Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Gold standard Back Gold standard Thurrock and Basildon College has been awarded an Investors in People gold award – one of only five higher and further education institutions in the UK to do so 1st January 2010, 12:00am Tes Editorial Share Gold standard https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/gold-standard-1 Copy Link The award came just days before today’s merger with South East Essex College to create South Essex College of Further and Higher Education. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Teacher interview questions: what will I be asked? Tes Editorial • 10th October 2025 Sats week: key test dates for 2026 Tes Editorial • 1st October 2025 5 top Tes articles for school leaders Tes Editorial • 19th August 2025 5 top Tes articles on the science of learning Tes Editorial • 12th August 2025 Recent Most read Most shared International group grows in Greece with EYFS-primary plans News 20 March 2026 Disadvantaged schools more likely to be graded down on achievement News 20 March 2026 This story of exam results mistakes should make all schools think Analysis 20 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 How a new approach to vocabulary has transformed our reading scores Teaching & Learning 19 March 2026 6.5% teacher pay rise ‘risks reversing’ recruitment gains News 19 March 2026 Scrap smart uniforms, say nearly half of secondary teachers News 19 March 2026 Disadvantaged schools more likely to be graded down on achievement News 20 March 2026 6.5% teacher pay rise ‘risks reversing’ recruitment gains News 19 March 2026