CALDERDALE COLLEgE 2012/13

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Open
evenings
4.30pm tO 7pm
8th nov, 24th Jan & 24th
April on the main campus
at Francis street, Halifax
GOOD WITH
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES
north Halifax skills Centre
15th nov at Club Lane
Apprenticeships – 9th Feb
on the main campus at
Francis street, Halifax
www.calderdale.ac.uk
Ofsted 2011
• Calderdale College is a
good college with some
outstanding features.
• The learner is at the heart
of all that it does.
• Outcomes for learners are
good, with success rates,
particularly those on foundation
level provision, increasing
significantly in 2009/10, with
further improvements already
seen in the current academic
year. Learners are now making
good progress in their studies.
• The quality of provision is
good. College staff have
seen improving teaching and
learning as a key driver to
improving success rates. A
range of strategies has been
used to raise standards, which
have proved successful.
• Teaching and learning
are now good.
• The college offers a
comprehensive range of
courses, with good progression
routes in most areas.
• Partnership working
is outstanding.
• Care, guidance and support
for learners are good.
• Its support for learners with
learning difficulties and/
or disabilities is outstanding
with these learners achieving
excellent success rates.
• There is outstanding
strategic leadership which
supports a culture of high
expectations and ambition.
• Safeguarding arrangements
are strong. Safeguarding has
a high priority in the college.
• Equality and diversity
are promoted well.
• Most groups of learners
achieve as well as their
peers, with some achieving
better than their peers.
• The college is particularly
effective in improving the
economic and social well-being
of learners. There are good
systems to enable learners
to make informed choices
about their health and wellbeing.
Learners make a good
contribution to the community.
The student union is active;
learners play an important role
in a number of college panels.
• The college is highly inclusive,
with equality and diversity
integral to the way it operates.
For further information: www.calderdale.ac.uk » Tel:01422 399399 Calderdale College: Inspiring Learners To Succeed In Life & In Work
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