Annual Report 2012/13

Annual Report 2012/13

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Contents Welcome

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College Vision, Mission and Values

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Corporate Governance

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Gazelle Colleges Group

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Celebrating Success

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Finance and Quality Measures

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College Statistics

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Sustainability

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Equality and Diversity

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Nick Holman, Chair of Governors

Phil Davies, Principal

Welcome It gives us great pleasure to introduce the 2012/13* Annual Report for City College Plymouth. The entrepreneurial spirit of the College has brought many successes.

Once again, the College gained many external awards and accreditations, including our Ofsted inspection in which they concluded that City College Plymouth is a GOOD college with OUTSTANDING features. We also gained a prestigious Association of Colleges’ Beacon Award for 14-19 Widening Participation.

A key feature of the year was the refurbishment of our engineering facilities, which ensures that we

continue to offer industry the very best training in modern, state-of-the-art workshops and classrooms.

We have a strong ethos of working in partnership with key stakeholders and have worked with our engineering partners to ensure that the refurbishment resulted in a facility which meets the needs of the engineering sector and is one of the best in the country.

Meanwhile, our students continue to achieve excellent results at all levels across a wide range of courses, and many progress successfully both into employment and onto university. They demonstrate their entrepreneurial skills through a fantastic variety of enrichment and enterprising activities - many examples are highlighted in this report.

The College has made a long-standing commitment to embedding enterprise with our students and staff, enabling us to play a pivotal role in positively transforming the local community and stimulating wealth creation. The College joined The Gazelle Colleges Group – a national alliance of 20 colleges committed to transforming the curriculum so that it encourages an entrepreneurial mind-set in our students and in turn benefits employers by increasing opportunities for all.

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The College’s Engineering Centre

The current economic and global climate means fostering a new generation of social and commercial entrepreneurs is essential in adding value to the local community and in the innovation of industry. The College is dedicated to preparing students for an entrepreneurial life, by developing ways of entrepreneurial learning which break down barriers between education and industry.

The educational landscape in the City is changing to meet the global demands and pressures placed upon us all, and City College Plymouth is working to innovate and embed enterprise in education, in all its forms, to ensure these demands are met.

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There are many challenges ahead in ensuring the further education sector meets the ever-changing needs of industry, whilst also raising students’ aspirations and achievements. At the College we are continuing to work to further innovate the way people are educated and trained in the City and we believe we are best placed to support the local labour market, ensuring our students have the right skills, attitude and opportunities to not only add value to employers but to impact positively on the wider community.

The past 12 months have been characterised by more measured business success, slightly more economic certainty and a significant change in profile for the City. This sets us fair for 2014.

Phil Davies Principal

Nick Holman Chair of Corporation

* This report covers the financial year which ran from August 2012 to July 2013. The date of the publication follows the approval of accounts for that year.

College Vision, Mission and Values Vision

Values

To be a College with a national reputation for promoting opportunity, enterprise and employability.

◆◆ We put our students and our community at the heart of all that we do.

Mission To be the South West’s leading provider of innovative, skillsbased vocational education and training by supporting partnerships for growth, raising aspirations and enabling wealth creation.

◆◆ We foster excellence, innovation and creativity. ◆◆ We celebrate diversity and inclusion and the breaking down of barriers to success. ◆◆ We have high expectations of ourselves, our students and our partners.

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Corporate Governance The Governing Body of City College Plymouth, led by its current Chair, Nick Holman, continues to support and challenge the Principal and Senior Leadership Team. Its primary role is to ensure that the College’s aims and objectives are aligned with agreed strategy and that its vision, mission and values continue to reflect the paramount importance of the student experience and the needs of the community it serves.

Drawn from all parts of the community, governors have appropriate and balanced skills. In 2012/13, the Governing Body comprised 15 members including the Principal, one staff member, two students and ten general governors.

Members of the Governing Body 2012/13

Luke Taylor

Chris Hemmings

Student Governor

Student Governor

IT Student and Students’ Union President

Health and Social Care Student City College Plymouth

Jane Adams

Simon Payne

Staff Governor

Head of Plymouth Law School

Head of Academy for Science and Maths City College Plymouth

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Plymouth University

Andrew Ashley

Gerry Cadogan

Phil Davies

Christina Quinn

General Governor

Chair of Corporation

Principal

General Governor

Freelance Project Management and Business Consultant

Manager National Health Service

City College Plymouth

Associate Director Workforce Development Plymouth NHS

Nick Holman

Patrick Magrath

Paul Tarplee

Julia Tindall-Jones

Vice-Chair of Corporation

General Governor

General Governor

Clerk to the Governors

Head of Professional Services Vickery Holman Property Consultants

Managing Partner 3R Partnerships

Chief Technology Officer Twofour Group

City College Plymouth

Mark Grimley

Alan Weekes

Jeremy Wilson

William Woyka

General Governor

General Governor

General Governor

General Governor

Assistant Director for Human Resources Plymouth City Council

Retired Head Teacher and ex-Local Councilor

Strategic Property Advisor

Chief Executive Routeways

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Gazelle Colleges Group City College Plymouth is proud to be a part of the Gazelle Colleges Group.

The Gazelle group, founded in 2011 by five college principals, is exclusively focused on building a recognisable cluster of entrepreneurial colleges by 2016. Gazelle Principals are working together to transform their colleges through enterprise and entrepreneurship. Gazelle gives them the opportunity to engage with established entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs and innovators and to bring that experience into the heart of further education.

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Gazelle combines the exceptional experience of entrepreneurs who have succeeded in business with leaders in the further education and wider public sector. They believe that in the current global economic climate it is vital to foster a new generation of social and commercial entrepreneurs; entrepreneurs who can add value to communities, bring innovation to existing businesses and who can create their own employment with confidence and ambition.

Further education colleges will play an integral role in achieving this goal, but they must be prepared to make the changes needed to deliver a different outcome for students in the 21st century workplace.

The College’s employability centre, theworkspace

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Sam Abbott, Vice Principal, and Laura Wellington, Sustainability Officer, being presented with the Fairtrade Business Award by Levi Roots

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Celebrating Success College Successes Students’ Film Used to Train Police and the Church

College drama students as actors. The film was initially used as an educational tool in schools and hospitals throughout the South West and has since been used by Essex Police, Kent Police, and the Church of England’s Diocese of Chelmsford.

Prestigious National Beacon Award

A film made by three media students is being used nationally to teach people about the issue of child sexual exploitation. Millie Steel, Chloe Adams and Jessica Linden were asked by the NHS in Plymouth to make a film about the kidnapping of children for sex trafficking. The students thoroughly researched the subject by attending lectures about safeguarding, inspiring them with ideas about what the documentary should cover and who they could interview.

Filming took place in a variety of places around Plymouth, including Derriford Hospital and the city centre, using

The College celebrated the news that it had been awarded a prestigious Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Award for 14-19 Widening Participation.

The College won the award for its longstanding project which offers a range of pre-enrolment programmes for young people who are not in education,

employment or training (NEETs), or who are at risk of becoming so. The programmes run by the College have an excellent track record for getting NEETs reengaged with education and into employment.

Fairtrade Business Award The College was presented with a Gold Fairtrade Business Award for Best Fairtrade Office 2013. The awards were presented by entrepreneur and chef, Levi Roots, at a ceremony at Colston Hall, Bristol.

The aim of the Awards is to increase sales of Fairtrade products and further support amongst businesses in the region, by promoting those businesses that support Fairtrade and encouraging others to do more. The College was recognised for its commitment not only in purchasing and providing Fairtrade products, but also in promoting Fairtrade ethics throughout the student and staff community.

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Ofsted Focuses on College’s Outstanding Features

The College had a successful four yearly visit from Ofsted, in which they concluded that City College Plymouth is a GOOD college with OUTSTANDING features. The Ofsted report noted that the College is deeply committed to improving the employability skills of its students, ensuring that they are work-ready and have the skills and qualifications that employers are looking for. It also highlighted our provision for apprentices in engineering and students in hospitality and catering as outstanding. Ofsted also praised the College for our outstanding promotion and development of employability skills, and our relevant industrystandard facilities. They judged the College overall as a good college.

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College Launches PL1 City College Plymouth launched its newly named and refurbished PL1 Restaurant in November. Invited guests were welcomed with canapés and drinks whilst being able to view the bright and modern restaurant, state-ofthe-art kitchens and a demo kitchen.

Following the official opening by local celebrity chefs and restaurateurs, Chris and James Tanner, students showcased their food and beverage service skills whilst guests enjoyed some mouth-watering refreshments.

Doug Richard Inspires College Start-ups The College received an entrepreneurial boost from Doug Richard, former Dragons’ Den investor and founder of the School for Startups, as the serial entrepreneur hosted a day of workshops for students and staff.

The Entrepreneurial Institution Challenge Workshops were part of a programme of events at over 100 colleges and universities nationwide. They were designed to equip institutions with the tools to survive in an increasingly competitive marketplace. College students really engaged with Doug, sharing their start-up ideas and getting some top tips in return.

Opening of Specialist Autism Centre

The College’s new autism centre, Monterey House, was officially opened

by Matthew Hancock MP in March 2013. The purpose-built centre, based at Kings Road, provides bespoke programmes of learning for young people with Autism aged 16-24.

Students are offered an individualised programme in a safe, structured environment. Small groups blended with one-to-one support help them develop the skills, confidence and selfesteem needed to gain a greater level of independence so they can progress on to further training or supported work.

Doug Richard hosted a day of entrepreneurial workshops as part of Global Enterprise Week 2013

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Jack Weekes and Sebastian Roberts with their Institute of Carpenters' Craft Competition awards

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Official Opening of ‘Grow Allot’

Students Successes Students Excel at Skillbuild

The College proudly welcomed the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Mrs Vivien Pengelly, to officially open the College’s Grow Allot project. With funding from the Big Lottery’s Local Food programme, Grow Allot is an exciting initiative that uses an area of disused ground at its Kings Road site. This area has been restored into an allotment style, community garden. Located on a stretch of the old Devonport rail line, this unique location now gives individuals and groups the opportunity to grow produce locally and develop new practical skills.

Bee Wise and Plant for the Future The College was shortlisted and then went on to win the Co-operative’s Pollinator Patches competition as part of the Co-operative’s Plan Bee campaign. City College Plymouth selected a patch of unloved land at its Kings Road site to be transformed into a haven for bees, butterflies and the local community, and pitched against other local projects in a public vote with Co-operative members.

Painting and Decorating Apprentice Represents College at National Final

The College hosted the South West regional heats of Skillbuild 2013.

Skillbuild is an annual event that sees budding construction trainees pitted against each other in their specialist area. The host colleges are selected on strict criteria, including facilities, expertise in the construction field and showing a real enthusiasm for the competition. The College entered 17 students, who competed in bricklaying, carpentry, joinery, and painting and decorating. Nine of the students achieved top three positions in their respective categories, with three taking first place.

Carpentry Students Win Prestigious Awards Two College students won awards at The Institute of Carpenters’ Craft Competition. The competition is the only national event open to carpentry, joinery and shop fitting students. It gives outstanding students the chance to showcase their work and have it judged by leaders in the field. Jack Weekes was awarded first place in the South West regional under 20 category, and went on to be awarded third place in the national under 20 category.

Sebastian Roberts was awarded first place in the South West regional over 20 category.

Jenny Sibley was named winner of the South West heat of the Dulux Decorator Centres’ 2013 Apprentice of the Year competition. The up-and-coming painter and decorator competed against nine other students at City of Bristol College to claim her place in the competition’s final. Jenny successfully completed a practical work piece which saw her use a range of skills, including wallpapering, stencilling, waterborne glossing and special effects – all within a set time.

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Student Secures Place on KPMG’s School Leaver Graduate Programme

An aspiring young chef from the College won a place in the Electrolux Chef Academy 2013, winning a 12-month fully funded work placement in three of the country’s top Michelin star restaurants. Jonah Kellar beat other finalists to win the three coveted roles. He will be working with Michelin chefs Tom Kitchin, Simon Hulstone and Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias, on a rotational basis in their respective restaurants.

Staff Successes Business student, Charles Colman, secured a place on KPMG’s School Leaver Graduate Programme. This innovative six-year programme gives students the opportunity to join KPMG’s Audit team, gain an accounting degree from Exeter, Birmingham or Durham University, and become a fully qualified Chartered Accountant.

Charles is now working in KPMG’s Plymouth office and studying at the University of Exeter.

Jonah Crowned Winner of Electrolux Chef Academy 2013

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College Director Wins Lifetime Achievement Award City College Plymouth’s Director of Work-based Learning and Schools Partnerships, Julie McLean, celebrated after being given an award for lifetime achievement at the prestigious Times Educational Supplement FE Awards.

The judges felt not only that Julie qualified, but that her story reflected the unique role and contribution of further education. A “challenging teenager” by her own account, Julie was unemployed when her life was turned around by an inspirational vocational teacher who showed her “a different way of learning”. Since then, she has dedicated the past 30 years to doing the same for the tens of thousands of students who have passed through her department.

Pearson Teaching Awards College lecturers, Alan Miles and Stephen Cain were selected as regional finalists for the 2013 Pearson Teaching Awards. Alan and Stephen were both nominated for the Further Education Lecturer of the Year award. Alan was awarded first place and Stephen second in the regional awards, and were presented with their awards by Blanche Sainsbury, the Managing director of the South West Media Group.

Jodie Wins an Adult Learner of the Year Award Due to a difficult childhood, Jodie Everson, was homeless at 16 and had no qualifications or formal training.

She wanted to change this, so joined an Entry to Employment Programme and is now excelling on a higher level Apprenticeship. Her remarkable learning achievements were recognised with the South West Young Adult Learner of the Year Award as part of the national Adult Learners’ Week in 2013. Despite battling housing and relationship issues, she impressed staff during her work experience at the College’s Work-based Learning department and was offered an Apprenticeship as a clerical assistant.

She went on to complete a level two in Business Administration.

Julie McLean, Director of Work-based Learning and Schools Partnerships collecting her TES Lifetime Achievement Award

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Finance and Quality Measures

By Nicola Cove, Deputy Principal

In what continues to be a challenging economic environment with pressures on government spending, 2012/13 has been a tough year for the College, with a decline in higher education enrolments particularly. The College Group generated an operating deficit in the year of £1,704,000 and an historical cost deficit of £1,383,000 (2011/12 – operating deficit of £2,248,000 and an historical cost deficit of £1,927,000).

The College has a subsidiary company, Achievement Training Limited, a private training provider operating in Plymouth.

Any surpluses generated by the subsidiary are transferred to the College under Gift Aid.

The College Group attracted approximately 10,100 funded and 6,100 non-funded students. During the year, the College Group invested £4,219,000 in building improvements and equipment purchases to further improve the infrastructure available to students and local businesses.

Analysis of 2012/13 Income 9.9%

HE Funded Activity

11.2%

0.1%

Investment Income

Work-based Learning

4.4%

Other Income

This was split between land and buildings acquired of £3,585,000 and equipment purchased of £634,000.

In the main, this related to the construction works for the refurbished Engineering Centre, Monterey House autism centre and the allotment project – Grow Allott.

Cash balances represented seven days in hand at 31 July 2013 (2012:31 days).

At £140,000 net cash outflow from operating activities (2011/12 £319,000 outflow), reflected the operating deficit in the year from the shortfall in income against budget.

2.2%

Other Grants and Contracts

10.4%

Tuition Fees and Ed’n Contracts

59.4%

Funding Council Recurrent Grants

2.3%

Other Council Funding

Analysis of 2012/13 Expenditure 4.6%

Depreciation

29.5%

1.5%

Interest Payable

0.6%

Loss on Disposal of Assets

Other Operating Expenses

63.8% Staff Costs

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Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ending 31 July 2013

BALANCE SHEET as at 31 July 2013

2012 /13

2011/12

2012 /13

2011/12

£000’s

£000’s

£000’s

£000’s

26,746

24,397

INCOME Funding body income Tuition fees and education contracts Other grants and contracts Other income Investment income TOTAL INCOME

FIXED ASSETS 24,841

25,077

6,702

6,210

759

729

1,481

1,303

45

23

33,828

33,342

2,113

4,179

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Current assets

(5,849)

(6,441)

Net current (liabilities)

(3,736)

(2,262)

Total assets less current liabilities

23,010

22,135

(1,151)

(372)

(671)

(969)

21,188

20,794

(18,301)

(21,255)

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

EXPENDITURE

Provisions

Staff

22,678

22,946

Other expenses

10,476

10,433

1,627

1,616

533

595

(461)

35,314

35,590

NET ASSETS INCLUDING PENSION (LIABILITY)

2,887

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

(Deficit)/surplus on continuing operations prior to costs relating to the property strategy

(1,486)

(2,248)

Deferred capital grants

6,098

4,840

Income and expenditure account excluding pension reserve

8,622

9,165

(18,301)

(21,255)

(9,679)

(12,090)

6,424

6,745

44

44

2,887

(461)

Depreciation Interest

(Loss) on disposal of assets Taxation (Deficit)/surplus on continuing operations after depreciation of assets at valuation Historic cost adjustment

HISTORIC COST (DEFICIT)

(218)

0

0

0

(1,704)

(2,248)

Net assets excluding pension (liability) Net pension (liability)

Pension deficit Income and expenditure account including pension reserve Revaluation reserve

321

321

(1,383)

(1,927)

Capital reserves

TOTAL

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College Statistics College Facts for 2012/13

Retention

◆◆ Number of full-time students – 4,586.

◆◆ The College long retention rate was 88.6%, 0.1% above the latest SFA benchmark.

◆◆ Number of part-time students – 14,033. ◆◆ Total number of students – 18,619 which includes 869 higher education students and 204 non-EU ‘international students’. ◆◆ Number of apprentices – 1,188 (including subcontracted apprentices). ◆◆

Number of employees – 821.

Success ◆◆ The College long success rate (courses over 24 weeks) was 83%, which equals the latest Skills Funding Agency (SFA) benchmark.

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Achievement ◆◆ The College overall achievement rate was 93.7%, 0.2% above the latest SFA benchmark.

Progression ◆◆ In 2012/13, 421 students completing level 3 programmes progressed onto higher education via UCAS – please note these figures only include students entering higher education through UCAS who had obtained their application form from the College.

Sustainability

By Laura Wellington, Sustainability Officer

Champions in Sustainability The College has gone through another proactive year developing sustainability initiatives thanks to the support of the Sustainability Working Group, Sustainability Focus Groups and the Sustainability Future Groups with each faculty. The College continues to drive for change educating students, staff and stakeholders on ‘greening’ the College and encouraging everyone to think about reducing their impact on the environment.

An end of year report was produced by the Sustainability Working Group outlining the College’s successes in 2012/13. Here is a summary of the College’s key achievements: ◆◆ sustainability continues to appear within the College Strategic Plan and progress is monitored ◆◆ sustainability is embedded in some courses across the College ◆◆ students are educated about sustainability through the tutorial programme and enrichment activities ◆◆ staff are updated about continuing professional development sustainability opportunities through the Sustainability Working Group

◆◆ Aramark (the College’s catering contractor) now purchases 50% of its food locally and leads on the College’s Fairtrade campaign ◆◆ a management programme for the ‘College Wood’ at Kings Road was identified and paths built allowing access for all ◆◆ the College’s allotment project, Grow Allot, has been a great success and has worked with 1,055 individuals since September 2012 ◆◆ with the support of the Transport Focus Group, the College has repaired pavements, improved site access and also opened a ‘dry room’ for cyclists ◆◆ green travel links have been made with Plymouth City Council and the first ‘Bike Week’ event run ◆◆ Fairtrade status has been maintained and products increased through College eateries. Business students coordinated the Fairtrade Festival during Fairtrade Fortnight 2013 ◆◆ a food waste initiative has been set up diverting around 50 tonnes of food waste from sewage and landfill, saving the College around £1,750 a year

◆◆ the Uganda project is still running well, and donated equipment continues to be audited each year to ensure it has arrived safely and staff at the training centre in Lira know how to use it ◆◆ the College has calculated its carbon footprint and the estate remains on track to achieve the 34% reduction on 2000/01 emissions by 2020 ◆◆ using the College’s Energy Conservation Budget, solar photo voltaics have been installed on the Construction building at Kings Road and are also being used in the delivery of renewable energy training ◆◆ the Engineering Centre has been refurbished to the BREEAM ‘Very Good’ standard ◆◆ a sustainability checklist is used when considering design/ construction of minor capital and significant maintenance projects.

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Equality and Diversity

by Cathie Maddock, Equality and Diversity Coordinator

The College has a long standing and wide ranging commitment to equality and diversity. This was recognised in the 2012 Ofsted inspection which commented on the ‘high standards of learner behaviour and mutual respect’ and noted that our College ‘provides a very inclusive environment in which previously under-achieving groups of learners enjoy high levels of success.’

Starting from our policy of cascaded responsibility, the College embeds equality and diversity throughout its work and practices. Each year, to increase equality of opportunity, the College has set equality and diversity targets. The targets in 2012/13 were set to improve the performance of underachieving groups by reducing achievement gaps between disadvantaged groups and their peers.

Across the College achievement gaps have narrowed from 2011/12 to 2012/13 for disability, for learning difficulty, ethnicity and gender.

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The gap for socio economic deprivation, however, remained static. Further targets have been set to improve the performance of disadvantaged groups in 2013/14.

The College successfully attracts people from all sectors of its community. The College provision is substantial in 13 out of the 15 subject sector categories, offering a wide range of learning opportunities to suit the needs of local employers and the community. There is tailored provision for disadvantaged groups, including those with profound and multiple disabilities, disengaged young people and asylum seekers, for example.

Every year staff training is given in supporting people with disabilities and disadvantages.

Students range in age from 13 to 83 years. There are 14% more men than women, with 43% female and 57% male students. 13% of students declared a disability and 11% a learning difficulty. The black and ethnic minority percentage was 11%, above the 7% estimated for the Plymouth area (2012/13 data). A growing number of international students (182 in 2012/13) contribute to promoting cultural diversity and awareness.

The College’s learning accommodation is highly accessible for people with motor and sensory disabilities. Details are set out in the annual ‘Accessibility Commitment’ and on the national DisabledGo website www.disabledgo.com.

There is a College chaplaincy team which aims to provide spiritual support to students and staff of all faiths and none, and provides quiet rooms at Kings Road and Goschen.

Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013

There are excellent nurseries at Kings Road and Goschen and the 2012 Ofsted inspections for each site identified the effectiveness with which both settings promote equality and diversity as ‘outstanding’.

The College meets its legal requirements for an equality and diversity policy with clear statements on preventing unfair discrimination for all the protected groups. There are published Equality Objectives and an Equality and Diversity Action Plan. The Equality Objectives are cross-College targets set to promote equality for our students, workforce and in our working practices. The Equality and Diversity Action Plan underpins the Equality Objectives and is updated annually.

We seek advice from local organisations including the Plymouth Centre for Faiths and Cultural Diversity, Fata He, and the Race Equality Council, as well as national bodies such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Royal National Institute for the Blind, the Association of Colleges and the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

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