Skills Development Scotland has published Modern Apprenticeship Statistics for Quarter 3, 2024/25, covering the period 1st April – 27th December 2024.
The statistics show there were 19,010 Modern Apprenticeship starts at the end of Q3. This is 1.3% (+252) higher than the same point last year.
At the end of quarter 3, 60.0% (11,401) of MA starts were aged 16-24 and 40.0% were aged 25+. The proportion of 16- 24 year olds was 2.2 pp lower than the same point last year.
The majority of starts this quarter were at SCQF level 6 or above, 0.9 pp higher than last year. The Engineering framework at SCQF level 6 was recently revised and three new Engineering frameworks were credit-rated SCQF level 7. This revision partly explains the difference in starts to level 6 and 7, relative to last year.
More information is available via the links below.
Modern Apprenticeship Statistics Q3 2024-25 (PDF)
Modern Apprenticeship Supplementary Tables Q3 2024-25 (XLS)