Training provider

DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION

UKPRN 10009389

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Courses offered by this training provider

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Foundation apprenticeships

View 1 foundation apprenticeship delivered by this training provider

• Engineering and manufacturing foundation apprenticeship (level 2)

Apprenticeships

View 13 apprenticeships delivered by this training provider

• Associate project manager (level 4)
• Business administrator (level 3)
• Customer service practitioner (level 2)
• Customer service specialist (level 3)
• Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
• Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)
• Improvement specialist (level 5)
• Improvement technician (level 3)
• Machining technician (level 3)
• Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
• Metal fabricator (level 3)
• Team leader (level 3)
• Welder (level 2)

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Achievements and participation rates

This is historical data and might include training this provider no longer offers.

Achievement and participation rate data does not include apprenticeship units.

Achievements

56.8%

of apprentices (23 of 40) completed a course and passed the end-point assessment with this training provider in academic year 2024 to 2025. 43.2% did not pass or left the course before taking their assessment.

65.4% national achievement rate

Participation

97

apprentices have completed a course and taken their end-point assessment with this provider since 2021.

Data for apprenticeships and foundation apprenticeships collected by the Department for Education.

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Reviews from employers and apprentices

This is the training provider's average review based on all the apprenticeship courses they delivered during the last full academic year (2024 to 2025).

It does not include reviews for apprenticeship units.

Employers

Poor

average review from 1 employer when asked to rate this provider as 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'.

Apprentices

No reviews

Not enough apprentices have reviewed this provider.

Apprenticeships and foundation apprenticeships data collected by the Department for Education.

View reviews with feedback from the last 5 years

1 August 2025 to today

These are the most recent reviews for this training provider. We update the main star rating on this page when we have reviews from a full academic year.

Employer reviews

We regularly ask employers to review providers they're working with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about areas of strength and improvement.

Good (4 reviews)

Areas of strength and improvement

Employers can select:

• up to 3 things they think are strengths
• up to 3 things they think need improvement

• Percentage of employers that selected this as a strength
• Percentage of employers that selected this as needs improvement

• Providing the right training at the right time(selected by 4 employers)

  75%25%

• Communication with employers(selected by 4 employers)

  50%50%

• Getting new apprentices started(selected by 1 employer)

  100%0%

• Improving apprentice skills(selected by 2 employers)

  100%0%

• Working with small numbers of apprentices(selected by 1 employer)

  0%100%

• Initial assessment of apprentices(selected by 1 employer)

  100%0%

• Reporting on progress of apprentices(selected by 1 employer)

  0%100%

• Training facilities(selected by 2 employers)

  100%0%

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
Providing the right training at the right time	75%	25%	4
Communication with employers	50%	50%	4
Getting new apprentices started	100%	0%	1
Improving apprentice skills	100%	0%	2
Working with small numbers of apprentices	0%	100%	1
Initial assessment of apprentices	100%	0%	1
Reporting on progress of apprentices	0%	100%	1
Training facilities	100%	0%	2

Apprentice reviews

We regularly ask apprentices to review providers they're training with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about how they found the training.

No results. Not enough apprentices have given feedback about this training provider.

1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025

These reviews are for all courses delivered by this provider in the last full academic year.

Employer reviews

We regularly ask employers to review providers they're working with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about areas of strength and improvement.

Poor (1 review)

Areas of strength and improvement

Employers can select:

• up to 3 things they think are strengths
• up to 3 things they think need improvement

• Percentage of employers that selected this as a strength
• Percentage of employers that selected this as needs improvement

• Providing the right training at the right time(selected by 1 employer)

  0%100%

• Communication with employers(selected by 1 employer)

  0%100%

• Reporting on progress of apprentices(selected by 1 employer)

  0%100%

• Training facilities(selected by 1 employer)

  100%0%

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
Providing the right training at the right time	0%	100%	1
Communication with employers	0%	100%	1
Reporting on progress of apprentices	0%	100%	1
Training facilities	100%	0%	1

Apprentice reviews

We regularly ask apprentices to review providers they're training with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about how they found the training.

No results. Not enough apprentices gave feedback about this training provider.

1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024

These reviews are for all courses delivered by this provider.

Employer reviews

We regularly ask employers to review providers they're working with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about areas of strength and improvement.

No results. Not enough employers gave feedback about this training provider.

Apprentice reviews

We regularly ask apprentices to review providers they're training with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about how they found the training.

No results. Not enough apprentices gave feedback about this training provider.

1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023

These reviews are for all courses delivered by this provider.

Employer reviews

We regularly ask employers to review providers they're working with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about areas of strength and improvement.

Excellent (8 reviews)

Areas of strength and improvement

Employers can select:

• up to 3 things they think are strengths
• up to 3 things they think need improvement

• Percentage of employers that selected this as a strength
• Percentage of employers that selected this as needs improvement

• Providing the right training at the right time(selected by 5 employers)

  100%0%

• Communication with employers(selected by 4 employers)

  75%25%

• Getting new apprentices started(selected by 3 employers)

  33%67%

• Improving apprentice skills(selected by 5 employers)

  80%20%

• Working with small numbers of apprentices(selected by 2 employers)

  100%0%

• Initial assessment of apprentices(selected by 2 employers)

  100%0%

• Reporting on progress of apprentices(selected by 2 employers)

  100%0%

• Adapting to my needs(selected by 2 employers)

  50%50%

• Training facilities(selected by 3 employers)

  67%33%

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
Providing the right training at the right time	100%	0%	5
Communication with employers	75%	25%	4
Getting new apprentices started	33%	67%	3
Improving apprentice skills	80%	20%	5
Working with small numbers of apprentices	100%	0%	2
Initial assessment of apprentices	100%	0%	2
Reporting on progress of apprentices	100%	0%	2
Adapting to my needs	50%	50%	2
Training facilities	67%	33%	3

Apprentice reviews

We regularly ask apprentices to review providers they're training with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about how they found the training.

No results. Not enough apprentices gave feedback about this training provider.

1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022

These reviews are for all courses delivered by this provider.

Employer reviews

We regularly ask employers to review providers they're working with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about areas of strength and improvement.

Good (7 reviews)

Areas of strength and improvement

Employers can select:

• up to 3 things they think are strengths
• up to 3 things they think need improvement

• Percentage of employers that selected this as a strength
• Percentage of employers that selected this as needs improvement

• Providing the right training at the right time(selected by 3 employers)

  67%33%

• Communication with employers(selected by 6 employers)

  50%50%

• Getting new apprentices started(selected by 2 employers)

  100%0%

• Improving apprentice skills(selected by 3 employers)

  33%67%

• Working with small numbers of apprentices(selected by 4 employers)

  100%0%

• Initial assessment of apprentices(selected by 3 employers)

  100%0%

• Reporting on progress of apprentices(selected by 6 employers)

  50%50%

• Adapting to my needs(selected by 1 employer)

  0%100%

• Training facilities(selected by 5 employers)

  60%40%

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
Providing the right training at the right time	67%	33%	3
Communication with employers	50%	50%	6
Getting new apprentices started	100%	0%	2
Improving apprentice skills	33%	67%	3
Working with small numbers of apprentices	100%	0%	4
Initial assessment of apprentices	100%	0%	3
Reporting on progress of apprentices	50%	50%	6
Adapting to my needs	0%	100%	1
Training facilities	60%	40%	5

Apprentice reviews

We regularly ask apprentices to review providers they're training with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about how they found the training.

No results. Not enough apprentices gave feedback about this training provider.

1 August 2021 to today

These reviews are for all courses delivered by this provider in the last 5 academic years.

Employer reviews

We regularly ask employers to review providers they're working with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about areas of strength and improvement.

Good (20 reviews)

Areas of strength and improvement

Employers can select:

• up to 3 things they think are strengths
• up to 3 things they think need improvement

• Percentage of employers that selected this as a strength
• Percentage of employers that selected this as needs improvement

• Providing the right training at the right time(selected by 13 employers)

  77%23%

• Communication with employers(selected by 15 employers)

  53%47%

• Getting new apprentices started(selected by 6 employers)

  67%33%

• Improving apprentice skills(selected by 10 employers)

  70%30%

• Working with small numbers of apprentices(selected by 7 employers)

  86%14%

• Initial assessment of apprentices(selected by 6 employers)

  100%0%

• Reporting on progress of apprentices(selected by 10 employers)

  50%50%

• Adapting to my needs(selected by 3 employers)

  33%67%

• Training facilities(selected by 11 employers)

  73%27%

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
Providing the right training at the right time	77%	23%	13
Communication with employers	53%	47%	15
Getting new apprentices started	67%	33%	6
Improving apprentice skills	70%	30%	10
Working with small numbers of apprentices	86%	14%	7
Initial assessment of apprentices	100%	0%	6
Reporting on progress of apprentices	50%	50%	10
Adapting to my needs	33%	67%	3
Training facilities	73%	27%	11

Apprentice reviews

We regularly ask apprentices to review providers they're training with. They give a rating of 'Excellent', 'Good', 'Poor' or 'Very poor'. They also give feedback about how they found the training.

No results. Not enough apprentices gave feedback about this training provider.

Contact this training provider

• Registered address: DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION, Hertford Way, York Road Business Park, Malton, YO17 6YG
• Email: claire.gavaghan@derwenttraining.co.uk
• Telephone: 01653 697698
• Website: http://www.derwenttraining.co.uk

Training provider overview

Since 1988, Derwent Training has delivered exceptional engineering and leadership skills training in North Yorkshire, meeting employer needs. For over three decades, we've empowered apprentices, transforming potential into expertise.

As an independent provider, we specialize in Leadership & Management and Engineering & Manufacturing apprenticeships. Our programs, including 48-month engineering and 18-24 month leadership courses, offer deep dives into vital industry and management capabilities.

We emphasize hands-on learning in real-world environments, supported by industry experts. Our goal is first-class training that ensures employer success and apprentices' futures, guided by our strong community commitment.