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The SMB Group

URN: 130754

Address: C/O Stephenson Campus, Thornborough Road, Coalville, LE67 3TN

Following a merger on 31/01/2020, SMB Group will be viewed by Ofsted as a new college for inspection purposes until its first full inspection. Only reports after 31/01/2020 are for the merged college.

Rating and reports

Requires Improvement

Latest inspection

  1. Outstanding
  2. Good
  3. Requires Improvement
  4. Inadequate

All reports

  1. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 14 January 2021
  2. Short inspection: GoodShort inspection, PDF - 06 December 2016
  3. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 21 December 2012
  4. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 09 November 2011
  5. Full inspection: SatisfactoryFull inspection, PDF - 12 March 2010
  6. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 10 April 2009
  7. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 08 February 2008
  8. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 13 July 2007
  9. Full inspection: SatisfactoryFull inspection, PDF - 21 June 2007
  10. Reinspection Reinspection, PDF - 28 September 2006
  11. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 26 July 2002
  12. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 16 February 2000
  13. Opened

Next inspection

We can inspect further education and skills providers at any time if we have concerns.

Outstanding

Providers judged outstanding are subject to routine inspection. Most providers will be inspected again by September 2025. They may receive monitoring and other visits.

Good

We normally inspect good providers within 5 years. They may receive monitoring and other visits.

Requires improvement

We normally inspect providers that require improvement within 12 to 30 months of the publication of their latest full inspection report. They will normally have a monitoring visit before the full inspection.

Inadequate

If they continue to be funded, we normally inspect inadequate providers within 15 months of the publication of their latest full inspection report. They also receive monitoring visits.

New providers

A new provider whose monitoring visit report was published by 31 March 2022 will normally receive their first full inspection within 24 months of publication.

A new provider whose monitoring visit report was published after 31 March 2022 will normally receive their first full inspection within 18 months of publication.

Notice

We normally give notice up to two working days before the inspection. We can also inspect without notice.

 

About The SMB Group

  • Type: General Further Education and Tertiary
  • Boarding: Yes
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Leicestershire

Location

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  • Address: C/O Stephenson Campus, Thornborough Road, Coalville, LE67 3TN
  • Region: East Midlands

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