Reinspection of curriculum areas 1996-97: report from the Inspectorate

Abstract

FEFC INSPECTION REPORT 109/97 REINSPECTION OF CURRICULUM AREAS, OCTOBER 1996 TO MAY 1997 The Council has agreed that colleges with curriculum areas judged by the inspectorate to have more weaknesses than strengths (grades 4 or 5) may have their funding agreement with the Council qualified to prevent them increasing the number of new students enrolled in those areas until the Council is satisfied that the weaknesses have been addressed satisfactorily. The Council requires that colleges are given the opportunity to have curriculum areas graded 4 or 5 reinspected within a year of their original reinspection. Colleges may request the Council to defer reinspection if they do not believe that sufficient improvements in provision have been achieved. This is a report on those curriculum areas, reinspected between October 1996 and May 1997. Inspectors visited 18 colleges to reinspect 19 curriculum areas which had been judged by the inspectorate to have more weaknesses than strengths. Significant improvements were found in all but one of the curriculum areas. The reinspection grades are shown in the table below. The table also indicates those colleges with curriculum areas graded 4 or 5 which will be included in a future reinspection report