John Leggott College, Scunthorpe | Fees, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

If you can send your child to north Lindsey college, please do. My daughter is in her second year so just coming up to her final exams. The tutors have either left, kept having time off, or simply not bothering to teach essential parts of sociology that are needed for the exams. There is no way to get complaints raised by the students, resolved and the students feel completely let down. If you’re interested in social science, save yourself the hassle/stress and go elsewhere.

Two of my daughters attended this college over the period 2021-2024. It has dropped in quality considerably since I was there myself in the 90s.

The Biology department (both took A-level) has a severe lack of staff which the college seem unable to get on top of. As a result the teaching over this period has been haphazard, and in the case of my eldest it’s perfectly fair to say that she had to teach herself.

I can’t count the number of times my younger daughter has returned early from college because of staff absence. Rather than cover the lessons with support staff, the lessons are simply cancelled. This seems to be a particular issue with Philosophy.

I can only recommend you try and speak to recent students in your chosen subjects as other courses may vary- other departments such as Psychology and Criminology are of a good quality. But as it currently stands, I would certainly advise you avoid this college for A-level biology- the department has had serious issues for at least the last three years.

EDIT as of April 2024 the philosophy tutor for A level left mid term. There are now no qualified tutors for this subject. Out of three subjects, my daughter who remains at this college now pretty much has to teach herself two of them!

If this college speaks out to you as a good choice to send yourself or your child to do A-Level Biology, I hope this review encourages you to reconsider that.
The biology department has failed at providing satisfactory education. The support, or lack thereof, and the lack of receptiveness is not satisfactory for an institution which revolves around developing children into young adults and preparing them for their future destinations, biology in particular where students typically aspire to go on to do STEM-based degrees which usually requires more than a standard university application.
A specific staff member provided information from the wrong specification on the teaching slides on numerous occasions, showed up to lesson late more times than being on time (despite making it clear it is an expectation the students showed up to lesson on time and how respect is mutual). Redundant weeks of learning wasted because what was instead planned was catch-up days on assessments, homework covering entire subunits set for us with brief ‘teaching’ due for a week, and looming doubts over finishing the content before examinations begin and completing the practical components before the deadline.
Yet, this staff member avoided accountability, rather insisted to students we were on-track to complete the content on time, when that was not the case.
In response to raising these concerns, we were influenced into believing it was all going to be sorted, met with the typical ‘something will be done’ rhetoric meant to put our minds at ease – as can be inferred from this review being posted, these changes have yet to be seen.
A false narrative of this department making improvements has been furthered, when it can be argued that the opposite has happened. Lacklustre sessions aimed to provide extra support, inappropriately titled as ‘masterclasses’, are disguised so at face value are taken as beneficial, yet are shallow and unsupportive.
This is not a college-wide issue, other departments including social sciences and the other A-Level sciences have shown incredible support of a high standard in trying times when experiencing staff absences, and tailored extra support sessions where units were covered in detail. This is the standard that was anticipated to be consistent in all college-wide departments, yet biology is not one of them. Unfortunately, it would be seen as naive for myself to believe that such an intensive course would have strong provisions of education.
If you have the choice, avoid the course at this institution, it’s not a bad place to study. The course, at this moment however, is. It is hoped change will happen.

my daughters coming to the end of her two years at John leggott, and I can only say how positive the experience has been. The level of support from her teachers and tutor have been really appreciated! She is now preparing for her final exams and looking forward to studying psychology at university!

From the point of visiting JLC for interviews to moving to the next steps we were thoroughly impressed with the culture and provision that the college offered.

The range of courses on offer, the quality of the environment around the campus and the communication throughout was so impressive and made us feel relaxed and confident of the opportunities provided and the choices available.