Steph McGovern
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first heard Nov 2025
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And so I mean, one of the criticisms said to me by um businesses about apprenticeships is the kind of bureaucracy around it.
And p particularly for small businesses.
You know, we see lots of com big name companies, companies you work with, and most of us, who offer these apprenticeships, they've got the brand name and they've got the prestige.
And then it's those in the supply chain, the smaller businesses, who don't have the time, the money, g you know, the bureaucracy around things.
How do we change things for them?
Are you saying you know are you saying that they would it could be small businesses who get these people for free?
But they're competing with the bigger brands when it comes to the young people as well, or whatever age apprentice actually.
Uh th they're competing with those big businesses and they say often, you know, they don't get the best people 'cause the best people go to the big brands.
One of the other things said to me a lot is about, oh well now apprenticeships are you know, y 'cause you're big into social mobility as well like I am.
Now apprenticeships are being taken by the middle class and actually those uh, you know, uh further down in the socioeconomic system, they're not getting the same opportunities they once were because now all the essentially posh kids are going and doing the good apprenticeships.
What do what do you make of that?
Yeah.
And what about the actual through rate of of of young people who stick to the apprenticeships?
Because you you guys, y your uh y what is it?
How many of them who apprentices that you work with actually stick through it and get the full qualification?
Yes.
Your completion rate then with your with your apprentices, it's a bit below the average, isn't it?
Why is that? 'Cause and also you you know, Ofsted have kind of had a bit of a pop at you recently saying what was the the the phrasing, needs attention.
What's going on?
blaming the measuring?
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