West Yorkshire-based Woodspeen Training, which provided apprenticeship programmes for pharmacy support staff, has ceased trading after the government terminated its apprenticeship contract.
The company, owned by a Swiss investment firm, went into administration early this week after being in operation for over 30 years.
It trains over 1,800 apprentices in business, care and health, as well as 70 adult learners on courses in beauty and fitness.
Woodspeen was judged ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted this year.
A key criticism in Ofsted’s report was that “too many learners and apprentices leave their programmes early and do not achieve”.
Woodspeen's overall apprenticeship achievement rate in 2023-24 was 42.8 per cent, according to government data.
The company spokesperson said the outcome reflects "historic performance challenges, particularly around timeliness measures that lag behind recent operational improvements.”
Woodspeen said it is now working with the Department of Education to transfer learners to alternative providers and support staff through the transition.
