The National Council for the Training of Journalists has published its annual figures revealing the pass rates for various training centres.
The below table shows the proportion of students who passed all the course segments (news writing, law, public affairs etc.) and also obtained 100 words per minute in shorthand.
Courses run by private sector training providers occupy the top six places on the list, outshining the various university courses which offer NCTJ qualifications in addition to academic ones. Courses run by News Associates have the top four places on the table.
According to the NCTJ data, courses at 18 institutions (at the bottom of this table) failed to get any students to what the NCTJ describes as its "gold standard" (A-C passes in all areas and 100 words per minute shorthand).
NCTJ course pass-rate data for academic year ending 2015, source NCTJ
| Area | Course provider | Course title | No completing course | Gold standard pass rate |
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| Greater London | News Associates – London | Sports Journalism | 34 | 100% |
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| North West England | News Associates – Manchester | Sports Journalism | 13 | 92.31% |
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| Greater London | News Associates – London | News Journalism | 56 | 82.14% |
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| North West England | News Associates – Manchester | News Journalism | 37 | 75.68% |
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| North East England | Press Association Training – Newcastle | News Journalism | 26 | 73.08% |
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| South East England | Brighton Journalist Works | News Journalism | 67 | 70.15% |
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| South East England | University of Sussex | News Journalism | 11 | 63.64% |
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| East Midlands | Nottingham Trent University | News Journalism | 5 | 60% |
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| Greater London | Brunel University | News Journalism | 12 | 58.33% |
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| North West England | News Associates – Manchester | News Journalism | 16 | 56.25% |
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| East Midlands | Nottingham Trent University | News Journalism | 54 | 55.56% |
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| Greater London | St Mary s University | Sports Journalism | 11 | 54.55% |
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| Greater London | Press Association Training – London | News Journalism | 35 | 51.43% |
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| Wales | Glyndwr University | News Journalism | 2 | 50% |
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| West Midlands | Staffordshire University | News Journalism | 20 | 45% |
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| East Midlands | Nottingham Trent University | Magazine Journalism | 10 | 40% |
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| Yorkshire | University of Sheffield | News Journalism | 16 | 37.50% |
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| South East England | Brighton Journalist Works | News Journalism | 25 | 36% |
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| Wales | Cardiff University | News Journalism | 24 | 33.33% |
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| North East England | University of Sunderland | Sports Journalism | 6 | 33.33% |
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| West Midlands | City of Wolverhampton College | News Journalism | 13 | 30.77% |
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| South East England | University of Kent | News Journalism | 20 | 30% |
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| Greater London | News Associates – London | News Journalism | 36 | 27.78% |
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| South East England | University of Kent | News Journalism | 15 | 26.67% |
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| South East England | Highbury College | News Journalism | 23 | 26.09% |
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| Greater London | Lambeth College | Magazine Journalism | 17 | 23.53% |
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| South East England | University of Portsmouth | News Journalism | 17 | 23.53% |
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| Yorkshire | University of Sheffield | News Journalism | 42 | 21.43% |
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| Northern Ireland | University of Ulster | News Journalism | 14 | 21.43% |
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| Greater London | Harlow College | News Journalism | 15 | 20% |
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| North East England | Teesside University | News Journalism | 5 | 20% |
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| North West England | City of Liverpool College | News Journalism | 17 | 17.65% |
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| East Midlands | De Montfort University (Leicester) | News Journalism | 18 | 16.67% |
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| East Midlands | De Montfort University (Leicester) | News Journalism | 6 | 16.67% |
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| Greater London | Lambeth College | News Journalism | 27 | 14.81% |
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| North East England | University of Sunderland | Sports Journalism | 30 | 13.33% |
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| North East England | Darlington College | News Journalism | 9 | 11.11% |
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| Scotland | The Robert Gordon University | News Journalism | 9 | 11.11% |
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| Greater London | Lambeth College | News Journalism | 10 | 10% |
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| Greater London | Brunel University | News Journalism | 20 | 10% |
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| North West England | University of Salford | News Journalism | 30 | 10% |
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| Yorkshire | Sheffield College | News Journalism | 11 | 9.09% |
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| Scotland | Glasgow Caledonian University | News Journalism | 36 | 8.33% |
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| South West England | Bournemouth University | News Journalism | 51 | 7.84% |
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| South East England | University of Brighton | Sports Journalism | 21 | 4.76% |
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| North East England | University of Sunderland | News Journalism | 25 | 4% |
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| North West England | University of Central Lancashire | News Journalism | 26 | 3.85% |
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| South West England | Cornwall College Camborne | News Journalism | 4 | 0% |
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| Greater London | Harlow College | News Journalism | 13 | 0% |
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| South East England | Highbury College | News Journalism | 8 | 0% |
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| Greater London | Lambeth College | News Journalism | 0 | 0% |
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| Northern Ireland | North West Regional College | News Journalism | 14 | 0% |
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| South West England | Cornwall College Camborne | News Journalism | 3 | 0% |
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| Wales | Glyndwr University | News Journalism | 0 | 0% |
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| Scotland | Fife College | News Journalism | 9 | 0% |
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| Scotland | Glasgow Clyde College | News Journalism | 8 | 0% |
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| Wales | Glyndwr University | News Journalism | 1 | 0% |
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| North East England | University of Sunderland | Broadcast Journalism | 12 | 0% |
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| North East England | University of Sunderland | Magazine Journalism | 24 | 0% |
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| North East England | University of Sunderland | Fashion Journalism | 22 | 0% |
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| Yorkshire | Leeds Trinity University | News Journalism | 6 | 0% |
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| Yorkshire | Leeds Trinity University | Magazine Journalism | 1 | 0% |
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| West Midlands | Staffordshire University | News Journalism | 5 | 0% |
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| North East England | University of Sunderland | Magazine Journalism | 1 | 0% |
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| North East England | University of Sunderland | News Journalism | 6 | 0% |
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| South East England | University of Sussex | News Journalism | 2 | 0% |
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| North East England | Teesside University | News Journalism | 2 | 0% |
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| Scotland | Glasgow Caledonian University | News Journalism | 8 | 0% |
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| North West England | University of Central Lancashire | Magazine Journalism | 2 | 0% |
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| North West England | University of Central Lancashire | News Journalism | 3 | 0% |
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| Greater London | Kingston University | News Journalism | 15 | 0% |
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