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2012 Full Inspection Report

What does the provider need to do to improve further?

• Raise success rates for the foundation English, certificate to higher education (HE) and the range of lifelong learning courses by ensuring that staff monitor students’ progress in a more coordinated, effective way, and that academic and support staff liaise more closely and share information about students where appropriate.
• Further improve the quality of teaching and learning by better planning to meet individual learning needs, particularly for group sessions, through more focused questioning and a wider range of learning activities.
• Simplify the college’s strategic planning and monitoring procedures by ensuring appropriate staff are fully aware of their personal role in achieving and routinely reporting on specified actions.
• Make the observation of teaching and learning a more effective part of the performance management of teachers by ensuring that lesson observations take place as intended, that areas for improvement are described in detail and action points reviewed promptly, and that rigorous, transparent and consistent performance management procedures underpin the entire scheme.

2007 Full Inspection Report

Key areas for improvement

• Amount of initial assessment for literacy on trade union studies and short day courses
• Use of data to critically analyse aspects of provision
• Arrangements for quality assurance