Improve students’ attendance, particularly in GCSE English and mathematics.
Improve the proportion of students who make positive progress from their starting points in GCSE English and mathematics, and who achieve A-level qualifications.
Ensure young learners know how to keep themselves safe from the risk of radicalisation and extremism.
Make sure that teachers who are identified as needing further training participate in this and implement what they have learned in their teaching, especially those teaching level 1 and 2 students. Use the good practice that already exists in the college, such as in visual arts, to help all teachers improve.
Train teachers, especially those who teach students at levels 2 and 3, to develop the skills necessary to support students with high needs on their courses.
Increase the attendance rates of 16- to 18-year-old students by investigating why they do not attend their lessons frequently. Use individual strategies to help students who face barriers to attending frequently to overcome these.
Increase the numbers of 16- to 18-year-old students who take part in meaningful, external work experience placements.
Improve the proportion of apprentices who achieve their qualifications by making sure that assessors work more closely with employers, and make sure all apprentices complete their learning in the planned timescale.
Make sure that governors understand fully the performance of the different areas in the college, so they can better support leaders to make improvements more rapidly.
What does the college need to do to improve further?
Ensure that the teaching of English and mathematics is fully integrated across all curriculum areas in order to improve the outcomes for students on study programmes.
Through the comprehensive collection and analysis of students’ destinations, evaluate how effectively the provision allows students to achieve their ambitions for further study or employment.
Through targeted professional development, enable all teachers to plan lessons that address the needs of all students and challenge them to fulfil their potential, regardless of their ability.
What does Northbrook College need to do to improve further?
Further improve success rates through continued and effective monitoring and early intervention to support even more students to complete their courses successfully.
Ensure that learning in poorer performing areas is improved by better course organisation, more lively teaching, better use of information and learning technology and a continuing focus on improving the performance of satisfactory teachers.
Improve the opportunities for all students to experience extra-curricular enrichment activities that invigorate the learning experience and extend their understanding of the world of work.
Further improve the setting of performance targets for students to ensure that they are specific, realistic and actively engage students to improve and take greater control of their progress.
Improve the rigour of course reviews to ensure that all targets more accurately reflect current and previous performance and that actions incorporate all of the areas of development identified.
Further develop the sharing of best practice across, and within, curriculum areas to reduce variability and improve the student experience.