Training provider

BARNSLEY COLLEGE

Employer reviews

Good (258 reviews)

Employer review details

Statement	Percentage of employers that selected this as a "strength"	Percentage of employers that selected this as "needs improvement"	Total number of employers that selected this statement
Communication with employers	48%	52%	200
Reporting on progress of apprentices	35%	65%	153
Getting new apprentices started	76%	24%	123
Providing the right training at the right time	53%	47%	85
Improving apprentice skills	66%	34%	80
Initial assessment of apprentices	79%	21%	66
Training facilities	75%	25%	60
Working with small numbers of apprentices	69%	31%	54
Adapting to my needs	69%	31%	48

Apprentice reviews

Good (15 reviews)

Apprentice review details

Communication
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Communicating clearly with you	53%	47%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	73%	27%

Organisation
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	60%	40%
Providing accessible training resources	67%	33%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	67%	33%
Taking into account your previous learning	67%	33%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	67%	33%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	67%	33%

Support
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Helping you learn new skills and develop existing ones	80%	20%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	67%	33%
Resolving any issues you have	73%	27%
Preparing you for success in your future career	73%	27%

Provider overview

Barnsley College is an Ofsted outstanding institution and is consistently one of the highest performing colleges in England. In July 2017, the College was crowned Outstanding BTEC Apprenticeship Provider of the Year 2017 at the national BTEC Awards.

Currently the College provides over 100 apprenticeship pathways at intermediate, advanced and higher levels.

The College can tailor programmes to meet your business needs and offer a flexible delivery model designed to accommodate individual learning styles ensuring your staff enhance the quality of their work and positively contribute to the development of your organisation.

Courses offered

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Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Adult care worker (level 2)

Advanced and creative hair professional (level 3)

Advanced carpentry and joinery (level 3)

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Associate project manager (level 4)

Autocare technician (level 2)

Beauty therapist (level 2)

Bricklayer (level 2)

Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)

Business administrator (level 3)

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Children, young people and families practitioner (level 4)

Civil engineering senior technician (level 4)

Civil engineering technician (level 3)

Commis chef (level 2)

Community activator coach (level 2)

Community sport and health officer (level 3)

Construction design and build technician (level 4)

Content creator (level 3)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Customer service specialist (level 3)

Cyber security technician (level 3)

Data analyst (level 4)

Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)

Dental practice manager (level 4)

Digital engineering technician (level 3)

Early years educator (level 3)

Early years practitioner (level 2)

Engineering design and draughtsperson (level 3)

Engineering operative (level 2)

Engineering technician (level 3)

Golf greenkeeper (level 2)

Hair professional (level 2)

Healthcare assistant practitioner (level 5)

Healthcare science assistant (level 2)

Healthcare support worker (level 2)

Horticulture or landscape construction operative (level 2)

Hospitality supervisor (level 3)

Hospitality team member (level 2)

HR support (level 3)

Information communications technician (level 3)

Installation electrician and maintenance electrician (level 3)

Laboratory technician (level 3)

Landscape or horticulture supervisor (level 3)

Lead adult care worker (level 3)

Lead practitioner in adult care (level 4)

Leader in adult care (level 5)

Library, information and archive services assistant (level 3)

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician (light vehicle) (level 3)

Nail services technician (level 2)

Network engineer (level 4)

Operations or departmental manager (level 5)

Plasterer (level 2)

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Production chef (level 2)

Professional accounting or taxation technician (level 4)

Project controls technician (level 3)

Public service operational delivery officer (level 3)

Retail manager (level 4)

Retail team leader (level 3)

Retailer (level 2)

School business professional (level 4)

Senior healthcare support worker (level 3)

Software developer (level 4)

Software development technician (level 3)

Sports turf operative (level 2)

Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader or supervisor (level 3)

Travel consultant (level 3)

Apprenticeship training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

61% pass rate (out of 80 apprentices)

61% national average pass rate

Explain pass rate

The percentage of apprentices who successfully passed a similar apprenticeship with this training provider in the 2018 to 2019 academic year.