About Us

Our Impact

Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024 winners

OxLEP Skills aims to equip indiviuals and organisations across Oxfordshire with the skills they need to achieve their full potential.

Watch our short film to find out all about OxLEP Skills and some of the impacts we have made through our work with local schools/colleges, training providers and employers to inform and inspire young people and create opportunities for work and training for local people. 

Below are some of the impacts we have achieved across Oxfordshire through our programmes. 

Oxfordshire Careers Hub

Oxfordshire Careers Hub is delivered in partnership by OxLEP and The Careers & Enterprise Company and supports local schools and colleges to deliver high quality, meaningful careers education for their students. Read more about Oxfordshire Careers Hub.

Schools and colleges in Oxfordshire Careers Hub

Gatsby Benchmarks achieved

Students attending Careers Fest 2024

Cornerstone employers supporting our work

Apprenticeship support for employers

Through our Social Contract Programme, we have delivered support for employers and created new apprenticeship opportunities. Read more about apprenticeship support.

Million pounds of apprenticeship levy pledged

Employers pledging apprenticeship levy

Small employers receiving apprenticeship levy

New apprenticeship starts supported

Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards

Each year, we celebrate apprentices, employers, training providers and school/college careers leads through the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards. Read more about the awards.

Annual Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards held

Awards presented

Sponsors and supporters

Individual apprentices entered

‘No Limits’ programme phases 1 & 2

Our ‘No Limits programme made a remarkable impact across Oxfordshire across two phases between November 2022 and June 2024. Read more about ‘No Limits’.

Individuals securing employment

Individuals becoming work ready

Digital devices distributed

Travel bursaries awarded

Community Employment Plans

We have worked with a number of major employers to develop comprehensive CEPs. Over the next five years, these CEPs aspire to support the following. Read more about Community Employment Plans.

Apprenticeship starts

Work placements

Career Events

Employment experiences for those furthest from the labour market

Our Programmes

Find out about the programmes we are delivering across the Oxfordshire county to help professionals develop their skills.