Entry Form

Employer entries for The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for 2026 should be made using this entry form.

A short video guide is available to help employers prepare and submit their entry.

Entries are open to apprenticeship employers with 100 or more employees in the UK, that are employing a minimum of 10 apprentices at the time of entry.

If your entry data isn’t ready yet, you can choose the ‘complete your answers later’ option on the form below and you’ll then have an additional 2 weeks to submit your data.

Each apprenticeship employer entering for the 2026 rankings will receive:

  1. Entry into The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers, which will be featured in The Sunday Times, in print and online, in the summer of 2026.
  2. Their individual ranking within their own industry or employment sector, eg. '1st in technology', '3rd in construction', 4th in hospitality' or '8th in health & social care'.
  3. Full feedback on their entry, benchmarking their apprenticeship programmes with other employers entering for this year’s rankings. View an example of the feedback report.
  4. Five complimentary annual digital subscriptions for The Times & Sunday Times.
  5. Free places on an exclusive programme of apprenticeship employer workshops hosted by The Sunday Times and BPP in autumn 2026.

The entry fee for the 2026 rankings is £495+VAT which is payable by invoice or credit card.

Employer Contact Details

Please complete these contact details, which will be used to arrange a short follow-up via email or telephone as part of the verification process for your entry and to let you know about the launch of the new rankings in summer 2026.

Contact Details
Alternative Contact

Entry Information

Now, please answer the following five questions about apprenticeships at your organisation.

After you've pressed the 'Confirm Entry' button below, you'll receive an email with a link to submit your answers within the next 14 days.

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After you've pressed the 'Confirm Entry' button below, you’ll receive an email with a link to submit your answers over the next few days, and by Friday 20th March at the latest.


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Please give the total number of employees (full-time equivalent) at all your offices and sites within the UK (or an estimated figure), including England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You need a minimum of 100 employees to be eligible to enter for the rankings.

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Please give the total number of apprentices at all of your offices and sites in the UK who are currently on an apprenticeship, at any level or type of apprenticeship in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The minimum entry criteria is having 10 or more current apprentices.

3. How many apprentices started an apprenticeship at your organisation between 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025?

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Please state the location & type of apprenticeships that your apprentices started in the past year, including your newly-recruited apprentices and existing employees who began an apprenticeship.

England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland

4. Please give details about the apprentices that started an apprenticeship with your organisation between 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025.

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Please confirm how many apprentices who started an apprenticeship in 2025 were newly-recruited for their apprenticeships and how many were existing employees who transferred onto an apprenticeship - plus their gender, age, ethnic background, and whether they have learning difficulties or disabilities.


5. How many apprentices at your organisation successfully completed their apprenticeships between 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025?

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For example, in England this would be apprentices who completed all the requirements of their apprenticeship and passed the End-Point Assessment (EPA) in 2025.

Employer Declaration

Finally, please complete the following Employer Declaration and authorise payment of the entry fee, then press the 'Confirm Entry' button below.