Association of Colleges

13 January 2010

Association of Colleges has commented in the media on the publication today of the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ ‘2009 School and College (Post-16) Achievement and Attainment Tables’. The published tables provide information on the achievement and attainment of students of sixth-form age in secondary schools and further education sector colleges. They also show how they compare with other schools and colleges in the area and England as a whole.

AoC’s Quality Manager Joy Mercer said: “We are very pleased to see an improving profile for a lot of our Colleges and the continuing high standards in Sixth Form Colleges. General further education colleges, in particular, take students onto A-level programmes who are seeking a second chance to continue their education or students with lower scores at GCSE but with the potential to progress to higher education. Therefore, these results are particularly pleasing as they demonstrate the distance travelled by a large number of our students.”