Apprenticeship Programme Achievement Rates in PICSWeb QAR Calculations

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Apprenticeship Programme Achievement Rates are limited to programme aims with the following criteria:

  • Aim Type = 1

  • Programme Type is one of the following:

    • 02: Advanced Level Apprenticeship

    • 03: Intermediate Level Apprenticeship

    • 10: Higher Apprenticeship

    • 20: Higher Apprenticeship - level 4

    • 21: Higher Apprenticeship - level 5

    • 22: Higher Apprenticeship - level 6

    • 23: Higher Apprenticeship - level 7+

    • 25: Apprenticeship Standard (Overall rates only)

  • The aim is not excluded from Achievement Rates.

Overall Achievement Rates

The Apprenticeship Programme overall achievement rates are calculated using the standard Overall methodology and includes programme aims where the Actual End date is not blank. The main differences are:

  • The aim Achievement date, when set, is also used to calculate the Hybrid end date / Overall Year.

  • Apprenticeship Standard aims which are currently at End Point Assessment are not included. This is defined as:

    • Programme Type is 25: Apprenticeship Standard

    • Aim End Date is set and is on or after 1st August 2019

    • Aim Achievement Date is blank

    • Aim Completion Status is 1: Continuing

    • Aim Outcome is 8: Not Yet Known

Timely Achievement Rates

The Apprenticeship Programme timely achievement rates are calculated using the standard Timely methodology and include programme aims where the Planned End date is before the end of the PICSWeb Report period.

The main differences are:

  • Apprenticeship Standard aims with Programme Type 25 are not included in timely achievement rates.

Calculation Summaries

Apprenticeship Programme Aim Year Cohorts

A. Overall achievement cohort

  1. Aim Type = 1 (Programme Aim)

  2. And Programme Type = 02, 03, 10, 20-23, 25

  3. And Completion Status is not=1

  4. And Actual End Date (AED) is not blank and is >=01/08/2019.

  5. And the programme aim hybrid end date is in the year being reported
    And that date is <= the report end date.

B. Timely achievement cohort

Not used for Prog Type 25

  1. Aim Type = 1 (Programme Aim)

  2. Programme aim has programme type = 02, 03, 10, 20-23.

  3. And Planned End Date (PED) is in the year reported
    And that date is <= the report end date.

Apprenticeship Programme Aim Achievements

Cohort

From A or B above.

Maximum/Minimum Overall achievement. See details of the extended cohort used in these figures.

Achieved

Programme aims in Cohort where:

Outcome status = 1;

 

And (for Timely Success only) the AED is <= 90 days after the PED.

Maximum Overall achievement. All additional programme aims in the extended cohort are counted as achievers.

Minimum Overall achievement. No additional programme aims in the extended cohort are counted as achievers.

Achievement Rate

Achieved  x 100
  Cohort

 

 Additional figures available for Table Type = Achievement, Retention and Pass rate

Completed

Programme aims in Cohort with Completion Status = 2

 

Retention Rate

Completed  x 100
   Cohort

 

Pass Rate

Achieved     x 100
Completed

percentage of completers to achievers

 

For more information, see the details of Excluded Aims and ILR Codes used in QAR.