Huddersfield New College

Overview: Huddersfield New College is a sixth-form college that provides a wide range of academic and vocational courses. The college has a strong focus on student progress, personal development, and safeguarding. Students make positive progress from their starting points and achieve well, with most students on A-level programmes achieving their qualifications.

Strengths:

• Students make positive progress from their starting points and achieve well.
• The college provides a highly effective personal development 'Aspire' curriculum that supports students' success in learning and life.
• Students are prepared very well for success in their future careers, with many applying to higher education and apprenticeship programmes.
• Students behave exceptionally well and display positive attitudes towards their learning.
• The college has a strong focus on safeguarding, with staff developing students' knowledge of healthy relationships and students demonstrating a good understanding of what constitutes healthy relationships.

Areas to improve:

• Continue to provide supportive professional training to enhance the quality of teaching, particularly in areas where further improvement is needed.
• Ensure that all students acquire the independent study skills needed to consolidate their learning and recall key content quickly and securely.
• Ensure that students on blended programmes have sufficient work experience opportunities to help them to prepare fully for the world of work.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.