Coleg Gwent
Coleg Gwent
Principal’s RoadshowJanuary 2010
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Coleg GwentRoadshow: January 2010
• Performance in 2008/09
• Excellence in Teaching and Learning
• Sustainability Action Plan
• Internal Review
• Transformation
• The Weather
• Recruitment of new Principal
Coleg GwentPerformance in 2008/09:Students
General Further Education 2008/09 Target 2007/08
Student Completion 89 87 90Student Attainment 88* 85 82Successful Completion 78** 74 73
* 12% above 2007/08 National Comparator** 11% above 2007/08 National Comparator
Work Based Learning 2008/09 Target 2007/08
WBL Full Framework All 74 66WBL Full Framework FMA 70* 73WBL Full Framework MA 79** 60
* 2% above 2007/08 National Comparator** 16% above 2007/08 National Comparator
Coleg GwentKey Outcomes 2008/09
Success Rates by SSA
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
5: C
onst
ructi
on
4 : E
ngine
erin
g
1: H
ealth
, Pub
lic S
ervic
es &
Car
e
14: P
rep
for L
ife &
Wor
k
8: L
eisure
, Tra
vel &
Tou
rism
2: S
cienc
e & M
athe
mat
ics
10: H
istor
y, P
hilos
ophy
& T
heol
ogy
11:
Socia
l Scie
nces
12: L
angu
ages
, Lit
& Cul
ture
15: B
usin
ess
6: IT
3: L
and B
ased
9: A
rt, M
edia
& Pub
lishin
g
7: R
etail &
Com
m E
nt
07/08
08/09
07/08 NC
Coleg GwentPerformance in 2008/09:Financial
2008/09 Target FinancialActual Strategy
Target
Operating deficit £(1,539)k £(2,356)k Breakeven(before FRS 17 adjustments)
Current Ratio 1.50 0.71 >1.0
Staff costs as a % of total income 63.4% 67.0% <65%(pre FRS 17)
Mainstream income as a % of 84.6% 85.0% <80%total income
Coleg GwentPerformance in 2008/09
Other recent success
• Beacon Award for the Promotion of Copyright
• Runner Up for Beacon Award for Staff Development
• RoSPA Gold Medal for Health and Safety
• ISO 9001 for Finance, IT and Estates teams;
• Re-assessment ISO 9001 for BDU and Quality teams
Coleg GwentExcellence inTeaching and Learning
3 Geoff Petty sessions in Autumn for • Technology• General Education• Business
INSPIRE
Leading Learning• Focus on teaching, learning and the learner experience• Three main areas: classroom observation, reflective practice and staff
development
INSET Day planning
Performance Review• ETHOS embedded
Coleg GwentSustainability Action Plan
• International Strategy approved by Corporation
• 2010/11 funding
• Project Groups set up• Curriculum Overview• Business Management and IT/OT• Independent Living Skills• Non-core DCELLS income• Support for Heads of School• Systems and Administration• Operating Expenses• Strategic Partnerships
Coleg GwentInternal Review
Scheduled in the week 15-19 March 2010
Led by Liz Kidd, ex-HMI Lead Inspector, with team of• internal peer assessors• peer assessors from partner colleges
Process• Lesson observation• Scrutiny of students’ work• Scrutiny of quality of files• Meeting with staff and students• Scrutiny of data• Emulates an Estyn inspection but adopting a developmental approach
Coleg GwentInternal Review
Further Education
• Health, Public Services and Care
• Construction
• Leisure, Travel and Tourism
• Performing Arts
• Art and Media
• Basic Skills
Coleg GwentInternal Review
Key Questions
• Key Question 1: How well do learners achieve?
• Key Question 2: How effective are teaching, training and assessment?
• Key Question 4: How well are learners cared for, guided and supported?
• Key Question 6: How well do leaders and managers evaluate and improve quality and standards?
• Will be informed by new Estyn framework, though will be based primarily on current Key Questions
Coleg GwentTransformation
Newport• Formed ‘alliances’ of providers across the city which gives wider choice• Successful implementation of shared A level provision between college
and south Newport schools• Seeking to embed by developing governance arrangements between
schools and closer links with campus
Monmouthshire• Learning Partnership between schools and college• Seeking to enhance vocational opportunities for learners
Coleg GwentTransformation
Blaenau Gwent• Full Business Case for The Learning Zone is being written• Capital Funding of £33.5m anticipated• Informal consultation on schools reorganisation completed December
2009• Formal consultation due in February 2010 which should lead to a tertiary
college model being adopted
Torfaen• Full Business Case for tertiary solution being written• Coleg Gwent working with the local authority on the business case• Big emphasis on digital learning as a key means of transformation
Coleg GwentTransformation
Caerphilly• 3 clusters of partnership schools established - surplus places to be
addressed• Plans for development of Welsh medium provision• Closer working with Coleg Gwent and Ystrad Mynach
Summary of all transforming projects published by WAG in November 2009:“Transformation - y Siwrnai”
Coleg GwentThe Weather
• First two weeks of 2010 college was open 1.5 days
• Newport, Crosskeys and Cwmbran open for exams
• Communication - website, social networking sites and local media
• Lessons for the future
Coleg GwentRecruitment of new Principal
• Governors appointment
• Vice Chair of Governors has been asked by Chair to advise on recruitment process
Coleg GwentRemember
The learner is at the heart ofeverything that we do at Coleg Gwent
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