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study was commissioned
looking at the social and
economic impact of Boston College
on the local community and the
Students and staff get involved in
region. This showed the significant
different projects and activities each year
contribution the College makes
to both Boston as a town and to
and you may have seen reports about us
Lincolnshire as a whole, as well as to
in local and national media. Here are just
individual students.
a few of the things that have happened
since our last course guide.
W
e’ve been increasing our service in O
ur catering students
prepare and deliver up
different parts of the county to try to
to 500 hot school lunches to
help people who find it difficult travelling
primary schools in the Boston
to Boston for their learning – we have
area every day and produced a
not only the Skegness Academy for Skills
massive 900 Christmas lunches.
but a new centre in Spalding. We also
Each year the students cater for
have an effective new partnership with
the Libraries and Learning Services of
the Mayor’s Dinner, the biggest
the County Council to offer courses in
civic event held in Boston.
locations around the region.
O
ur statistics for
‘outstanding’
W
e now deliver
teaching are twice that
training in nine
of the national average.
counties of England,
from Newcastle to the
Isle of Wight.
W
e had a full Ofsted
inspection in October
2008 and came out as ‘Good’
with many ‘outstanding’
O
ur Learner Involvement features. We are particularly
Strategy is going from outstanding at “meeting the needs
strength to strength so that we and interests of learners”, at social and
get honest and full feedback educational inclusion and at working with
from our students, and we have employers. The icing on the cake is that we
two students on our Board of were awarded the ‘Ofsted Outstanding’
Governors this year. badge you can see in this course guide.
2 www.boston.ac.uk Call: 01205 313 218
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