Police Officer Degree Apprenticeship
West Midlands Police
West Midlands (B4 6NQ)
Closes on Monday 22 December 2025
Posted on 12 November 2025
Contents
Summary
West Midlands Police are currently recruiting via our degree apprenticeship route for those who wish to become Police Officers. Do you want to be a police officer? Entry into the service has changed and West Midlands Police is one of the first to recruit student officers to study for a degree apprenticeship while they work.
- Wage
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£36,375 a year
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Your salary will start at £36,375 but increase in your second year to £38,346 and £40,557 in your third year.
- Training course
- Police constable (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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The Police Officer Apprenticeship is based on 40 hours per week and will follow a regular policing shift pattern, which will include day, evening, night and weekend working.
Shift patterns will be confirmed prior to starting.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 5 March 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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150
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
As a Police Officer Degree Apprentice, you will study whilst you develop in the job role. Lots of your learning will be done digitally. You’ll log onto our partner University’s system to watch lectures and access learning modules from your computer, without needing to travel to campus on a regular basis.
When you’re not studying you’ll be working alongside your colleagues, on a neighbourhood policing team, on a response team, or in one of our investigations teams.
Where you'll work
PO Box 52
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 6NQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY
Training course
Police constable (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply authorised professional practice (APP) within day-to-day policing contexts in line with local policing policies.
- Identify, organise, engage, and clearly communicate information with a range of stakeholders to manage planned and dynamic situations, which influence and lead others in a policing context.
- Gather, handle, store, disclose and analyse information and intelligence from relevant sources, in line with organisational policies and procedures to support law enforcement and to maximise policing effectiveness.
- Apply an open investigative mind-set whilst cognisant of the code of ethics and national decision-making model.
- Manage dynamic conflict situations through leadership, taking personal accountability for the use of proportionate and justifiable responses and actions.
- Manage ethical searches for evidence and information in differing environments, including searching of people, vehicles and open spaces.
- Provide an initial, autonomous and risk assessed response to incidents, including complex and confrontational, to bring about the best possible outcomes.
- Provide an initial, autonomous response to crime scenes, that require the management and preservation of evidence and exhibits.
- Provide leadership at policing incidents and situations providing empathetic support to protect the public including the most vulnerable.
- Manage and conduct priority and volume investigations by identifying, evaluating and acting upon appropriate lines of enquiry including digital evidence, to enable the presenting of permissible evidence to authorities where required.
- Use police powers to deal with suspects including arrest, report and alternative disposal options.
- Interview victims, witnesses and suspects, inclusive of vulnerable persons in accordance with investigative standards contained within Authorised Professional Practice and use of the PEACE model.
- Assess risk and threats demonstrating critical thinking using the national decision-making model, in order to select and apply specialist techniques to support individuals in need of public protection.
- Use discretion when applying powers across policing situations ensuring these are proportionate, legal, accountable and necessary.
- Engage in self-reflection to improve own professional practice in future operational activities.
- Apply reflection strategies to existing policy and practice recommending innovative approaches to policing.
- Engage with individuals and collaborate with organisations in the community, to enhance effective teamworking in order to achieve positive outcomes for public reassurance, safety and well-being.
- Critically apply problem-solving techniques to prevention interventions to inform decision-making and actions in policing environments.
- Apply local organisational sustainable practices.
- Embed organisational led good practice requirements for equality, diversity and inclusivity in decision making in policing situations.
- Apply authorised professional practice (APP) within day-to-day policing contexts in line with local policing policies.
- Identify, organise, engage, and clearly communicate information with a range of stakeholders to manage planned and dynamic situations, which influence and lead others in a policing context.
- Gather, handle, store, disclose and analyse information and intelligence from relevant sources, in line with organisational policies and procedures to support law enforcement and to maximise policing effectiveness.
- Apply an open investigative mind-set whilst cognisant of the code of ethics and national decision-making model.
- Manage dynamic conflict situations through leadership, taking personal accountability for the use of proportionate and justifiable responses and actions.
- Manage ethical searches for evidence and information in differing environments, including searching of people, vehicles and open spaces.
- Provide an initial, autonomous and risk assessed response to incidents, including complex and confrontational, to bring about the best possible outcomes.
- Provide an initial, autonomous response to crime scenes, that require the management and preservation of evidence and exhibits.
- Provide leadership at policing incidents and situations providing empathetic support to protect the public including the most vulnerable.
- Manage and conduct priority and volume investigations by identifying, evaluating and acting upon appropriate lines of enquiry including digital evidence, to enable the presenting of permissible evidence to authorities where required.
- Use police powers to deal with suspects including arrest, report and alternative disposal options.
- Interview victims, witnesses and suspects, inclusive of vulnerable persons in accordance with investigative standards contained within Authorised Professional Practice and use of the PEACE model.
- Assess risk and threats demonstrating critical thinking using the national decision-making model, in order to select and apply specialist techniques to support individuals in need of public protection.
- Use discretion when applying powers across policing situations ensuring these are proportionate, legal, accountable and necessary.
- Engage in self-reflection to improve own professional practice in future operational activities.
- Apply reflection strategies to existing policy and practice recommending innovative approaches to policing.
- Engage with individuals and collaborate with organisations in the community, to enhance effective teamworking in order to achieve positive outcomes for public reassurance, safety and well-being.
- Critically apply problem-solving techniques to prevention interventions to inform decision-making and actions in policing environments.
- Apply local organisational sustainable practices.
- Embed organisational led good practice requirements for equality, diversity and inclusivity in decision making in policing situations.
Training schedule
You will complete a level 6 degree apprenticeship with Leeds Trinity University, the West Midlands Police partner for this apprenticeship programme. The off-the-job training element of the programme will take place within the West Midlands and will be supported by rotations on a neighbourhood policing team, on a response team at the frontline of our emergency service, or in one of our investigations teams, helping to solve some of the most serious crimes and catch those responsible.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process. Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which include a drugs and fitness test.
About this employer
West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 2.8 million. The region sits at the very heart of the country and covers the three major centres of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It also includes the busy and thriving districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull and Dudley. Leisure, retail and conference amenities, together with Premiership and Championship football teams, attract millions of visitors annually. The West Midlands is an area rich in diversity, with 18 per cent of its population from ethnic minority backgrounds. An average of 170,000 motorists travel through the region daily, making its motorways some of the busiest in Europe. Against this backdrop, the force deals with more than 2,000 emergency calls for help every day, as well as patrolling the streets and responding to incidents 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week.
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Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Once you have successfully completed the 3 year Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, you will be posted into a Police Constable role within the West Midlands Police force.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000311.
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Closes on Monday 22 December 2025
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