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2024 Annual Engagement Visit

The following areas for improvement were identified and discussed with the senior managers:

• Learner success rates on part-time programmes have decreased.
• Overall success rates for almost all key groups of learners (learners who are care-experienced, from an ethnic minority background, identify as male on FE and higher education programmes, and identify as female on FE programmes) have decreased.
• Some programmes, predominantly at FE level, do not always meet the diverse needs of all learners. These programmes have high rates of learner withdrawal and low rates of success.

2018 Full Inspection Report

Areas for Development

• Although the College’s Gender action plan has been implemented it has not yet resulted in appropriate balance across all programmes.
• The College recognise a need to further examine the success rates for FT HE Care Experienced students, as they are lower than the latest national comparator.
• In FT FE there has been a decline in student retention which has affected attainment.

• The College recognises there is a need to develop a digital transformation model which harnesses new technologies to enhance pedagogy, improve services and support the lifelong learning experience.
• There is a need to re-enforce work based learning as part of Curriculum Planning.
• There is a need for a more consistent approach to sharing pedagogical practice which will be developed as part of the College’s shared teaching practice approach

• The College has identified a need with regional colleagues to examine further the factors contributing to attainment rates for Senior Phase students.
• The College has identified a need from its analysis of the College and wider college sector to reorganise its management structure to continue to deliver a high quality student experience which meet the aims and aspirations of its strategic plan.