The body, which represents the providers that deliver the majority of apprenticeships in England, welcomed the fact that Professor Alison Wolf's review of vocational education emphasises the importance of 16 to 18 apprenticeships.
But ALP warned that pre-apprenticeship provision needs to be urgently improved if more young people are to become apprentices.
Graham Hoyle, the association’s chief executive, argued that many young people leaving school at 16 are not ready to start a full apprenticeship, so they need to undertake other learning to get them "on the ladder" to an apprenticeship.
The government’s foundation learning programme for 16 to 18 year olds was supposed to provide a route to apprenticeships, but Hoyle said problems around funding are making it difficult for providers to supply the right kind of flexible courses.
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