NCG is proud to share the news that we have received a rating of ‘Good’ from Ofsted following a full inspection of all our seven colleges in January.

Our purpose is to provide our learners with education and training that will help them to succeed in their future career, developing a future workforce that is fit for purpose and will bring value to our local communities and economies.  This grade reflects the hard work and dedication of our colleagues and valued partners to ensure that this education and training is of a good standard.

The report highlights many positives across the Group including:

• the good quality work experience and work placements we offer, especially as these had been seriously curtailed during the pandemic restrictions.
• how well our colleges and our curriculum respond to the demands of employers and to the needs of learners and the communities where they live.
• the motivation of our learners to learn and to develop their skills and knowledge.
• the information and support our learners receive in their tutorial programmes about how to stay physically healthy and mentally well.
• our strong policy frameworks for quality, teaching, equality and diversity, and safeguarding.
• the positive destinations of our young people, adult learners and learners with high needs.
• the positive cultural shift of our Group and the shared goals of colleagues right across the country to provide high quality education to our learners.
• the effective programmes and support we offer to enable growing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers to integrate more quickly into their local communities.

“This is a really positive result, and one that reflects the hard work and dedication of the incredible colleagues across our seven colleges and Professional Services who share NCG’s goal to transform lives through exceptional education. As One NCG, we have driven the positive cultural changes needed since our last Ofsted inspection to ensure we have achieved our aims.

“NCG is an ambitious organisation, and we want to keep improving and do more for our learners and more for our communities, which are at the heart of our organisation. That means that we will continue this journey of transformation and work together to achieve Outstanding, optimising our Good rating to create new and exciting opportunities that will help us reach that ambition