Sentences with phrase «headcount as apprentices»

Most schools are also covered under a new obligation requiring them to employ an average 2.3 per cent of their headcount as apprentices — for a school with a hundred staff, this means employing at least three apprentices a year.

The government are currently legislating to set a target for all public sector employers (which includes schools but not parliament) to employ an average of 2.3 % of their headcount as apprentices.