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A showcase of good practice across providers that Ofsted inspects or regulates
How colleges improve
27 Sep 2012
Ref: 120166
This survey examines the key factors that have contributed to sustained high performance or improvement in colleges. It also considers the factors which impede improvement in colleges judged to be satisfactory but not improving or declining and the lessons that can be learnt to help overcome these barriers.
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| File name | File type | File size |
|---|---|---|
| word How colleges improve.doc | word | 769.50 KB |
| pdf How colleges improve.pdf | 561.94 KB | |
| word How colleges improve report summary .doc | word | 217.50 KB |
| pdf How colleges improve report summary .pdf | 149.96 KB |
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