College Mission Statement

mission statement

Strategic Aims

  • To increase participation rates in education and training for young people, adults, employers and the wider community which the college serves.
  • To continuously improve the standards of teaching and learning and encourage high expectations of both staff and students.
  • To encourage creativity and innovation, enabling learners to benefit from the use of new technologies.
  • To raise success rates for learners and consistently achieve upper quartile results against appropriate national benchmarks.
  • To maintain a well resourced learning environment suitable for the delivery of teaching and the promotion of learning in the 21st century.
  • To promote learner involvement in shaping service delivery and respond to key stakeholder feedback to help improve our services.
  • To attract and retain high quality staff, committed to the delivery of upper quartile results as measured by both external quality agencies and funding providers.
  • To proactively and continuously engage with our funding providers, to ensure that our strategy, measures and results are consistently monitored and amended in line with the required outcomes of those providers, in order to secure our long term viability.
  • To analyse and liaise with commercial and industrial business sectors and with employer organisations to ensure that course provision is offered on a timely basis to meet the changing skills needs within our catchment area.
  • To develop mutually beneficial partnerships with other skills training providers in our region to ensure that our provision is appropriate in terms of level, location and employer demand.

Core values

Throughout all our activities and programmes, the college will continue to promote equality and celebrate diversity, and contribute to the development of Birmingham as a diverse and economically regenerated city.

Integrity, Commitment, Passion, Innovation, Respect, Accountability, Delivery of Value Added and Value for Money and Facilitating life choices for students will be central to everything we do.