North Hertfordshire College is #OutstandinglyGood! ✨
Following our Ofsted inspection in November 2023, we’re proud to share that NHC has been graded Good with Outstanding features. This is a great achievement, and we’re really proud to have received such positive feedback.
Summary of the grading
Quality of Education – Good
Behaviour and Attitudes – Good
Personal Development – Good
Leadership and Management – Good
Education Programmes for Young People – Good
Adult Learning Programmes – Good
Provision for Learners with High Needs – Outstanding
Check out some of our report highlights:
‘Outstanding’ Supported Studies, Springboard, and Additional Learning Support provision ✨
“Provision for students with high needs remains outstanding.”
“Students with high needs benefit from learning programmes that enable them to become more independent in their daily lives.”
“Partnership working has resulted in highly appropriate training pathways for students with high needs. As a result of this and highly effective teaching, students move to higher levels of learning and into supported or independent employment.”
“Teachers make excellent use of local community partners and employers to provide a wide range of high-quality, work-related activities, volunteering opportunities and visits to workplaces that are relevant to students’ learning.”
Positive experience for learners 👍
“Students and apprentices enjoy coming to college… They feel valued and respected by staff and their peers. They consider their well-qualified teachers and assessors to be professional role models.”
“Students thrive in a learning environment in which the development of their personal, social, and employability skills is valued.”
“Leaders are highly ambitious for students and apprentices.”
Preparing learners for the future 🔮
“Leaders and managers have developed high-quality training programmes with a clear purpose: to meet local and regional skills needs.”
“Students and apprentices enjoy learning and training using high-quality, industry-standard teaching resources.”
“Adult students overcome previous barriers to their employment through their studies.”
Strong teaching teams 🍎
“Teachers and assessors use a range of effective teaching methods very skillfully.”
“Teachers and assessors are appropriately qualified… This enables them to prepare students and apprentices fully for their careers and next steps.”
“Staff experienced in using assistive technology ensure that students with high needs benefit greatly from using this. Students’ mastery of these technologies enables them to live and study more independently.”
Destinations-focused learning 🗺
“Students build their wider employment skills through the ‘Top 10 skills for employment’ approach devised by staff in consultation with employers.”
“Apprentices develop new skills and the professional behaviours they need to be successful in their future careers.”
Making contributions to meeting skills needs 🤝
“Leaders use relevant information and labour market intelligence skillfully. This shapes their strategy to develop courses and training in priority sectors.”
“Governors, leaders and managers have extensive knowledge and expertise in priority sector skills areas. They use this information highly successfully to work with local employers… to bring about positive change for local people.”
“Teachers involve employers, community and other partners expertly.”
✨ Want to read more about our strengths? ✨
Our full Ofsted report is available to read online – simply click the button below to download a copy.