READING is one of the best places in the country to start an apprenticeship according to a new study.
The School of Marketing analysed the latest 2021/22 ONS data to see which cities had the highest rate of achievements in apprenticeship schemes.
It found that the Hampshire city of Winchester was the best city to start an apprenticeship, with 130 out of Winchester’s 370 apprentices successfully completing the course, leaving them with an achievement rate of 35.14%.
Reading comes in sixth place, with 90 achievements from 380 apprenticeship starts, giving it an achievement rate of 23.68%.
The town’s most popular subject was business, with 120 of their 380 starts being in this field. Other popular subjects include health and engineering.
A spokesperson from School of Marketing, which offers digital marketing apprenticeships to more than 4,000 people in more than 20 countries, said: “With many young people keen to decide on what to do with their future, this data illustrates what might be the best areas to take up an apprenticeship.
“As many areas begin schemes to help the next generation, like recently with London’s ‘Skill Up Step Up’ campaign, it will be interesting how achievement rates vary over the next few years.”
