diff --git a/app/components/navigation/structures/admin_sub_navigation.rb b/app/components/navigation/structures/admin_sub_navigation.rb
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+++ b/app/components/navigation/structures/admin_sub_navigation.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+module Navigation
+  module Structures
+    class AdminSubNavigation < Navigation::Structures::BaseSubNavigation
+      def get
+        [
+          Node.new(
+            name: "Admin",
+            href: "#",
+            prefix: "/admin",
+            nodes: [
+              Node.new(
+                name: "Admin 1.1",
+                href: '#',
+                prefix: "/admin/1.1"
+              ),
+              Node.new(
+                name: "Admin 1.2",
+                href: '#',
+                prefix: "/admin/1.2"
+              )
+            ]
+          ),
+          Node.new(
+            name: "Sub Nav 2",
+            href: '#',
+            prefix: "/sub-nav-2",
+            nodes: [
+              Node.new(
+                name: "Sub Nav 2.1",
+                href: '#',
+                prefix: "/sub-nav-2.1"
+              ),
+            ]
+          ),
+          Node.new(
+            name: "Sub Nav 3",
+            href: '#',
+            prefix: "/sub-nav-3",
+            nodes: [
+              Node.new(
+                name: "Sub Nav 3.1",
+                href: '#',
+                prefix: "/sub-nav-3.1"
+              ),
+            ]
+          ),
+        ]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/components/navigation/structures/base_sub_navigation.rb b/app/components/navigation/structures/base_sub_navigation.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5baa7a46
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+++ b/app/components/navigation/structures/base_sub_navigation.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module Navigation
+  module Structures
+    class BaseSubNavigation
+      include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
+
+      # A Node is an entry in a navigation list, it contains:
+      #
+      # * name    - the hyperlink text which appears in the list
+      # * href    - the hyperlink href
+      # * prefix  - the beginning of a path which will trigger the node to be marked
+      #            'current' and highlighted in the nav
+      # * current - a boolean value where the result of the prefix match is stored,
+      #             this isn't done on the fly so we can pass the value along from
+      #             the primary nav to the sub nav
+      # * nodes   - a list of nodes that sit under this one in the structure
+      Node = Struct.new(:name, :href, :prefix, :nodes)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component.html.erb b/app/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component.html.erb
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/app/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<nav class="x-govuk-sub-navigation" aria-labelledby="sub-navigation-heading">
+  <h2 class="govuk-visually-hidden" id="sub-navigation-heading">Navigation</h2>
+    <ul class="x-govuk-sub-navigation__section">
+      <% structure.each do |section| %>
+      <%= tag.li(class: navigation_item_classes(section)) do %>
+        <%= navigation_link(section) %>
+
+        <% if section.nodes.present? %>
+          <ul class="x-govuk-sub-navigation__section x-govuk-sub-navigation__section--nested">
+            <% section.nodes.each do |node| %>
+              <li class="x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item">
+                <%= navigation_link(node) %>
+              </li>
+            <% end %>
+          </ul>
+        <% end %>
+      <% end %>
+    <% end %>
+  </ul>
+</nav>
diff --git a/app/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component.rb b/app/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b9a034d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+require 'debug'
+
+module Navigation
+  class SubNavigationComponent < ViewComponent::Base
+    attr_accessor :current_path, :current_section, :structure
+
+    def initialize(current_path, structure:)
+      @current_path = current_path
+      @structure = structure
+    end
+
+    def render?
+      structure.present?
+    end
+
+    def navigation_link(section)
+      link_to(
+        section.name,
+        section.href,
+        class: "x-govuk-sub-navigation__link",
+        aria: { current: current?(section.prefix) },
+      )
+    end
+
+    def navigation_item_classes(section)
+      class_names(
+        "x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item",
+        "x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item--current" => current?(section.prefix),
+      )
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    def current?(prefix)
+      # return nil instead of false so Rails' link helper drops the
+      # attribute rather than setting "current='false'"
+      current_path.start_with?(prefix) || nil
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86d5178e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module AdminHelper
+  def admin_sub_navigation_structure
+    @admin_navigation_structure ||= Navigation::Structures::AdminSubNavigation.new.get
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/index.html.erb b/app/views/admin/index.html.erb
index c0701495..b285efa7 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/index.html.erb
@@ -12,3 +12,13 @@
     { key: { text: "Session expires" }, value: { text: session_manager.expires_at.localtime.to_fs(:govuk) } },
   ]
 ) %>
+
+<%= content_for(:sidebar) do %>
+  <%=
+    render Navigation::SubNavigationComponent.new(
+      request.path,
+      structure: admin_sub_navigation_structure
+    )
+  %>
+<% end %>
+
diff --git a/spec/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/spec/components/navigation/sub_navigation_component_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+class TestSubNavigationStructureTwoLevels < Navigation::Structures::BaseSubNavigation
+  def get
+    [
+      Node.new(
+        name: "This is the Sub Nav 1 page",
+        href: "/sub-nav-1",
+        prefix: "/sub-nav-1",
+        nodes: [
+          Node.new(
+            name: "This is the Sub Nav 1.1 page",
+            href: "/sub-nav-1.1",
+            prefix: "/sub-nav-1.1"
+          ),
+        ]
+      ),
+      Node.new(
+        name: "This is the Sub Nav 2 page",
+        href: "/sub-nav-2",
+        prefix: "/sub-nav-2",
+        nodes: [
+          Node.new(
+            name: "This is the Sub Nav 2.1 page",
+            href: '/sub-nav-2.1',
+            prefix: "/sub-nav-2.1"
+          ),
+        ]
+      ),
+    ]
+  end
+end
+
+class TestSubNavigationStructureOneLevel < Navigation::Structures::BaseSubNavigation
+  def get
+    [
+      Node.new(
+        name: "This is the Sub Nav 1 page",
+        href: '/sub-nav-1',
+        prefix: "/sub-nav-1",
+      )
+    ]
+  end
+end
+
+RSpec.describe Navigation::SubNavigationComponent, type: :component do
+  describe "a nested navigation structure with two levels" do
+    let(:current_path) { "/some-path" }
+    let(:structure) { TestSubNavigationStructureTwoLevels.new }
+
+    subject do
+      Navigation::SubNavigationComponent.new(current_path, structure: structure.get)
+    end
+
+    it "renders a visually hidden h2 heading" do
+      render_inline(subject)
+
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css("h2.govuk-visually-hidden", text: "Navigation")
+    end
+
+    it "renders top level navigation items" do
+      render_inline(subject)
+
+      selector = "li.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item > a.x-govuk-sub-navigation__link"
+
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, text: "This is the Sub Nav 1 page")
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, text: "This is the Sub Nav 2 page")
+    end
+
+    it "renders second level navigation items" do
+      render_inline(subject)
+
+      selector = %w[
+        li.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item
+        ul.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section--nested
+        li.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item
+        a.x-govuk-sub-navigation__link
+      ].join(" > ")
+
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, text: "This is the Sub Nav 1.1 page")
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, text: "This is the Sub Nav 2.1 page")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "a navigation structure with only one level" do
+    let(:structure) { TestSubNavigationStructureOneLevel.new }
+    let(:current_path) { "/some-path" }
+
+    subject do
+      Navigation::SubNavigationComponent.new(current_path, structure: structure.get)
+    end
+
+    it "renders top level navigation items" do
+      render_inline(subject)
+
+      selector = "li.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item > a.x-govuk-sub-navigation__link"
+
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, text: "This is the Sub Nav 1 page")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "highlighting the current top level nav item" do
+    context "when the prefix matches the start of the current path" do
+      let(:current_path) { "/sub-nav-1" }
+      let(:structure) { TestSubNavigationStructureTwoLevels.new }
+
+      subject do
+        Navigation::SubNavigationComponent.new(current_path, structure: structure.get)
+      end
+
+      it "marks only the nav item with the matching prefix as 'current'" do
+        render_inline(subject)
+
+        selector = "li.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item--current"
+
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, text: "This is the Sub Nav 1 page")
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, count: 1)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "highlighting the current second level nav item" do
+    context "when the prefix matches the start of the current path" do
+      let(:current_path) { "/sub-nav-1.1" }
+      let(:structure) { TestSubNavigationStructureTwoLevels.new }
+
+      subject do
+        Navigation::SubNavigationComponent.new(current_path, structure: structure.get)
+      end
+
+      it "marks only the section as current" do
+        render_inline(subject)
+
+        selector = %w[
+          li.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item
+          ul.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section--nested
+          li.x-govuk-sub-navigation__section-item
+          a.x-govuk-sub-navigation__link[aria-current="true"]
+        ].join(" > ")
+
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, text: "This is the Sub Nav 1.1 page")
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_css(selector, count: 1)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end