Ofsted, which is the acronym for Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, is an independent and impartial body that is tasked with inspecting and regulating services that are providing education and skills for learners of all ages.
Our Ofsted Reports
Here you can find our 2024 Ofsted Report for Lewisham College, which rated us as 'Good' alongside all NCG colleges.
Ofsted works closely with schools and colleges in a bid to raise standards and implement improvements through focused inspection and regulation.
Highlights of the 2024 report include:
- Learners and apprentices make good progress in the development of new knowledge, skills and behaviours. They quickly improve their knowledge and develop their practical skills, which they can then apply in a range of scenarios and contexts. This means learners and apprentices are prepared well for more challenging work and develop the skills required for their chosen next steps.
- Learners and apprentices enjoy being part of the diverse and inclusive college communities at each of the college sites. They value studying in college environments where there are high levels of mutual respect and where learners and staff are approachable and openly support and care for each other.
- Tutors use effective teaching strategies which enable learners and apprentices to develop new knowledge and skills.
Leaders and managers have taken substantial steps to improve apprenticeship provision across the group. Apprenticeships are now of good quality and are aligned closely to local and regional priorities.
Leaders and managers provide a wide range of opportunities to enrich learners' and apprentices' experience at college. - Learners and apprentices feel safe and know how to keep themselves and others safe at their colleges, at work and during online training. They value the security measures in place at each of the college sites, such as the requirement to wear lanyards, access arrangements, the high security presence and the visible displays about safety that signpost further support.
- Leaders and managers engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders to understand local, regional and national skills. They take good account of local and regional priorities when planning the curriculum. In most curriculum areas, stakeholders are involved in the design of the curriculum. Managers organise valuable advisory boards where employers of all sizes liaise directly with the curriculum staff on the current and future skills needs of their specific industries.
- Most learners across all colleges achieve their qualification. Most learners progress to positive and sustained destinations on completion of their programmes such as further study or employment.
Most learners benefit from valuable experience of the workplace and the world of work.
You can access all reports online via Ofsted website.
