Newcastle Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG)

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕… we’re thrilled to share that NSCG has proudly retained its Ofsted ‘𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈’ grade that we have proudly held since October 2019, following a rigorous inspection by a 13-strong Ofsted team last month! 🥳🎊🎉 All 9 key areas were once again rated ‘Outstanding’, with Inspectors also praising our "𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔," which under the new Further Education and Skills Framework, critiques how Colleges meet the skills needs of their region. 💬 Principal & Chief Executive Craig Hodgson said: “𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑂𝑓𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡-ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 – 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜.” We just want to say a massive thank you to our incredible students, staff, partners, and stakeholders for making this possible and for consistently upholding the high standards that make NSCG 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 💕 Read our full report ➡️ nscg.ac.uk/ofsted

We’re 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 the Professional Services category at the 2025 Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce Business Awards. 🎉 Marking it's 10th year, this prestigious event recognises and celebrates the outstanding achievements of Staffordshire businesses. The Professional Services category highlights those who excel in delivering exceptional services, demonstrating innovation and making a significant impact in their field. Find out more about the county’s biggest business awards here: https://lnkd.in/dmUnbwV

𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆 that our NSCG Marketing Team have been recognised for their outstanding work at the prestigious College Marketing Network FE First Awards, held at the Crowne Plaza in Birmingham last night, coming away with Gold and Highly Commended Awards. 🥇 Gold Award Winner: Prospectus ⭐ Highly Commended: Website Development A huge congratulations to our incredibly talented team for their dedication, creativity, and hard work in showcasing the very best of NSCG. Congratulations also to all the marketing teams and individuals in colleges and sixth forms across the country recognised for their excellence in the further education sector. 🎉 #FEFirst2025 | The College Marketing Network

We are 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 to have been shortlisted in not just one, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, in the 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞-𝐨𝐧-𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! 👏 Level 3 Professional Cookery student Max Croston, has been named as a finalist in the 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 category and our Riverbank Restaurant Team are up for 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫! 🍽️🧡 With the awards receiving over 100 nominations, we are so proud to see Max and our fantastic Riverbank team get to this stage. The winners will be announced live at a black-tie awards ceremony on Thursday 20th March 2025. We are wishing our finalists the best of luck! 🤞

Yesterday, we had 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 Further Education Commissioner, Shelagh Legrave here at NSCG! During her visit, she toured our Newcastle campus, taking the time to listen to students from A Level, T Level and Vocational pathways about their experiences studying at NSCG, their future aspirations and changes they would like to see within education. Alongside this, she separately met staff, discussing how curriculum's can be improved and the challenges faced for those working in the education sector. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, Shelagh, for taking the time to connect with our college community.

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞... 𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐍𝐨 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫! True crime meets Christmas cheer in this year’s NSCG Christmas Video! 𝑻𝑾𝑶 𝑬𝑳𝑽𝑬𝑺. A Christmas clean-up gone wrong. 𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉! 🎁 Will the elves find their way back to each other? Can the NSCG community save Christmas in time? Or will it be the '𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬' for NSCG. Watch the full video now and uncover the festive drama! 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 who have been involved in this year’s video, we couldn’t make it without you. A special shout out to talented Music lecturer Owen Davies who has produced this years cover with talented music students and staff: Melissa Corns, Imogen Moore, Luke Easter, Murphy McGrath, Macauley Richardson, Mark Hodnet, Danny Dougherty and Justin Wright. 🎶 Give the full (un-edited version) a listen here: https://lnkd.in/ez8B8zxS A Christmas story you never knew you needed.... 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 and to all NSCG staff, students and members of our college community – have a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays we’ll see you in the New Year. ❄️🎅

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the prestigious FE First Awards 2025! 🙌✨ This is a huge recognition of the hard work, dedication, and creativity of our entire marketing team. We couldn’t be prouder of the achievements we’ve made together and the impact we continue to have in the further education sector 🏆 The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in January, and we’re looking forward to celebrating with other inspiring colleges from across the country. #FEFirst2025

𝑻𝒘𝒐 of our incredible lecturers have reached an impressive academic milestone by 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 at Keele University!👏 𝑯𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 to A Level Geography teacher and EPQ Coordinator Dr.Laura Brennan and BTEC Applied Science lecturer Dr. Lewis Adams on this huge achievement. We’re so proud of them and excited to see how they’ll share their expertise with students and staff! 🧡 Read more about their PhD success 👉 tinyurl.com/5yv248ve

News of our back-to-back '𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈' Ofsted grades has made it all the way to the Houses of Parliament! 🇬🇧🥳 Stafford MP, Leigh Ingham and Newcastle-under-Lyme MP, Adam Jogee congratulated Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) in a speech delivered to the House of Commons earlier today, in which the Leader of the House of Commons The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP also extended her congratulations, commenting on the achievements of NSCG within further education. Read our full report at nscg.ac.uk/ofsted

It’s day one of the Association of Colleges annual conference at the ICC in Birmingham and College Principal & CEO Craig Hodgson, Director of Curriculum & Performance, Shelley Brown and President of the NSCG Stafford Students' Union Freddie Crisp, have had an action packed day attending the conference launch, break-out sessions and the fantastic exhibition zone, where they bumped in to the ‘Dark Destroyer’, Shaun Wallace from ITVs The Chase. 🤩 Whilst there wasn’t time to challenge him to a quiz, there was time for a quick photo and chat! 📷💬 They are looking forward to this evenings dinner where they’ll have their fingers crossed for NSCG alumna Emily Rizk who has been shortlisted for an award in the EPQ Project excellence category. 🏆 #AoCConf2024 #LoveOurColleges