Reigate College

Overview

Reigate College is judged to be operating at a “Strong standard” across all inspected areas, including inclusion, leadership, education programmes, and provision for learners with high needs. The report describes a “nurturing environment” where students “thrive” and feel “welcomed, valued and supported,” resulting in consistently high achievement and positive outcomes for all learners.

Strengths

• Students make “extensive progress from their starting points” and achieve well, with disadvantaged students performing “in line with their peers.”
• Leaders have established a “whole-college approach to inclusion,” using “thoughtful and sensitive individualised strategies” to ensure all students participate and progress.
• Teaching is of “consistently high quality,” with teachers sequencing the curriculum logically and using “highly effective strategies” to build knowledge and prepare students for assessments.
• There is a strong culture of support for staff, who appreciate “flexible” non-teaching time and opportunities for professional development, leading to high morale.
• Students benefit from excellent careers provision and work experience, including visits to organisations like the Royal Marsden Hospital, preparing them well for “positive destinations.”

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure “continued improvement to curriculum implementation in all areas” to achieve and sustain “exceptional standards of teaching and training.”

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders having established an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” and concerns are actively identified and managed.