Latest Ofsted Inspection
In-year course attendance, retention, achievement, progress and success rates are monitored by protected characteristic. This approach was recognised by Ofsted in its latest inspection: “Managers and staff promote equality and diversity passionately and exceptionally well. Managers identify any particular groups of learners who do not achieve as well as others and put effective actions in place. Consequently, there are no significant differences in achievement between different groups of learners.”
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The College has an active approach to promoting and celebrating equality, diversity and inclusion. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming and inclusive College with a real commitment to continually raising awareness of equality and diversity matters and minimising discrimination and prejudice. There is a senior strategic lead in place with the objective of ensuring a proactive approach is taken to promoting and monitoring EDI in our College.
Comprehensive systems are in place to regularly monitor the views of learners (questionnaires, focus groups, learning walks, student representatives). The student questionnaires include specific questions on aspects of EDI.
Our Approach to the Promotion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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Teachers use the EDI Champion calendar to plan for the embedding and promotion of EDI into lesson plans and schemes of work.
Managers and staff promote equality and diversity passionately and exceptionally well. There is a strong development of learners’ awareness of equality and diversity themes.
Quality Assurance Promotion EDI is embedded into all quality assurance mechanisms designed to drive improvement of teaching, learning and assessment, such as observations and walkthroughs of teaching, learning and assessment, learner surveys, course reviews, departmental and College self-assessment reports (SARs), performance management and quality improvement plans (QIPs).
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