IT Corporate Apprentice Review
at Barnsley Council
Level 3 Apprenticeship
Software Engineering
Barnsley, UK
Review Submitted: April 2025
Overall Rating
4 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4.5/5
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Overview of Role
3/5
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Skills Development
3.6/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
My role was within the Automation Team, I helped maintain automations that support employees inside the Council be more efficient.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
10/10 I'd do it again and again. Love the people I work with and I love my job.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
3/5
I've been upskilled during my apprenticeship and now I'm on a level 4 apprenticeship due to this upskilling. But lack of resources (senior experience staff) cause a lot of self skilling.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
3/5
Being my first apprenticeship this is to be expected, the further into my apprenticeship I got the better it was.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
3/5
My employer always had an ear when I needed to talk, and I didn't feel shy to talk due to that matter.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
10/10, Barnsley College was literally perfect. My tutor was great, and genuinely wanted me to succeed.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
Being apart of the Automation Team, my qualification helped learn around that. However I learned nothing about how to do my job more effectively through college. However that is not my employers fault as there is no course for my specific job role.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
4/5
The authority has its young club for new and young employees to welcome people in. I also went on several outing with my team.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Barnsley Council to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Great work life balance which balances out with pay, WFH 2 days a week as well as a great office environment.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Barnsley Council?
Read the job profile on the job application, it matters and the questions will be based around that PDF document.
