Audit, Inspection & Accreditation

OFSTED

The college is registered as an independent school with the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and is subject to regular inspection by OFSTED.

In January 2009, MPW Birmingham had its best ever OFSTED report being rated Outstanding overall. To see a copy of the report, please click here.

In the same month, we were listed 4th in Birmingham for the value added to students performance. To see the full list from the BBC, please click here.

BAC Inspection

The college is also subject to regular inspection by the British Accreditation Council.

Mander Portman Woodward Birmingham was first accredited by BAC in 1986. It was most recently re-inspected in February 2002.

BAC's inspectors reported that there was a good or excellent standard of provision in all of the areas assessed. They considered that the College benefited from an unusually effective management team and a well qualified and committed staff with shared values and educational aims. The teaching was rigorous but based on very full student involvement. An intensive but wide academic programme was delivered with great success.

Since 2002, there has been a top-up inspection plus two interim inspections, the most recent of which in February 2010 continued our accreditation. The BAC inspector “welcomed the positive account of developments since the last inspection” and reported that "the College continues to provide a very effective service to its students, has a strong and well-defined management structure and has enhanced the high standards observed at the last inspection".

BAC is the inspecting and accrediting body for independent sixth-form colleges.

The Inspectors' summary is made available to the public and is reprinted above.