City and Guilds Group: Qualifications

(asked on 20th May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students and apprentices are currently enrolled on qualifications accredited by City & Guilds in England.


Answered by
Josh MacAlister Portrait
Josh MacAlister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 1st June 2026

The number of learning aims on City & Guilds qualifications in further education (FE) institutions reported so far (August 2025 to January 2026) for FE and skills is 449,500, of which 120,750 relate to apprenticeships.

Statistics on FE and skills is published in the accredited official statistics publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-and-skills/2025-26.

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