Figures released through the Government's Explore Education Statistics service show that Warwick ranks among the top-performing Russell Group institutions for achievement rates in Higher and Degree Apprenticeships (Levels 6 and 7) during the 2024/25 academic year.
Key facts
- Top‑six Russell Group university by achievement rate
- Top‑three Russell Group university by combined scale and outcomes
- 100% pass rate for past 3 years across provision
- 79.2% achievement rate for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships (Levels 6-7)
Warwick supported 320 apprenticeship leavers at Levels 6 and 7, with 250 achieving their qualification - one of the largest apprenticeship cohorts within the Russell Group.
Commenting on the strong performance, Professor Lorenzo Frigerio, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), University of Warwick, said: "These results reflect Warwick's ongoing commitment to delivering high‑quality apprenticeships that meets the needs of learners, employers, and the wider economy.
"Performing strongly within the Russell Group, and at scale across the University, demonstrates why Warwick is unique: the strength of our teaching, the quality of our learner support, and depth of our industry partnerships.
"Our ability to deliver world-class teaching, at every level and stage of life, is recognised nationally through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), where Warwick was one of a few Russell Group institutions to receive the triple gold rating for student experience, student outcomes, as well for the overall assessment."
The data highlights Warwick's distinctive position in combining research‑intensive teaching with high‑quality, employer-aligned provision, delivering strong apprenticeship outcomes across large cohorts rather than small or specialist intakes.
Higher and degree apprenticeships at Warwick span a range of disciplines, supporting employers across key sectors while enabling learners to gain high‑level qualifications alongside professional experience.
Two courses offered by the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) ranked first in England. The Digital Technology Solutions Specialist apprenticeship thrived with a 100% achievement rate. Similarly, the first cohort on the Product Design and Development Engineer Standard on the Applied Professional Engineering Degree Apprenticeship programme succeeded with a 94% achievement rate. Such results are a testament to the apprentices, the employers, and the teams supporting their progress.
One of the University's largest degree apprenticeship intakes is the Social Work apprenticeship, offered by the Centre for Lifelong Learning. In the last academic year, of the 59 leavers, 55 successfully achieved their apprenticeship. Through the three-year programme, apprentices are employed with a variety of regional employers. This programme and its sustained growth and success, continues to support regional skills needs.
Celebrating the news, Jackie Whitehouse, Head of Work-based and Professional Learning, University of Warwick, said: "Our apprenticeship provision is central to the University's contribution to regional and national skills development. We are unwavering in our commitment to quality, working in genuine partnership with our apprentices and employers throughout the learning journey.
"By continually reviewing, enhancing and introducing new programmes, we actively support the evolving lifelong learning agenda. Employer voice is integral to our practice, enabling us to respond with agility and purpose as we look ahead to the future of work‑related provision."
