“Students with high needs and those from disadvantaged backgrounds particularly appreciate having calm, quiet spaces to work. During their study periods, students can be found quietly sitting reading or doing homework in the gardens and independent study zones. Students feel safe in all areas of the college. They value the knowledgeable and kind safeguarding team, who they feel confident will deal with their concerns.”

“Students feel respected and listened to.”

“Teachers use a range of methods to teach effectively. They give clear explanations, show worked examples and use different study aids to support students’ learning.”

(OFSTED, November 2024)

Currently graded as ‘Outstanding’ in Personal Development and ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted, Monoux Sixth Form College is an impactful education provider in North East London, with around 1,900 students and an impressive range of academic and vocational programmes. We have developed a Skills Strategy that encompasses innovation and optimises students' ability to make a strong contribution to the regional and national economy in their future career. Alongside our excellent outcomes, with around 90% of our students progressing to university, we deliver a high level of value added for students, ensuring holistic development within an inclusive, supportive environment.

We enjoy a strong financial position and we have successfully grown and diversified our offer and student cohort in recent years. Culture is of paramount importance to us and we have worked hard to develop an environment of trust, empowerment and aspiration.

Monoux College is a Sixth Form College serving a diverse population of learners. It is situated in the North East London Borough of Waltham Forest. The College is located on a single 17.5-acre site in Walthamstow. The main building is set back from the road in landscaped grounds, surrounded by two playing fields. The College serves a wide catchment area and approximately half of its students live in the neighbouring London Boroughs of Newham, Haringey, Hackney, Enfield and Tower Hamlets. Access to Central London is good via tube, rail and bus links.

In its most recent OFSTED visit the college was graded as ‘Outstanding’ in Personal Development’ and ‘Good’ in all other categories, with particular emphasis on the high-quality teaching and positive student behaviour at the college. Our students often make excellent progress from where they were at GCSE, and we are ambitious about where they go next. “Students feel safe in all areas of the college” (OFSTED, November 2024).

There are currently approximately 1900 students at the college, all of them on full-time courses. Over 85% of the students come from minority ethnic groups living in London. The College curriculum provision includes a variety of GCE A/AS level subjects, T Levels, BTEC Level 2 and Level 3 subjects. All subjects are encompassed within one of the six learning pathways.

Building on a partnership that we have with London Borough of Waltham Forest to provide Year 11 education for recently arrived young people, including asylum seekers new to the Borough, the college now directly recruits 14-16-year olds around an admissions policy that complements local school provision. Many of these young people progress into the sixth form college, at either Level 1, 2 or 3.

After a number of years without options to develop our facilities, in the last one to two years, as a result of student number growth and the introduction of T Levels, the college has opened new teaching spaces for digital, health and science, as well as refurbishing the theatre for performing arts and conferencing spaces. We are planning improvements this year to other aspects of the college’s infrastructure: the staff room, bathrooms and wi-fi, for example.

The College currently employs approximately 230 staff, around 120 of which are support staff. We have increased the number of teaching staff in response to continued growth.

We have created a unique learning community, which enables our students to develop personal attributes and skills alongside their academic or vocational qualifications, to prepare them for higher education or employment. Our mission is: Learn with Skill, Feel Connected, Design Your Future. These phrases provide headings for the 3 aspects of the Monoux Student Framework, our portrait of a college graduate that outlines attributes we seek to develop.

I have been the Principal of Monoux College since 2016. I am proud that the college now meets significantly higher standards in everything it does. We believe that much more is within sight, for example, building the technical curriculum, achieving more in our A Level provision, increasing our competitiveness, securing more employer links, building better facilities for students and supporting our valued staff through their professional journey.

We are always seeking to discover more, always striving to connect more.

Dave Vasse

Principal