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CONTENTS COLLEGE SELF ASSESSMENT Information about the College ................................................................................................................ 3 Overall effectiveness .............................................................................................................................. 4 Capacity to improve ............................................................................................................................... 5 A. Outcomes for Learners ...................................................................................................................... 7 B. Quality of Provision .......................................................................................................................... 30 C. Leadership and Management .......................................................................................................... 34 Quality Improvement Plan 2011 ........................................................................................................... 38 TEAM SELF ASSESSMENTS Self Assessment: Sixth Form Academy ................................................................................................. 45 Self Assessment: Basic Skills ................................................................................................................. 49 Self Assessment: Business Solutions ..................................................................................................... 52 Self Assessment: Caring Services .......................................................................................................... 58 Self Assessment: Centre for Leadership and Management .................................................................. 63 Self Assessment: Creative Industries and Computing .......................................................................... 66 Self Assessment: Engineering HE .......................................................................................................... 70 Self Assessment: Electrical Installation/Engineering/Auto -Employer Responsive .............................. 73 Self Assessment: Engineering Learner Responsive ............................................................................... 78 Self Assessment: ESOL .......................................................................................................................... 82 Self Assessment: Hairdressing, Beauty and Complementary Therapies .............................................. 85 Self Assessment: International Academy .............................................................................................. 90 Self Assessment: Leisure and Tourism HE ............................................................................................ 94 Self Assessment: Leisure Travel Tourism and Hospitality ..................................................................... 98 Self Assessment: Music and Performing Arts ..................................................................................... 103 Self Assessment: Public Services ......................................................................................................... 106 Self Assessment: Skills for Employers ................................................................................................. 111 Self Assessment: Sport ........................................................................................................................ 114 Self Assessment: Teacher Education .................................................................................................. 121 Self Assessment: Transitions ............................................................................................................... 126 Loughborough College Self Assessment Report 2011 Page 1 of 173 TEAM ACTION PLANS Action Plan: Sixth Form Academy ....................................................................................................... 131 Action Plan: Basic Skills ....................................................................................................................... 134 Action Plan: Business Solutions .......................................................................................................... 136 Action Plan: Caring Services ................................................................................................................ 138 Action Plan: Centre for Leadership and Management ....................................................................... 140 Action Plan: Creative Industries and Computing ................................................................................ 141 Action Plan: Engineering HE ................................................................................................................ 142 Action Plan: Electrical Installation/Engineering/Auto -Employer Responsive .................................... 144 Action Plan: Engineering Learner Responsive..................................................................................... 146 Action Plan: ESOL ................................................................................................................................ 148 Action Plan: Hairdressing, Beauty and Complementary Therapies .................................................... 150 Action Plan: International Academy ................................................................................................... 152 Action Plan: Leisure and Tourism HE .................................................................................................. 154 Action Plan: Leisure, Travel, Tourism and Hospitality ........................................................................ 156 Action Plan: Music and Performing Arts ............................................................................................. 159 Action Plan: Public Services ................................................................................................................ 161 Action Plan: Sport ............................................................................................................................... 166 Action Plan: Teacher Education .......................................................................................................... 169 Action Plan Transitions ....................................................................................................................... 170 Loughborough College Self Assessment Report 2011 Page 2 of 173 Information about the College Loughborough College is a general further education college located in the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire. Celebrating its Centenary Year in 2009, it moved to its present site in 1966 and now shares a large educational campus with Loughborough University and the RNIB College Loughborough. The core recruitment area includes Loughborough, the surrounding rural area (largely Charnwood Borough) and the northern outskirts of Leicester. Some 24% of the college’s learners are from minority ethnic groups, significantly above the Charnwood percentage of 15%. Most of the college’s activity takes place on the main campus, but some provision occurs in community venues and increasingly on business premises both locally and nationally. Loughborough College offers qualifications from pre-entry to HE in all sectors subject areas except agriculture, horticulture and animal care. About 60% of total College funding comes from the main skills funding bodies, with the remainder coming from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (12%), Fees (13%) and a range of commercial and international activity. The college has been judged as having outstanding financial management. The college was last inspected by Ofsted in November 2008 and was judged good for its overall effectiveness and outstanding for educational and social inclusion. The college also had a successful review of its higher education provision with many good practice features identified by the Quality Assurance Agency’s process. The college has achieved the Training Quality Standard, Investors in People and Charter Mark and has excellent sport provision formerly having LSC Centre of Vocational Excellence status. The Institute of Leadership and Management have also awarded Centre of Excellence status for management provision, and the Electrical Contracting Industry has conferred similar status for work in this area of construction. Learner numbers for LSC and HEFCE funded provision in 2010/11 were: Type of funding Type of Total learner numbers provision for 2010/11 Learner Responsive FE Full-time 2144 Learner Responsive FE Part-time 2548 Employer Responsive WBL 610 Employer Responsive Train to Gain 1267 HEFCE HE Full-time 511 HEFCE HE Part-time 468 Full Cost All (1) 3032 Loughborough College has many successful partnerships and collaborative relationships with a wide variety of organisations, including its close neighbours Loughborough University and RNIB College Loughborough. The following pages of this SAR provide specific details on current college and curriculum team performance. The SAR has been moderated through college management processes and the Board of Governors. The SAR should be read in conjunction with the college’s Strategic Plan. Loughborough College Self Assessment Report 2011 Page 3 of 173 Overall effectiveness (Good) Strengths Clear strategic leadership with a focus on teaching and learning Good outcomes for learners for most Level 3 (16-18) and Level 1 (19+) provision