A CITY college has been told it needs to improve by Ofsted.
New College Nottingham was given the second-worst rating of "requires improvement" by the watchdog.
They were visited in January, but the report has just been released.
Among the problems highlighted were not enough 16 to 18-year-olds passing courses, teachers failing to challenge students enough and ineffective lesson planning.
It did acknowledge that the curriculum had been changed recently, which has led to improvements.
Principal Amarjit Basi is confident the college will get better marks when it is inspected again because of the changes.
He said: "The changes are taking effect. We hope to get 'good' or even better when we are inspected again."
New College Nottingham was given the second-worst rating of "requires improvement" by the watchdog.
They were visited in January, but the report has just been released.
Among the problems highlighted were not enough 16 to 18-year-olds passing courses, teachers failing to challenge students enough and ineffective lesson planning.
It did acknowledge that the curriculum had been changed recently, which has led to improvements.
Principal Amarjit Basi is confident the college will get better marks when it is inspected again because of the changes.
He said: "The changes are taking effect. We hope to get 'good' or even better when we are inspected again."
