Coleg Gwent Principal’s Roadshow January

Coleg Gwent Roadshow: January 2010 Performance in 2008/09 Excellence in Teaching and Learning Sustainability Action Plan Internal Review Transformation The Weather Recruitment of new Principal

Coleg Gwent Performance in 2008/09: Students General Further Education2008/09Target2007/08 Student Completion Student Attainment88*8582 Successful Completion78**7473 * 12% above 2007/08 National Comparator ** 11% above 2007/08 National Comparator Work Based Learning2008/09Target2007/08 WBL Full Framework All7466 WBL Full Framework FMA70*73 WBL Full Framework MA79**60 * 2% above 2007/08 National Comparator ** 16% above 2007/08 National Comparator

Coleg Gwent Key Outcomes 2008/09

Coleg Gwent Performance in 2008/09: Financial 2008/09TargetFinancial ActualStrategy Target Operating deficit£(1,539)k£(2,356)kBreakeven (before FRS 17 adjustments) Current Ratio >1.0 Staff costs as a % of total income63.4%67.0%<65% (pre FRS 17) Mainstream income as a % of84.6%85.0%<80% total income

Coleg Gwent Performance 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 Gwent Excellence in Teaching 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 Gwent Sustainability 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 Gwent Internal Review Scheduled in the week 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 Gwent Internal Review Further Education Health, Public Services and Care Construction Leisure, Travel and Tourism Performing Arts Art and Media Basic Skills

Coleg Gwent Internal 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 Gwent Transformation 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 Gwent Transformation 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 Gwent Transformation 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 Gwent The 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 Gwent Recruitment of new Principal Governors appointment Vice Chair of Governors has been asked by Chair to advise on recruitment process

Coleg Gwent Remember The learner is at the heart of everything that we do at Coleg Gwent