Apprenticeships offer practical on-the-job experience, essential learning tools and qualifications.  Relevant opportunities from local businesses and organisations will be shared here.

Notices & Key Dates

  • Sign Up for an Apprenticeship Advisor – Advisers are currently only available for year 13 students in Lancashire and the North East. Your apprenticeship adviser will be from your area. They’ll know local companies that take on apprentices. Sign up Here

  • National Apprenticeship Week:  Monday 10th – Sunday 16th of February 2025 – The week-long event brings together apprentices, employers, training providers, teachers, careers advisers, parents, and carers to be inspired by the opportunities that apprenticeships create.

Upcoming Opportunities

NHS Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

Apprenticeships – Application Window 14th October to 8th August 2025

Apprenticeships with Northumbria Healthcare;

  • Business Administrator
  • Business Services Practitioner
  • Healthcare Support Worker

Journalist Apprentice

Apprenticeship

Yr 11+

Journalist Apprentice (L5) – BBC Public Service,  Closing Date Thursday 28th November 2024

This Level 5 Journalist Apprenticeship is ideal for curious individuals passionate about telling stories. This program provides first-class journalism training with the world’s biggest public service broadcaster. You’ll gain on-the-job experience while working towards the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism and a Level 5 apprenticeship qualification.

Closing Date for Application: Thursday 28th November 2025

HR Apprentice

Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

HR Apprentice – Balfour Beatty PLC, Closing Date Wednesday 25th December 2024

Kickstart your career at Balfour Beatty, where you’ll receive structured training and a formal qualification. Alongside a great salary and benefits package, you’ll gain invaluable experience and skills that pave the way for exciting opportunities and career progression. This is more than just a job—it’s a pathway to a promising future.

Closing Date for Application: Wednesday 25th December 2024

Building Services Engineering

Apprenticeship

Yr 11+

Building Services Engineering – MOTT Macdonald Ltd, Closing Date Tuesday 31st December 2024

Mott Macdonald are actively recruiting for individuals interested in joining us as a Building Services Apprentice, working on some of the largest and most exciting projects across the UK. We are keen to attract those with a passion for engineering, attention to detail and technical skills to help our projects teams shape the future.

Closing Date for Applications: Tuesday 31st December 2024

Civil Engineering

Degree Apprenticeship

Yr 13

Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeship – WSP UK Ltd, Closing Date Monday 31st March 2025

What if you could imagine a better future for us all and a better future for you? With us you can. Our community of over 9,000 employees design and deliver projects such as skyscrapers, train stations, carbon emission reduction and highways that help shape the environment. It inspires us to stay curious, act locally, and think internationally.

Closing Date for Applications: Monday 31st March 2025

Accounting/
Auditing

Degree Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

Accounting/Auditing –  Application Closing Date Sep 2025

As external auditors, we help companies publish true and fair financial accounts others can rely on – so we can build a better working world.

Nationwide Opportunity, 4 Years, leading to qualification with The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

Closing Date for Application: 13th September 2025

Accountancy

Degree Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

Entity Compliance and Governance Apprenticeship –  Application Closing Date Sep 2025

This two-year programme allows you to gain hands-on paid work as you study towards a Level 4 apprenticeship equivalent to the Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) Foundation Programme. Upon completion of this Programme, you’ll be eligible to progress onto Part One of the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme. You’ll also have the option to sit the CGI Foundation Programme examinations to obtain the full qualification.

Nationwide

Closing Date for Application: 13th September 2025

Business Leadership and Management

Degree Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

Business Leadership & Management Practice –  Application Closing Date Sep 2025

Study for a degree in Business Leadership and Management Practice at Northumbria University. 

Study towards a professional qualification from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Apprentices who join will be based in our Consulting Service Delivery (CSD) Centre in Newcastle. In a project-based environment, you will work alongside a range of EY people to assist clients, such as retail banks, with their processes.

North East, 3 Years

Closing Date for Application: 13th September 2025

Accountancy/ Banking & Finance

Degree Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy Apprenticeship  –  Application Closing Date Sep 2025

Help businesses navigate through uncertain times, ask the difficult questions that could lead to their success, and make key decisions that result in better strategies built for tomorrow. That’s what working in TRS is all about. Advising clients on the best course of action for their businesses. This four-year programme allows you to gain hands-on paid work as you study towards becoming a chartered accountant. Also gain an ICAEW in England and ICAS in Scotland Level 7 Apprenticeship which is equivalent to a master’s degree.

Leeds & London

Closing Date for Application: 13th September 2025

Digital Technology

Degree Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

Degree Apprenticeship in Digital and Technology –  Application Closing Date Sep 2025

Gain hands-on paid work as you study towards a BSc degree in Digital and Technology solutions with BPP University.

Nationwide, 4 Years

Closing Date for Application: 13th September 2025

Accountancy

Degree Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

Tax Apprenticeship Programme –  Application Closing Date Sep 2025

You’ll progress even faster than university-goers, working on live projects that build your confidence and practical experience from day one.
This programme allows you to earn and work, while you study towards becoming a chartered accountant. You’ll also gain a Level 7 Apprenticeship in Accountancy and Taxation qualification in England which is equivalent to a master’s degree.

Nationwide, 4 Years

Closing Date for Application: 13th September 2025

Accountancy

Degree Apprenticeship

Yr 12 & 13

Mobility, Reward and Immigration Apprenticeship  –  Application Closing Date Sep 2025

The future of work means a global workforce and continual change. So, as part of the Tax team’s People Advisory Services (PAS), we look at how businesses reward and relocate employees around the world – and how it affects their tax and immigration requirements.

Qualification:Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT), with the potential to complete the CTA across your career

Bristol, London, and Newcastle, 4 Years

Closing Date for Application: 13th September 2025

Health & Social Care

Apprenticeship

Yr 11 +

Social Care Apprenticeship – Deneholme Care Centre

Deneholme Care Centre in Allendale would like to offer students who have completed their Health & Social Care GCSE the opportunity to apply for an apprenticeship position within the Care Home. The apprentice would be given the opportunity to complete their Level 3 in Health & Social Care whilst employed with the company.

If you are interested, please contact Linda Charlton on 07946288668 for an application pack.

ICT

Apprenticeship

Yr 11 +

ICT Apprenticeship – Newcastle City Council

Newcastle City Council has a fantastic track record with our Apprentices, with many of them gaining permanent employment at the end of their training and continuing to progress their career with NCC.

ICT Apprentice – Newcastle City Council – North East Jobs

If anyone is keen to have a conversation or needs any support applying, please contact @Miller, Mark

Joinery

Apprenticeship

Yr 11 +

Bench Joinery Apprenticeship – Richard James Joinery Ltd Hexham

We are recruiting for summer 2024 one apprentice to join our team, learning all aspects of manufacturing and finishing high quality timber windows and doors. Applicants must have a keen eye for detail and be prepared to learn to work to extremely high standards. On the job training will be given on an ongoing basis along with day release to a local college to study for a qualification in Carpentry and Joinery.

Interested applicants should email a short message to office@richardjamesjoinery.co.uk expressing your interest in this position along with any further details you think will support your application.

Apprenticeship FAQ

Apprenticeships are advertised all year, so there is no right or wrong time to apply for an apprenticeship.

In a typical week, you’ll spend four days at work and one at university, college, or a training provider.