Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the highest performing schools are for apprenticeship starts for level 3 qualified 18-year-olds from the latest available data held by her Department; and if she will make a statement.

The department recognises that destination measures may have been affected by the broader impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including school and college closures during 2020 and 2021 and alternative grading arrangements.

The department publishes destinations after 16 to 18 study of level 3 students from schools and colleges in England. The figures show sustained destinations, where activity has taken place for at least six contiguous months in the destination year, rather than starts.

The latest data shows the activity of students deemed to have reached the end of 16 to 18 study in 2020, and their activity in the following academic year. This data can be found here: https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/02e037c5-601f-4900-def8-08da96ef9e97/files/779e3c8d-8300-4fc1-cfbd-08daa212051a.

School data can be accessed via the Find school and college performance website, available at: https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables.