STRATEGIC VISION
TO 2018
NO.1 COLLEGE IN SUSSEX
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WELCOME TO
CITY COLLEGE BRIGHTON AND HOVE
City College Brighton and Hove is
Some colleges believe their main purpose is to
an essential provider of high quality
train people for the world of work and others
vocational education and training for
young people and adults.
focus more generally on preparing people for life.
At City College, we think that the two things go
hand in hand and that people and professional
skills should be developed together. We believe
It is our ambition to be the outstanding college
that inspirational teaching is about guiding people
for further and higher education in the heart of
to live their lives in ways that are intellectually
Brighton and Hove. Our aim is to be the first
challenging and which profit them socially,
choice of students, parents and employers for
culturally and economically.
occupational and practiced based courses. We
have made remarkable progress during the last
In this Strategic Vision we are re-affirming our
five years in achieving high success rates for all
position as a values-led public sector organisation
of our learners and in enhancing our reputation
with the responsibility to offer the best education
locally, nationally and internationally. We have a
and training experience that we can provide within
purposeful commitment to ensure that the City
the resources available to us.
College experience is a positive and memorable
one for all who learn and work with us.
We believe that being the best college for our
community means providing an experience that is
life-changing.
MISSION
City College is a leading college of further and
higher education, in the heart of Brighton and Hove,
“City College continues
to have ambitious
plans that build upon
our successes to date.
Central to our vision is our
long-held wish to provide
first-class teaching and
learning facilities for all
our students and staff.
The Governing Body is
committed to realising a
significant capital building
project within the period
covered by this plan.”
Peter Hofman
Chair of Governors
committed to excellence in teaching and learning.
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AMBITIONS
1. We will be in the top 10% of Further Education colleges in the country for success rates for all our learners on all of our funded provision.
5. We will continue to attract increasing numbers of young people and adults onto our courses year on year.
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2. We will be rated as outstanding for teaching and learning in terms of Ofsted measures, employer satisfaction and in student satisfaction.
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3. We will score at least 90% for overall satisfaction for our HE provision on the National Student Survey.
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4. We will achieve feedback from all our students and customers that rates their City College experience as
95% good or better.
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“We have set our sights
high to provide the best
experience possible for
all our students. There are
many challenges ahead
over the next few years,
but I am confident that
we can support all of our
young people and adult
students by equipping
them with the kinds of
skills that will ensure their
future success.”
Lynn Thackway
Principal and Chief Executive
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We will be recognised as an influential education and training organisation in our community.
We will have buildings and facilities that provide a first-
class teaching and learning experience for all our students and staff.
We will increase our commercial and international income over the next five years.
We will achieve a significant financial operating surplus that will enable us to invest in our future.
WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY:
• Putting students at the forefront of everything we do.
• Emphasising the equal importance of teaching and learning and
our duty of care to all our students.
• Communicating to all our staff and students that we value a culture
of excellence, trust, integrity and respect.
• Setting four clear goals to measure excellence that we will monitor
through a set of evidence based criteria.
• Clearly articulating the four areas that we will focus on to make a
difference to the lives of the people in our community.
• Invest in the future by delivering against four resource-based
and measurable financial targets.
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OUR BELIEFS
AND VALUES
We believe that further and higher education
provides an experience that is both life-changing
and life-enhancing. We believe that this is best
achieved through defining the core values that
both describe the culture of City College as an
institution for learning and set the expectations for
all those that work with us and for us. We believe
that individuals will flourish in an environment that
promotes excellence and encourages innovation
and where staff and students work together with a
feeling of mutual trust and respect. We believe we
must strive to maintain and expect the highest level
of professional integrity in our day to day encounters
with each other and the wider community.
We have defined our five core values as:
•Celebrating difference
•Respecting individuals
•Expecting high achievement
•Applauding creativity
•Promoting teamwork
Each one of these values is equally important
and each is dependent on the others.
Celebrating difference
We want our staff and students to be different in
order to stand out from the crowd. Difference means
valuing views and opinions that are based on an
innate curiosity to know what others think and feel
but being able to challenge received wisdoms in
order to further our knowledge and understanding of
each other and the world around us.
Respecting individuals
We recognise that no two people are alike and that
each individual has their own set of beliefs and
values. Respect is mutual and means valuing the
position and background of the other person while,
at the same time, being prepared to be challenged
and to justify, and perhaps change, a particular point
of view.
Expecting high achievement
We want staff and students to set themselves
challenging targets that truly reflect their abilities.
This means accepting that not everything we do is
going to be easy and that we sometimes need to be
pushed and encouraged to achieve our best.
Applauding creativity
We value new ideas and want people to inspire
each other to think differently and to use their
imaginations. We believe that everyone has the
power of imagination and should be supported in
exploring new and different ways of doing things.
Promoting teamwork
We are a people-orientated organisation and we
believe that working together is the key to our
continued success. No matter what position
individuals hold in the organisation, we believe
that much more can be achieved, for the
mutual benefit of the individuals involved
and the organisation as a whole,
through teamwork.
“Our core values
provide an essential
framework within which
all our students and
staff can work. They
capture the ethos and
culture of City College
and communicate to
everyone who works with
us and for us, what kind
of organisation we are.”
Rebecca Conroy
Vice-Principal - Students
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HOW WE WILL
MEASURE EXCELLENCE
By 2018, it is our ambition:
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to be in the top 10% of Further Education colleges in the country for success and
progression rates for all our learners on all of our funded provision.
Our vision for achieving excellence in teaching
and learning will be monitored through the regular
scrutiny of evidence related to:
• Overall, 16-18 and adult student retention rates.
• Overall, 16-18 and adult long courses and all • to be outstanding for teaching and learning both in terms of Ofsted measures and
in student satisfaction.
• to score at least 90% for overall satisfaction for our HE provision on the National Student Survey.
short course success rates.
• Overall, 16-18 and adult apprenticeship success rates and timely achievements.
• The progression rates of HE learners from one level to the next.
• The achievement rates of HE learners at the To measure excellence:
1: we will focus on outstanding learning in all of • Overall attendance rates.
our quality improvement processes.
2: we will continue the improvement in success rates for all groups of learners.
end of their course.
• The reduction of any success gap
between different groups of learners.
• The percentage of learners gaining
3: we will increase progression rates into high grades in further and
higher education.
employment or higher levels of study or training.
• Functional Skills and
4: we will enable all learners to achieve the ‘gold GCSE English and Maths
standard’ of grades A* to C in GCSE English success rates.
and Maths.
• Increases in the percentage
of lessons rated good
or outstanding.
“Over the next few
years we will embrace
the possibilities that
new technologies and
innovative approaches to
the delivery of courses
bring to teaching and
learning. Outstanding
teaching and learning is
the key to the success
for all our learners.”
James Mettyear
Vice-Principal - Quality and
Teaching and Learning
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HOW WE WILL
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
By 2018, it is our ambition:
• to achieve feedback from all our students and customers that rates their City College
experience as 95% good or better.
• to continue to attract increasing numbers of young people and adults onto our courses
year on year.
To make this kind of difference:
1: we will ensure that all learners improve their chances of becoming employable.
2: we will achieve high levels of satisfaction from all our learners and client groups.
3: we will improve our environmental sustainability.
4: we will further enhance our influence and engagement with our • to be recognised as an influential education and training organisation in our community.
community.
Our vision for making a difference to the lives of our students and to
our community will be monitored annually through the Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) reported to the College’s Governing Body and will
include:
• Meeting recruitment targets for our different groups of learners.
“The difference that
education and training
can make to people’s lives
is incalculable. The success
of our students can of
course be measured in
terms of examination
results and progression to
employment or further study.
Of equal importance for us
are the intangible benefits,
like meeting new people and
discovering new interests in
life, that being a student at
City College brings.”
• Judging satisfaction rates of learners on all our courses.
• Overall satisfaction rates of HE learners on the National Student Survey.
• Judging satisfaction rates of employers.
• Measuring the extent to which we are meeting our 30% reduction in • Monitoring the successful engagement with employers of learners on www.ccb.ac.uk
work experience.
• Reporting on the outcomes of enterprise activities.
• Measuring the extent of our influence and engagement with our Steve Lewis
Vice-Principal - Curriculum
and Strategic Planning
our carbon footprint.
purposeful partnerships.
• Measuring a reduction in the number of learners not in education or training (NEETS) in Brighton and Hove.
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HOW WE WILL
INVEST IN THE FUTURE
By 2018, it is our ambition:
• to increase our commercial and international income over the next five years.
• to achieve a significant financial operating surplus that will enable us to invest in our future.
• to have buildings and facilities that provide a first-class teaching and learning experience for all our students and staff.
Our vision for investing in the future to meet
the needs of our students and of our community
will be monitored through the regular scrutiny of
evidence related to:
• Meeting our classroom-based adult single budget target.
• Meeting our 19-23 Apprenticeship income target.
• Meeting our 24+ loan income target.
• Meeting our HEFCE funded income target.
• Meeting our percentage income against To invest in the future means:
1: renewing our estate to make it fit for twenty-
first century learning.
expenditure targets for commercial, project-
funded and international operations.
• Meeting our overall public sector funding 2: developing more commercially-orientated targets.
provision to increase our income.
income targets and other sources of income 3: continuing to provide training and development • Monitoring staffing and other
for all our staff.
expenditure costs against budget.
4: embracing new technologies to enhance and • Monitoring staffing costs as a
invigorate the learner experience.
percentage of income.
• Measuring short term staff
absence rates.
• Producing a surplus for
reinvestment to target.
• A range of financial indicators
to include, cash days in hand,
gearing ratio, borrowing and
reserve measures.
“Using our resources
efficiently and effectively
over the coming years
is one of the key factors
in achieving our vision.
Investing in the future
involves both providing
training and support for our
staff, so that their expertise
is fully up to date, and
having new or refurbished
high quality teaching and
learning environments for
our students.”
Colin Henderson
Finance Director
• The project management of the
capital build and refurbishment
projects.
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ABOUT
CITY COLLEGE
City College Brighton and Hove is
As an organisation committed to social inclusion, we provide courses
a general further education college
in English and Mathematics, English for Speakers of other languages
providing education and training
(ESOL), Employability Skills and Life Skills. We are also a major
for 14-16 year olds, 16-18 year
provider of Prince’s Trust courses in the region.
olds, Adults on Higher Education
We actively seek purposeful partnerships with organisations and
courses, International students,
individuals who share our vision and who seek to work with us for the
Adults on Further Education courses,
mutual benefit of our learners and the wider community.
apprenticeship training and corporate
training services for employers.
The college is the sponsor of ‘City Academy Whitehawk’, a 4 to 11
Our provision focuses on the following employment
education organisations in the region.
Primary School, and is seeking similar opportunities to support other
sectors which reflect the types of job opportunities
that are available in the city region of Brighton
and Hove:
In 2013, the college has just over 2000 full time students aged 16-18
and 1200 full time adult students. 400 students are studying with us
on higher education degrees validated by the University of Brighton and
• Creative Industries that include the Visual, nearly 4000 adult students study with us part-time. We have around
700 students on Apprenticeship programmes, 200 students aged
Digital and Performing Arts and Media. • Occupational Trades that include Building and Maintenance, Carpentry, Electrical Installation, Painting and Decorating, Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Plumbing.
14-16 from our partner secondary schools and a growing number of
international students.
In June 2011, the college was praised by Ofsted for our “outstanding
leadership & management that have created a culture of high
• Business and Service Industries that include expectations for staff and students and an ethos of reflection and review
Business and Financial Services, Events and to promote continuous improvement.” They also praised the high quality
Hospitality Management, Marketing, Catering, of our teaching and learning provision and our capacity to improve even
Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy, Travel and further in the future. In the 11 grades awarded, the college received 4
Tourism and Business Management.
• Public Sector Services that include Health and Social Care, Applied Sciences, Child Care, Education, Sports, Public Services and Biomedical Science.
at outstanding (grade 1) and 7 at good (grade 2).
QAA (the Quality Assurance Agency) identified as good practice in
February 2012, that “the distinct management and organisational
structure [of our HE provision] has created a clearly identifiable higher
education culture at the College among staff and students.”
If you would like to find out more about us visit our website at www.ccb.ac.uk or if you are interested in exploring
possible partnership opportunities, contact the Principal’s office on prinsec@ccb.ac.uk
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