Transforming lives through exceptional education & training

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1 Transforming lives through exceptional education & training Strategic Plan

2 This is the first, new Strategic Plan for the Capital City College Group and will structure our priorities from The plan shows how we will direct the advantages afforded by the creation of the largest FE College Group in London to empower our partners initially City & Islington and Westminster Kingsway Colleges and Capital City College Training to provide exceptional education and training for our students, business clients and other stakeholders. The plan responds to a policy agenda requiring us to increase the provision of technical education, including sub-degree higher education. At the same time, our students will expect to see more of the delivery and administration of their learning programme managed through technology. Brexit and limits on immigration will increase the demands businesses make for colleges to provide suitably skilled candidates for new jobs and to retrain their existing workforce. Apprenticeships will remain a crucial medium through which this need can be met. Our income will increasingly be directed through new routes. The expansion of the loan system will require many adult students to make a financial commitment to their training; the Apprenticeship Levy clarifies the position of employers as the purchaser of training; and the devolution of other adult funding creates a powerful new relationship with the London Mayor. Our response to these challenges will provide the foundations on which the Capital City College Group will build the exceptional education and training offer to which it aspires. We will retain a commitment to traditional further education at our heart but also embrace new ways of working with businesses to focus on the needs of both our students and the wider economy in which they will work. We believe, through this, Capital City College Group will become established as an influential and impactful force working on behalf of the further education sector. July 2017 Alastair Da Costa Chair of Corporation Andy Wilson Chief Executive Officer

3 Our values Our values are the key ideas and principles that people within our organisation and our partners believe are important. They sum up why we do what we do our purpose and how we go about our work our approach. Vision Transforming lives through exceptional education and training. Mission To inspire London s students and businesses with outstanding further and higher education and training which ensures their social and economic success. Respect We create a safe professional environment where people are valued We listen, empathise and take time to understand the views of others We create mutual trust by treating people well and equally. Aspiration We create opportunities for transformational change for our students We expect great things of all our students and our staff We have a constant drive for progression. Collaboration We are open to doing things differently and learning from others We work in partnership to ensure the best for students, employers and staff We create partnerships that deliver mutual and lasting benefit. Creativity We seek out new ideas and develop new approaches We create opportunities for innovation We are agile and responsive to change and willing to take risks. Opportunity We help individuals realise their dreams whoever they are and whatever their background We embrace difference and break down barriers to learning wherever they exist We focus on the future and spotting new opportunities to develop what we do.

4 Strategic Priorities Theme 1 Addressing London s need with a portfolio of courses and services of technical, professional and academic education and training. Theme 3 Motivating students to optimise their college experience. Prepared technical and professional pathways to be introduced student representation in 2020 across all our areas of specialism Introduced a new programme of higher technical and professional Established a new programme of lifelong learning for adult Worked with students to find innovative methods for collecting their feedback qualifications where we are the only provider or can be the best Arrangements in place that ensure wide and influential Provided enrichment activities to complement each student s programme, interests and ambitions Found new ways to involve employers in course design, work students enabling them to enter and move between rewarding experience and enrichment activities to prepare our graduates career paths for stimulating careers and productive employment Established Capital City College Training as the provider of choice Provided inspiring careers guidance including opportunities for employers outsourcing, commissioning or purchasing training for all students to experience work or higher education Further enhanced our commitment to social inclusion by ensuring environments so they are ambitious in their aspirations. that each development is supported by entry routes for students irrespective of their needs. Theme 2 Fostering the best professional practice to stimulate learning and exploit emerging technologies. Established a reputation with the Mayor and GLA for providing an essential solution to the skills needs of London as they take Developed our staff and programmes further to embrace satisfaction and ensure those who want to work in FE on devolved responsibility for adult skills funding technology and deliver the highest standard of engaging want to work for the Capital City College Group Focussed on innovation to develop new ways of learning and the application of digital technologies Theme 5 Working with partners to address the needs of London, Londoners and others who might benefit. Engaged with staff across the Group to enhance job teaching and learning Theme 4 Securing financial strength to ensure the best resources are available to facilitate teaching, learning and student support. Consolidated existing reputations to establish regional centres Invested in an estate that reflects the business world of excellence for Science, Technology & Arts (STEAM); and motivates students Hospitality; and Health & Care Extended IT and business systems to provide sector-leading Become the pre-eminent provider of Apprenticeship training Made learning opportunities more accessible by providing support for mobile learning and business and learning in the Capital, providing a one-stop service for employers varied and flexible patterns of delivery management systems and doubling our Apprenticeship delivery Motivated students to achieve exceptional outcomes Established efficient business support systems and Extended the Group s membership to meet the changing needs with qualifications and grades that exceed their initial focussed available resources on teaching, learning of students, businesses, communities and government across expectations and top-quartile value-added scores and support to students London and the region to which it most closely relates Supported progression to rewarding employment or higher courses for all students. Ensured accurate and timely data and analytics underpin decision making. Taken a leading role to influence the evolution of a progressive national and regional FE sector.

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