get on-the-job experience while studying at college, getting you a head start in your career.

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Employ an Apprentice

Employing an apprentice can help you grow your own skilled workforce by developing a motivated and qualified team. Let us help you find the right apprentice for your company.

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Why recruit an apprentice? 

There are lots of great reasons why an apprenticeship programme could be the right solution for your organisation, including: 

• Reduced recruitment costs
• Increases productivity
• Upskill and retrain existing staff 
• Train and retain talent 
• Cost effective way to grow your business 
• Funding incentives 

Programmes 

We offer a range of programmes for our apprenticeships including: 

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Customer Service
• Computing and IT
• Construction, Trades and Electrical Installation
• Digital Marketing
• Early Years and Childcare
• Engineering
• Hairdressing
• Health and Social Care
• Housing and Property Maintenance
• Human Resources
• Laboratory Technician
• Leadership and Management
• Motor Vehicle
• Professional Cookery
• Teaching

Funding and the Levy

Apprenticeships are funded by Levy payments. This is a tax that all businesses with a pay bill of over £3million pounds per year have had to pay since 2017. These employers pay 0.5% of their total annual pay bill through the PAYE system. If you are a non-levy paying business, the government will part fund your apprentice costs, and if you have less than 50 employees the apprenticeship for someone aged 16 – 18 years old is fully funded by the government. 

Employer Testimonials

“I contacted New College for our first apprentice and they helped me find a suitable candidate and managed the whole process, guiding me on what to do and when to do it. It has been a really great end-to-end and simple experience. The team are always at the end of the phone and happy to help navigate anything I need as a director to ensure that our placement is successful!”

Marie Harte | Director at Harte Developments Ltd

“Apprentices are vital to our business, training someone for 4 years gives us the opportunity to get the right people for us, not only do they learn a trade and get a qualification but they learn our way of doing things and the importance of why we have such high expectations and the benefits to both us as a company and our customers.

94% of the apprentices we take have remained in our employment after qualifying and the majority of these now have their own apprentices so are able to impart not only their plumbing knowledge but an understanding of completing an apprenticeship and how it works.” 

Steph Forster | Renelec