What does the provider need to do to improve further?
- Teachers should plan learning activities that challenge students to extend their knowledge, skills and understanding so that all students achieve the grade of which they are capable.
- Improve attendance rates, particularly on level 2 study programmes.
- Ensure that all governors have sufficient understanding of further education to hold senior managers fully to account.
Areas for improvement
The college should address:
- low retention and pass rates for a small minority of courses
- low value added scores for a minority of courses
- lack of differentiation and challenge in a minority of lessons, particularly for more able learners.
What should be improved
- retention and pass rates on some courses
- some aspects of the curriculum
- low take up of learning support
- lack of rigour in some aspects of quality assurance.
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