North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

Overview

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College is judged as ‘Good’ overall, with ‘Outstanding’ behaviour and attitudes. The report describes a ‘supportive and aspirational college environment’ where learners are motivated and demonstrate ‘consistently high levels of respect’. Leaders maintain strong links with employers to ensure curricula meet regional skills needs, and most students achieve their qualifications and move on to positive destinations.

Strengths

• Learners benefit from ‘well-resourced spaces’ and dedicated vocational facilities across seven campuses.
• Teachers are ‘well-qualified and experienced’, with sector expertise supported by industry days and cross-campus best practice sharing.
• Apprentices receive ‘co-ordinated extremely well’ on- and off-the-job training, leading to an ‘increasingly high proportion’ achieving their qualifications.
• Students with high needs access ‘well-co-ordinated cross-college support’ and helpful technology to aid their progress.
• The college makes a ‘strong contribution to meeting skills needs’ through exceptional links with strategic groups and employers.

Areas to improve

• Use starting points of all students and apprentices when planning learning and setting targets to support progress.
• Provide all students and apprentices with precise feedback that helps them improve their work.
• Monitor the quality of teaching across all courses so leaders can intervene quickly where necessary.
• Increase the proportion of students aged 16 to 19 studying GCSE English and mathematics who achieve grade 4 or higher.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.