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About Us:

St Charles College has a proven record of achieving strong inspection reports since its establishment in 1990. It was first assessed by the FEFC inspection team in 1994 and again in 1998. The strength of both these reports resulted in the College being identified as one of the first four beacon sixth form colleges in the country in 1999.

Beacon status was renewed in February 2004 following another outstanding inspection report conducted by OFSTED in 2002. Beacon colleges carry responsibility for spreading good practice and in the last few years the College has contributed to the creation of training resources for teachers in other schools and colleges, as well as publishing material on good educational practice and holding conferences for colleagues in other London schools.

The most recent full inspection of the College took place in October 2007 when we were designated as “outstanding" by OFSTED, and the following grades were awarded:

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding: grade 1
Quality of provision: Outstanding: grade 1
Leadership and management: Outstanding: grade 1
Achievement and standards: Good: grade 2
Capacity to improve: Outstanding: grade 1
Equality of opportunity: Outstanding: grade 1

A summary of this most recent inspection report can be accessed from this page: the full report can be read at www.ofsted.gov.uk, in the Colleges section.

The College has also been successfully assessed four times against the Investors In People standards, most recently in 2008. This is a government award given to organisations that can show a clear and active commitment to the continual training and development of their staff. In this way our student can continue to benefit from the expertise and energy of all who work at the College.

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Although the college environment is one in which students are given more freedom in the management of their time, their study load, and planning for their next step.

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St Charles is an institution where student attendance and progress is monitored and supported very closely. This takes place in the following ways:

Attendance at lessons is recorded electronically, together with any time lost through lack of punctuality. These attendance records can be accessed at any time through the College's information systems, and the student can track their own records through their Profile page which they can access in College and remotely from a home computer.

Students' Group Tutors receive weekly attendance reports and follow up any issues with students in the daily tutorial sessions.
Students in receipt of Educational Maintenance Allowances have to reach attendance rates of 95% each week, with minimal lateness in order to qualify for their payments.

For all courses students are given a minimum target grade, based on an assessment of their prior achievement.