17-18 Public Sector Apprenticeship Target 

We have a public sector target around new apprenticeships starts. This target runs from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2021 and is set at 2.3 per cent of the total number of Trust employees. We are required to report annually on our progress towards this target and have submitted our first report to the Department for Education covering the period 2017-18. The information below is taken from our first annual return to the Department for Education detailing our progress towards meeting the Public Sector Apprenticeship Target.

Public Sector Apprenticeship Target Reporting for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust:

Number of employees who work in England on 31st March 2017 - 5085

Number of employees who work in England on 31st March 2018 - 5070

Number of new employees who started working for you in England between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 - 528

Number of apprentices who work in England on 31st March 2017 - 2

Number of apprentices who work in England on 31st March 2018 - 12

Number of new apprentices in England between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 (includes both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) - 14

Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 - 2.65%

Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 as a proportion of total headcount on 31 March 2017 - 0.28%