Why choose Adult Education Wolverhampton?

Ofsted inspected the service, which offers a wide range of high quality academic and community learning courses across Wolverhampton, between 26 and 29 November . You can read some of the very positive comments Ofsted made about us here.

Our overall pass rate for adults is superb at 91% well above that of similar organisations.

We get lots of great feedback from our students. In the 2019 national student satisfaction online survey 98% of students said they would recommend Adult Education Wolverhampton to others. In the survey our students gave us particularly high ratings for the quality of teaching and learning and being treated well by staff. You can compare our student satisfaction ratings with those for colleges and other providers on the FE Choices website

A great number of students improve their job prospects once they have studied with Adult Education Wolverhampton. Our survey results show that 93% reported a positive employment related outcome. 33% got a full-time or part-time job, became self-employed or got a promotion after finishing their studies. Whilst a further 60% started volunteering, gained valuable work experience or noted another work benefit following their studies.

As well as gaining skills and qualifications, learning can bring a whole range of other benefits. Each year we ask our students what benefits they have got from their learning. Of 993 students surveyed last year 70% had gained in confidence, 35% had improved their physical or mental health, and 30% were more involved in their child’s education.