Coleg GwentImprovement Journey

BackgroundFollows from a question at the last Board meetingMany new members, at a difficult time, with more to comeNeed to stay positive and optimistic

Every part of the college is covered by the CMT’s Divisionsbut there are also background developments which won’t be explicit in:

Culture - a switch in balance between support and challenge:• greater stretch and challenge• higher expectations• more overt performance management• but with better support at the same time

Structures and systems – flatter, less campus autonomy, greater central control

Values and Relationships - openness, honesty, rigour, involvement

Our external focus – contribution to and leadership in the sector – Colegau CymruFinance, Curriculum, Quality, and Resources, WfAs, ACL, Partnerships etc..

Governance – more strategic, challenging and skills-based

RECENT PROGRESS

CURRICULUM & QUALITY

Curriculum

Sector leading in the

introduction of LAPs

Delivered over £1.5m

efficiencies through the curriculum

Extended the curriculum to

offer L1 to HE in almost all

subject areasEstablished

central college timetabling to

support improved resource

utilisation

Achieved all LAP targets in 2013/14

Achieved 101% of CEU targets

in 2012/13

CurriculumIncreased full-time recruitment by over 13% despite a decline in 16-18 year olds of -4.2%

CurriculumIncreased HE income significantly

10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15

Fee £462,955 £573,300 £989,290 £1,609,888 £2,189,711

Credit £346,694 £350,627 £234,021 £211,710 £211,710

TOTAL £809,649 £923,927 £1,223,311 £1,821,598 £2,401,421

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£500,000

£1,000,000

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TOTAL

Note: 2014/15 is projected income

Quality

Delivered an Estyn judgement

of Good with Excellent

features in 2012

Restructured to establish a

stronger focus on Quality and deliver further improvements

Implemented Olympic

Challenge, Learning

Mentors and Leading Learning

initiativeEstablished robust and

effective quality processes, including

benchmarking, observation, RII,

Monitoring Group

Top performing college in Wales

in terms of success rates and excellent feedback in

Estyn ARP visit

Accredited OCR ESW Centre Status for all

campuses (first in Wales)

Significantly improved LORSuccess Rate

2009/10Success Rate

2012/13

1: Health, Public Services and Care 81% 88%

2: Science and Mathematics 75% 82%

78% 81%

4: Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies 74% 77%

5: Construction, Planning and the Built Environment 75% 83%

6: Information and Communication Technology 81% 91%

7: Retail and Commercial Enterprise 83% 87%

7(a): Retailing and Customer Service 60% 87%

79% 84%

7(c): Hospitality and Catering 86% 93%

83% 88%

9: Arts, Media and Publishing 80% 87%

9(a): Performing Arts 82% 88%

9(b): Art and Design 79% 87%

81% 92%

11: Social Sciences 74% 79%

83% 87%

13: Education and Training 85% 88%

14: Preparation for Life and Work 81% 88%

14(a): Independent Living Skills 89% 94%

14(b): Adult Basic Education 75% 89%

14(c): Foundation for Work 82% 88%

14(d): English for Speakers of Other Languages 77% 87%

15: Business, Administration and Law 78% 86%X

Provisional categorisation scales:

85% or above

75 - 84%65 - 74%

Below 65% Adequate

Unsatisfactory

Excellent

Good

10: History, Philosophy and Theology

12: Languages, Literature and Culture

8: Leisure, Travel and Tourism

Sector Subject Area

3: Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care

7(b): Hair and Beauty

To be one of the top performing colleges in Wales

Excellent Good Adequate Unsatisfactory N/A

Coleg Gwent 18 6 0 0 0 Bridgend College 9 9 4 1 1

Cardiff and Vale College 12 8 1 3 0 Coleg Cambria 8 16 0 0 0

Coleg Ceredigion 8 8 2 2 4 Coleg Sir Gar 11 6 5 1 0

Coleg Y Cymoedd 4 16 3 1 0 Gower College 9 13 0 0 2

Grwp Llandrillo Menai 9 12 1 0 2 Grwp NPTC Group 13 10 0 1 0

Merthyr Tydfil College 7 8 4 2 3 Pembrokeshire College 11 8 3 0 2

St Davids Sixth Form College 5 5 3 0 11

Significant improvement in Curriculum SAR judgements

Despite raising the bar

Learner Services

Complete re-structure of

Learner Services and Skills

(centralised, introduced LSAs,

ASAs, etc) Significant improvements in learner support, with feedback of ‘excellent’ from

Estyn

Implemented eILP to improve

the learner experience and engage parents

Established central College Admissions to significantly improve the admissions

process

Invested in and significantly

improved Learner Services accommodation (eg receptions)

Developed excellence in

Enterprise through

Enterprise Champion

Awards

Established Safeguarding

Committee and improved

safeguarding and support across

the college Achieved the Careers Wales

Mark for Continuing

improvement at all campuses

Achieved the Quality Standard

for Basic Skills

Achieved the Buttle UK

Quality Mark (first college in

Wales)

Sector leading Learner Voice and the only

college of Colegau Cymru

award two years running

Shortlisted for ColegauCymru

Teaching & Learning Award

External/Other

Contributed to the development of the new Welsh

Bac in Wales

Developed effective quality

partnerships with South East Wales

colleges

Provided the lead on LAP

development to a number of colleges

Established excellence visits to other colleges

to improve leadership and management

Member of Academic Board

at Merthyr College

RECENT PROGRESS

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Partnerships

Estyn April 2012 Inspection

Partnership working judged as

ExcellentTorfaen

Local Authority commitment to

delivering another whole area post 16

Tertiary network

Heads of the Valleys Education

Programme Successful

participation in major WG

improvement programmeLSKiP

Leading FEI role played in the

establishment of a South Wales

regional learning partnership

NEETs Reductions in all the Gwent LA

areas, with acknowledgement

from the LA’s & EAS that the College has played an active &

key role

Blaenau Gwent Implementation in 2012 of first new

all authority tertiary system in

Wales

Employer Engagement

Implemented complete

restructuring of WBL & training

teams to establish F.E Directorate Revitalised the

Gwent Construction Training forum

increased membership by 37%. Recognised by CSK.IIs

as exemplar and nominated for CITB

training award

ESiW: by some margin best

performing College in consortium. Invited

to deliver best practice event to

partners & lead ESiW II

Reputation among key employer bodies

fro high quality training e.g. CIEH awards for best

Centre, Trainer & Trainee in 2013

Learn Direct Consistently rated by

Ufi Cymru as the Leading Centre in Wales with more learners than any

other centre

Sustained International activity, resulting in

£100k income per year from 2011 and

achieved British Council awards for excellence in

three projects (UAE, Vietnam & Tunisia)

Upward trend in commercial

income from £996k (10/11) to a peak of £1.4m (12/13)

Commercial Income Trend

2010/11 2013/140.8

0.9

1

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

0.91

1.40

Commercial Income Trend£m

Marketing & Communications

Introduced the use of analytics to measure

and assess the success of online advertising, web use, and impact

of social media. Online campaigns vfm tracked

& assessed. Open Days & Information events reviewed. On line

registration introduced and tracking of visitors

implemented via e-shots. Student

Ambassadors recruited and used at all events.

Complete revision of F/t, P/t and HE guides. Now delivered earlier in the annual cycle, with strong modern

graphics & images and with a 50% reduction

in print costs.Integrated graduate

and Foundation Degree work

placement students into the team on a

regular basis to being in specialist skills &

supplement resources

Successful department review & restructuring & appointment of a Head of

Marketing & Communications.

Relocation to City of Newport. In house

expertise in design, moving image & photography

added to team.

New web site designed &

launched in 2014. Significantly

improved functionality and

new modern, fresh content.

Adult & Community

Learning

Gwent ACL Partnership formed

in 2012and recognised by NIACE

WG as model regional partnership. Invited to present

good practice case studies for NIACE to the ACL network on

quality improvement and regional

planning.

First Partnership to develop a Digital

Development Strategy –

showcased at Euro Commission

Conference as Wales representative

Introduced tutor mentoring scheme across all five local

authorities

First ACL Partnership to use Learner

Forums to review curriculum offer

Developed & implemented an Agored L3 T&L

Observers qualification.

RECENT PROGRESS

RESOURCES & FINANCIAL PLANNING

Finance

Year on year operating surpluses despite significant

funding reductions

Upward trend in operating cash inflow and liquidity

Clean management letters and excellent internal control environment

Finance department validated as ‘Excellent’

through the SAR process for the last 4 years

Formal feedback from PwC shows Coleg Gwent to be their best FE client and in the upper quartile of all

education clients

Awards Outstanding Performance Award in the College for 2

consecutive years

Finalist in the TES FE Outstanding Finance

department 2012

DfES Income trend (real terms)-15%

2002

/200

3

2003

/200

4

2004

/200

5

2005

/200

6

2006

/200

7

2007

/200

8

2008

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9

2009

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2010

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2011

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2

2012

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2013

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0.000.200.400.600.801.001.201.401.601.80

0.65 0.64

0.89

1.211.33 1.35

1.5

1.34

1.58 1.571.68

1.51

Current Ratio

Human Resources & Organisation Development

(HR & OD)

Working closely with recognised Trade

Unions to minimise compulsory

redundancies during significant

management of change programmes

The ASPIRE management development

programme for Heads of School

Development of an innovative on-line CPD

portal – ‘Passport to Success’

Shortlisted for a number of prestigious

CPD awards

New HR & OD structure in place for

2014/2015

Estates &

Facilities

Awards 26 College awards In the

last 5 years.

Gold standard H&S Awards for the last 11 years.

TES awards finalist in 2011 and winner in 2012 Environmental

AchievementsGreen Gown Awards -

shortlisted Finalist for the last 5 years

Energy, Waste & Carbon reductions in excess of

targets for the last 5 years.

Public Sector Sustainability Awards 2014 – winner

Sector Leading PracticeChair/participate on

advisory panels at AoC, EAUC, FESH, Welsh

Government.

Chair ColegauCymru Estates & Health , Safety and

Environment promoting Best (College) Practice

Partnership WorkingThe Department actively engages in Partnerships working with each of

our 5 Local Authorities and Gwent Police

Efficiency & Innovation Over 80 Capital Projects

managed over last 5 years – all within budget.

All independent audits for the last 3 years, full

conformity

Quality Grades SAR Validation – Excellent for last 6 years Accredited ISO9001:2008 Accredited ISO14001:2004

Accredited BS OHSAS 18001:2007

(only College in Wales to hold all of the above)

Information & Communication

Technology (ICT)

Resilient and secure network infrastructure

with minimum down time and 98% Wi-Fi coverage

Development of a Single Point of Entry

management portal for reports & systems (The

One Stop Shop)

Track report in successfully delivering

complex reporting solutions – Automated

SAR; Absence reporting.

Track record in developing innovative

systems based solutions – ACE; Corporate Website;

Learner Portal

Department re-structure in 2013/14 bringing all

technical resources into one team, improved the

distribution of knowledge & skills and delivered

evidences improvements in service levels

Embracing a Continuous improvement culture

through constant process improvement – single

sign on; task lists; EMA auto-calc and texting; on-

line portals