Top 5% in the country for apprentice achievement
Hugh Baird College is proud to rank in the top 5% of general further education providers in England for apprentice achievement
Apprenticeship Programmes
We offer Apprenticeships at Intermediate, Advanced, Higher, and Degree levels, accessible to employers of all sizes. Our team collaborates closely with you to select and customise an apprenticeship that aligns with your business objectives, complements the individual's role, and supports their unique development needs.
What are the benefits?
The benefits to your business of starting an apprenticeship or upskilling your workforce can be huge. Here are just a handful:
Keep or develop your competitive advantage
Increase productivity and efficiency
Enhance employee satisfaction and retention
Attract new employees and reduce recruitment costs
Apprenticeship Training
We will work closely with you to ensure that the apprenticeship offered is the most appropriate for your business, the individual’s job role and needs. We offer Apprenticeships at Intermediate, Advanced and Higher/Degree level and these are available to employers of any size.
=== The training will combine theory and practice using assessments in your workplace alongside assignments and exams at College.
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Upskill your staff
We offer a comprehensive range of funded and full cost training solutions to help employers of all sizes discover their workforce potential. Whether you are looking to train your existing staff or address any skills gaps; we can work with you to develop what you need.

How it works
Our team will collaborate with you to create a tailored training plan that meets your business needs, guiding you through every step of the process from start to finish. Your tailored training plan can include short or long professional courses, Skills Bootcamps, pre-apprenticeships, or apprenticeships.
We'll work with you to deliver training in the format that best suits your business — whether in your workplace, online, at our Hugh Baird College, or a combination of all three.
What are the benefits of upskilling your team?
Benefits include reduced recruitment costs, promoting a culture of excellence, enhanced employee satisfaction, and improved business productivity.
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Can you support our careers strategy?
Hugh Baird College aims to provide its learners with a variety of opportunities to develop themselves ready for the world of work. We regularly hold events such as; mock interviews, careers fairs and university interviews. For more information on these events, take a look at our careers calendars at: www.hughbaird.ac.uk/student-support.
If you would be interested in contributing to our careers provision and support our learners to make effective decisions when it comes to their careers planning, please contact us on: careers@hughbaird.ac.uk.
Get in touch
If you'd like to discuss how we can support your goals or create tailored solutions together, simply fill out our short form, and we'll reach out to you shortly.
- Hugh Baird College ranks in the top 5% of general further education providers in England for apprentice achievement, as shown by the Department for Education's 2022/23 Qualification Achievement Rates (QAR).
Qualification Achievement Rates (QARs) data is published in national tables every year to measure the performance of further education colleges and other training organisations each year. QARs use learner records to calculate the proportion of learning that was successfully completed and benchmark organisations on performance.
Employers we work with
Accredited for our quality
Many of the training options we offer are accredited by professional bodies. Accreditation is the granting of approval to an institution of learning by an official review board after the institution has met certain standards. It is the kite mark that all candidates and employers should look for.
We are accredited with City & Guilds, Nebosh, Edexcel, EDI, Fensa and the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).