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Doncaster Deaf College Good Ofsted - Doncaster Today
DONCASTER College for the Deaf has been rated as good across the board following a visit by inspectors from the education watchdog.
The Ofsted report acknowledges high standards of work by students and good teaching and is praised for offering learners a wide range of realistic working environments with opportunities to develop skills.
The college was also recognised as being outstanding in its approach to offering students the chance to take part in sport and other community activities.
Doncaster College for the Deaf was formed as a further education department in the 1970s from the Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf, now known as Doncaster School for the Deaf.
It achieved college status in the mid 1980s and provides residential and day places for deaf and hearing impaired students and those with communication difficulties.
Students can study for a range of qualifications including NVQs, BTEC Nationals, GNVQ and HNDs while single subject qualifications are offered within the independent living skills, Skills for Life and vocational areas.
Executive principal of the school and college, Alan Robinson, said: "We are delighted by our Ofsted report which is a great recognition of all of the hard work that our students and staff continually put into making the college a wonderful place to learn and work.
"The college's approach to meeting the needs and interests of learners is outstanding, along with good teaching and learning. These are areas of which we are extremely proud.
"We enjoy excellent facilities and resources set in beautiful spacious grounds. We have retained a very strong emphasis on partnership with students and our 'open door' policy ensures that everyone feels a valued member of our college community."
Inspectors reported in their overall findings that the college needed to address the "further embedding of numeracy skills" and further develop its management information system.
DONCASTER College for the Deaf has been rated as good across the board following a visit by inspectors from the education watchdog.
The Ofsted report acknowledges high standards of work by students and good teaching and is praised for offering learners a wide range of realistic working environments with opportunities to develop skills.
The college was also recognised as being outstanding in its approach to offering students the chance to take part in sport and other community activities.
Doncaster College for the Deaf was formed as a further education department in the 1970s from the Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf, now known as Doncaster School for the Deaf.
It achieved college status in the mid 1980s and provides residential and day places for deaf and hearing impaired students and those with communication difficulties.
Students can study for a range of qualifications including NVQs, BTEC Nationals, GNVQ and HNDs while single subject qualifications are offered within the independent living skills, Skills for Life and vocational areas.
Executive principal of the school and college, Alan Robinson, said: "We are delighted by our Ofsted report which is a great recognition of all of the hard work that our students and staff continually put into making the college a wonderful place to learn and work.
"The college's approach to meeting the needs and interests of learners is outstanding, along with good teaching and learning. These are areas of which we are extremely proud.
"We enjoy excellent facilities and resources set in beautiful spacious grounds. We have retained a very strong emphasis on partnership with students and our 'open door' policy ensures that everyone feels a valued member of our college community."
Inspectors reported in their overall findings that the college needed to address the "further embedding of numeracy skills" and further develop its management information system.