Knowsley Community College has received an outstanding accolade from Ofsted in its recent report for its wide-ranging social and educational inclusion, and good grades all-round for its teaching and learning, including special mention of the College's Award-winning 14 - 16 year old Collegiate provision.
"Social and educational inclusion are outstanding. The promotion of equality of opportunity is excellent. Arrangements to eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity are outstanding."
These and other comments from Ofsted pay tribute to the College's work on behalf of the whole community, summed up in the following paragraph:
"The excellent partnership arrangements are highly effective in raising the profile of the college as an inclusive organisation, and in contributing locally to raising the employability of the workforce. The exceptional work undertaken with employers, schools and community partners is flexible, responsive and particularly successful in encouraging participation from disadvantaged backgrounds."
The College's key strengths were summarised in the report as follows:
innovative and responsive action to benefit the College and community
excellent partnership arrangements
good teaching, learning and support
very good 14-16 provision
outstanding social and educational inclusion
highly effective teamwork and communication
strong strategic leadership
College Principal, Frank Gill, says,
"Staff and students at the College will be very proud of the achievements highlighted in this report, which gives the whole College, and the people of Knowsley and Merseyside served by the College, much optimism for the future. An Ofsted inspection is a major event for any college as it sets out not only your strengths and successes but also provides a focus on what you need to improve. Our report clearly underlines that we have achieved much and that we are doing all the right things to become even more successful. We are particularly delighted by the way in which the report has acknowledged our exceptional contribution to the educational aims of the community and to the training needs of employers."
