Richmond upon Thames College has been “very successful in rapidly improving the outcomes for students”, according to its latest Ofted report.

Three years after a new principal and new management arrived at the school, its rating has shifted from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’.

In the previous report, everything required improvement except for the adult learning programmes and apprenticeships.

This time, everything, including quality of teaching, outcomes for learners, personal development and student welfare, was rated ‘good’.

According to the report: “Staff share a determination to improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment, which is now good.

“Students have high levels of respect for one another and behave very well.

“They enjoy attending college and have high aspirations for what they can achieve.”

In contrast, success rates in 2015 in a “significant minority” of GCE AS and GCSE subjects were “too low”.

Attendance and punctuality were “too low”, teaching quality was “not consistently good” across the college and the progress of students was not “consistently tracked”.

Two years later, principal Robin Ghurbhurun said he was “delighted” with the report.

He said: “Since I started my tenure as principal, just over three years ago, the college leadership team and all staff have worked hard to improve the quality of teaching and the outcomes for students and this year we achieved the best set of results for the last 10 years.

“The college leadership team has put in place a number of strategies to raise the effectiveness of the college and improve all aspects of the student experience and learner journey.

“We are currently building a new state of the art campus in Twickenham which will open in 2019 and will accommodate our current and future students.

“We aim to establish Richmond upon Thames College as an outstanding destination for the public, local community and employers while creating a major gateway to employment and higher skills.

“I would like to thank all my staff for their dedication and commitment to securing such a fantastic Ofsted outcome.

“Richmond upon Thames College is well and truly on a journey to becoming an outstanding technical and professional hub for London with a reputation for academic excellence.”

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