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Ofsted praises Outstanding personal development of adult learners
Ofsted inspected the service, which offers a wide range of high quality academic and community learning courses across Wolverhampton, 22 January 2025.
Inspectors highlighted the following in particular, during the inspection:
- Teachers, managers, staff and students worked exceptionally well together
- Safe, inclusive and welcoming environment experienced
- Well planned and delivered curriculum directly aligned with City and Regional needs and priorities
- Highly skilled workforce who exhibit high expectations and aspirations for the Service and students
- Excellent teaching, learning and assessment observed and experienced
- Students placed on right courses at the right level and well prepared for their next steps
- Students highly motivated to learn, respectful and supportive of each other and staff
- Well- resourced teaching rooms with industry standard equipment
- Safety, safeguarding and wellbeing are high priorities
- High achievement rates
- Teachers know their learners very well and skillfully provide the support individual learners need. As a result, learners make good progress towards their future goals.
- Teachers use their subject expertise well to teach lessons that engage learners and deepen their understanding.
- Good and effective partnerships
- The health and well-being of both learners and staff is a high priority
- Thorough initial advice and guidance and preparation for next steps
Official Ofsted Report
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Councillor Chris Burden, the council's Cabinet Member for City Development, Jobs and Skills, said: "This is great news and I’m delighted that the inspectors have continued to recognise the enthusiasm, dedication and expertise that our teachers and the wider service brings to adult students across the city each and every day."
“Providing good quality education and training for all our residents to learn and grow, increasing their employability and wellbeing, whatever their age or situation, is a key commitment in Our City: Our Plan, and I’m pleased that Adult Education Wolverhampton is continuing to help us deliver on that pledge."
We are very proud of the quality of service that we offer and the outcomes our students achieve. Our overall pass rate for adults at 94% is well above that of similar organisations. Our overall achievement rate for adults is 90%. Our students were asked if they would recommend Adult Education Wolverhampton and 98% said that they would recommend us to others.
