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AoA's 2025 Impact Report: Driving Apprentice Success

01/07/2025

Impact Report 2025 Front Cover

The Association of Apprentices (AoA) is proud to announce the release of our 2025 Annual Impact Report, illustrating how the Association of Apprentices has continued to drive apprentice success in the last year.

Two formats available:
1. Full Impact Report: Our comprehensive analysis with detailed statistics, case studies, and trend data.
2. One-Page Highlights Summary: A quick-reference document featuring key statistics and core findings.

Key Findings That Matter

This year’s report reveals the impact of AoA’s bespoke resources and initiatives to a community of over 42,000 apprentices. Notable highlights include:

  • 95% of members value AoA’s development workshops and tailored resources in supporting common challenges such as work-life balance and time management
  • 7,632 apprentices have completed or are currently enrolled in AoA’s Career Development Programme
  • Top e-learning resources focus on Wellbeing, Personal Brand, and Progression – directly reflecting the needs of apprentices and employers

Why This Matters

The landscape of apprenticeships continues to evolve rapidly. This annual impact report provides crucial insights into what’s working, where challenges persist, and how AoA is helping to support apprentices through these challenges. 

As we create brand new initiatives such as the EPA Hub, BuddyHub, and expand pre-existing initiatives such as the ‘Get Ahead’ series to include line managers in 2025, data-driven insights ensure our resources address the most pressing needs of the apprenticeship community.

Implementing Change That Works

AoA encourages all stakeholders in the apprenticeship ecosystem to review the findings and share insights with your organisation. For organisations not yet partnering with AoA, these findings demonstrate the clear return on investing in apprentice success through one cost-effective solution.

AoA's Impact Report 2025

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Full report

AoA's Summary Highlights

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Highlights
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Jan Richardson-Wilde

CEO, Occupational Awards Limited

Jan is the CEO of Occupational Awards Limited, a Director of the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink and an FE College Governor. She has over 35 years’ experience in the education sector in strategic and operational management of training programmes with colleges, private training providers, local authorities the voluntary sector and not for profit organisations. Jan has previously been a board member of the Learning and Skills Council, chair of the North Yorkshire Training Provider network and Vice-Chair of Yorkshire Coast College and a Governor of the Grimsby Institute for Further and Higher Education. She has extensive experience of education policy, apprenticeships, qualification, and curriculum development as well as business improvement.

Jan joined OAL in 2019, a leading non-profit industry-focused Awarding and End-Point Assessment Organisation, supporting a wide range of employers and of key stakeholders to succeed and surpass expectations. Jan is committed to continuous improvement and enthusiastic about improving the effectiveness, impact and quality of apprenticeships, education, and training in the UK and internationally. She has a wide range of experience of working in a collaborative context with employers and training providers to develop End Point Assessment, apprenticeships, and a wide range of vocational programmes.