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New College Swindon

URN: 130851

Address: New College Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 1AH

Following a merger on 10/10/2020, New College Swindon will be viewed by Ofsted as a new college for inspection purposes until its first full inspection. Only reports after 10/10/2020 are for the merged college.

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

The overall outcome of the inspection on 18 March 2025 was:

Requires Improvement

Quality of education:

Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes:

Good

Personal development:

Requires Improvement

Leadership and management:

Requires Improvement

Education programmes for young people:

Requires Improvement

Adult learning programmes:

Good

Apprenticeships:

Good

Provision for learners with high needs:

Requires Improvement

Requires Improvement

All reports

  1. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 06 May 2026
  2. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 08 March 2024
  3. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 23 May 2022
  4. Short inspection: GoodShort inspection, PDF - 04 December 2017
  5. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 14 January 2015
  6. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 10 August 2009
  7. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 27 June 2005
  8. Opened

Next inspection

We normally inspect further education and skills providers every 4 years, but we can inspect at any time if we have concerns. We also carry out monitoring inspections of providers with any evaluation areas graded ‘needs attention’, or ‘urgent improvement’, new providers and newly merged colleges. 

 

You can read more information about the types of inspection and their frequency.

 

About New College Swindon

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

Location

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  • Address: New College Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 1AH
  • Region: South West

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