National College of Education

Our Impact

Our Impact

The National College of Education is committed to ensuring a positive impact our learners, the schools they work in and the communities they serve. This is why we use surveys and a range of other data to measure the impact of our programmes.

We look retrospectively at the personal and professional journeys of our learners through destination data, gauging the progress they have made as a direct result of joining the National College of Education and how this affects the incredibly important work that they do. We also look at the experience of our learners and request honest feedback about every element of the programme they are on. We take active steps to refine and improve their experience based on live and historic responses.

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Published on September 1, 2025

Employer Impact Report

Over the last three years, Captiva Learning has evolved into a strategic talent partner to employers and trusts. This Impact Report provides clear evidence of how our programmes, partnerships, and innovations have delivered tangible improvements in quality, satisfaction, and learner success - all while growing in scale and complexity.

81.2% Employer Recommendation Rate (up from 75.6%)
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Published on September 1, 2025

Learner Impact Report

This year’s NCE Learner Impact Survey reflects the journeys of 46 learners across multiple pathways. These are professionals balancing real jobs, responsibilities, and aspirations – and their voices show what truly matters: confidence, clarity, and career direction.

91.3% of learners (42 of 46) would recommend NCE to others
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Published on November 8, 2024

Career Progression Survey 2024

This survey was delivered to 1,541 members of the Captiva Learning Alumni community. Of the 395 respondents, 178 had reported a new job role since beginning their professional learning journey and a further 102 have taken on additional responsibility.

73% of Learners have achieved a new role or taken on additional responsibility since their programme began.
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Published on August 20, 2024

Ofsted Inspection 2022

Inspection dates: 25 to 28 October 2022

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Published on August 5, 2023

NCE Employer Survey July 2022

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2022
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Published on September 13, 2022

WomenEd Focus Group

In order to develop our apprenticeship offer to learners and ensure we meet their needs going forward, as well as to discover our impact on learners, we scheduled a focus group with employers in November 2021. We had 11 attendees on 16th November 2021.

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Published on September 12, 2022

WomenEd Impact

National College of Education Partnership

37% of learners have taken on extra roles or responsibilities.
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Published on March 4, 2022

Hear from our Learners

Our Senior Leadership Programme is the most successful Leadership Masters in the UK! Packed full of world class contributors and supported by an industry-leading delivery team, this Mastership will empower learners to lead at all levels of the profession.

Testimonials 2021
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Published on February 10, 2022

Captiva Survey Data 2021

During the last half of 2021 surveyed over 630Captiva learners after their most recent professional learning day which included a large number of starts on a first day of learning (500+) The results were very encouraging with an average of 82% of learners giving positive results and more than 20% giving 'Very Positive' or 'Outstanding' answers to all questions.

Just under 80% would refer Captiva Learning to a colleague or family member.
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Published on December 8, 2021

Destination Survey 2021

This survey was delivered to 1,254 past and present learners at the National College of Education. Of the 228 respondents, 60 had reported a new job role since beginning their professional learning journey with the NCE.

28% of NCE Learners have achieved a new role since their programme began.
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Published on November 18, 2021

Apprenticeship Employers Focus Group

In order to develop our apprenticeship offer to employers and ensure we meet their needs going forward, as well as to discover our impact on employers, we scheduled a focus group with employers in November 2021.

18th November 2021
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Published on November 5, 2021

Destination Data 2021

This survey was delivered to 1,254 past and present learners at the National College of Education. Of the 228 respondents, 60 had reported a new job role since beginning their professional learning journey with the NCE.

28% of NCE Learners have achieved a new role since their programme began.
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