We've officially been rated 'Good' by Ofsted - with praise for our “culture of excellence” where students feel valued and able to succeed.
This rating is in addition to the College officially becoming the fifth best-performing in the country in the most recent National Achievement Rate Tables, further solidifying our position as the leading college in the region.
The report reserved special praise for the college’s development of highly specialised new courses to meet the skills needs in Northamptonshire, including full-time logistics courses in Daventry, footwear apprenticeships and the launch of a green technologies centre.
Other highlights from the inspection report include:
- Students and apprentices enjoy attending college and are often proud of the work that they do.
- Students are well-motivated and benefit from positive relationships with their teachers. They feel safe at the college and are confident that staff will take any concerns seriously and deal with them swiftly and appropriately.
- Young people benefit from a wide range of extra-curricular activities that help them explore their talents and interests.
- Teachers, support workers and managers provide effective help for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities. SEND students make good progress.
- Students with high needs who participate in academic and vocational courses receive effective support that helps them to have similar experiences to other young people at the college.
- Teachers know their subjects well and most have substantial industry experience that they draw on to enhance lessons.
- Teachers prepare students well for assessments and final examinations, helping students to produce work that meets at least the expected standard and the vast majority pass their qualifications.
- Leaders are very ambitious and aspire to a culture of excellence, using a broad and appropriate range of well-thought-out quality improvement activities. They create a welcoming, calm and supportive environment” while working with stakeholders “very successfully” to understand the skills needs of the local, regional and national economy.
A full copy of the report is available on the Ofsted website.
