Havant and South Downs College, Waterlooville

What is it like to be a learner with this provider?

Learners and apprentices benefit from a positive and purposeful learning environment in which most rightly feel well supported. Adult learners develop positive attitudes to learning and high standards of professional behaviour. Most learners and apprentices appreciate and value the mutual respect between each other and staff. They enjoy their course and feel part of a caring college community. Consequently, most learners and apprentices attend well and are motivated to achieve.

Learners studying education programmes for young people benefit from sessions where teachers bring activity to life and provide relevance, by promoting discussions and relating teaching to real-life scenarios. Level 1 vocational studies learners at Alton benefit from lessons that prepare them for employment in industries such as social care, horticulture and hospitality. T level in health learners benefit from well-planned industry placements where they practise their communication skills and observe interactions with patients. Level 3 sports learners at South Downs learn about working safely and body systems to help them coach others. Consequently, most learners and apprentices develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours that they need for their future. They can apply their learning in class and in the workplace effectively.

What does the provider do well and what does it need to do better?

Leaders have a clear and ambitious vision to raise learners' and apprentices' aspirations and improve their life chances through high-quality education and training. They collaborate closely with stakeholders to design courses that enable learners and apprentices to make good progress in their academic and personal lives. For example, staff work closely with the Department for Work and Pensions to offer online construction courses to those furthest from work to gain valuable employment skills. Staff tailor courses carefully and support learners and apprentices, including those with additional needs, to become more confident, resilient and independent.

Staff plan learning logically so that learners and apprentices build knowledge and skills over time securely. For example, A-level mathematics learners at the Alton and Havant campus begin by recapping problem-solving and algebra, before developing these concepts further in pure mathematics and mechanics. T-level health teachers carefully order learning in practical sessions, so that learners first learn how to make up a hospital bed, and then how to communicate with patients, before they interact with patient mannequins to take observations. Consequently, learners and apprentices develop the essential knowledge and skills they need to achieve their qualifications well.

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.

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