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Annual Review 2019/20 WELCOME Welcome to Exeter College’s 2019/20 Annual history since being named as the UK’s first ever Review. This year has been a year like no other tertiary college, although our roots date back due to the challenges posed by Coronavirus, to the 1800s. The 50th year celebrations were but as an organisation we have time and again marked with a glittering awards ceremony held in demonstrated our robust, ambitious and the stunning location of Exeter Cathedral. innovative nature to continue to realise the I would like to take this opportunity to thank ambitions of our learners, city and wider region. everyone at the college for their contribution to Once again, our learners, lecturers and staff have the ongoing success of the organisation. Without shown their incredible commitment to ensuring the outstanding learners, staff, partners, alumni that all students can achieve their dreams and and supporters of the college we wouldn’t be get where they want to go in life. Our students recognised as a sector leader in education. I have achieved incredible results across our broad am also grateful to my fellow governors, who educational offering, including in the International have overseen, despite challenges, another Baccalaureate, A Levels, vocational courses, outstanding year of progress. Apprenticeships and adult courses. One of my personal highlights for the year has Our ambition to be a truly exceptional college been the continued success of our academic continues unabated, backed up by our continued results. Our learners demonstrated remarkable ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Office for Standards in resilience and received the outstanding results Education (Ofsted). they richly deserved across our range of courses at different levels. Our Annual Review looks back on a remarkable year for the college, in which we used our digital Our International Baccalaureate students excellence to adapt to the Government lockdown achieved a 100% pass rate, with over a third of education to provide inspirational teaching of students achieving over 40 points out of a and learning online. We also continued to forge possible 45. Our vocational students also achieved forward with ambitious build projects, while incredible results, with five students recognised taking some time to look back on our 50 year with awards at the Pearson BTEC Awards 2020. 1 Annual Review 2019/20 We’ve also seen significant investment across our college sites as our Masterplan continues to take shape. Work will be completed on our new Digital and Data Centre early in 2021, providing a nationally significant hub for digital learning as part of the wider South West Institute CONTENTS of Technology (SWIOT) plan to revolutionise the teaching of digital, engineering and manufacturing technology across the region. This Welcome 01 new £10.3 million building will provide a nationally Our Vision, Mission and Values 03 significant digital learning environment in the heart of the South West. Complete with digital Our Dimensions 04 learning laboratories, IT suites and interactive A Different Year 05 seminar spaces, the new hub will form the centre of a growing network of digital learning Apprentice Case Study 07 excellence across the South West Institute of Student Statistics 08 Technology’s (SWIOT) area. We are very excited about the impact the work will have both 50 Years of Exeter College 09 regionally and nationally and look forward to Our Student Community 15 continuing to develop relationships with leading digital, data and analytics businesses for the A Level Case Study 16 benefit of the wider community. College News 17 One of the reasons for our continued success has Our People 23 been the strong partnerships we’ve developed across a range of areas and I am pleased that our Staff Statistics 24 Centre for Creative Industries is now the home for Adult Learner Case Study 25 a new BBC studio; a link that sees them move in to the heart of the city and also gives our students Academies 26 unprecedented access to professional journalists Vocational Case Study 30 working at the cutting edge of the media industry. Partnerships 31 As we look to the future of our Digital and Data Centre, our increasing offer of T Levels and Global Alumni 35 further investments across our sites, I am thrilled Higher Education Case Study 36 that we at Exeter College have been able to be such a force for good; supporting learners, Investing in our Facilities 37 businesses and the community. Financial Statements 39 I hope you enjoy reading our 2019/20 Annual Senior Leadership Team, Review and learn more about what makes us an Board of Governors and Patrons 41 exceptional education provider. David Allen OBE Hon LLD Chair of Governors Hele Road Exeter Devon, EX4 4JS 01392 400500 exe-coll.ac.uk Many of the images used throughout the Review were captured prior to the Coronavirus outbreak. 2 OUR VISION, THIS IS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLEGE. VISIT MISSION AND EXE-COLL.AC.UK TO READ THE FULL VALUES VERSION. VISION To be an exceptional college. MISSION To shape the future of education by delivering excellence in all aspects of our work, in order to realise the ambitions of our learners, city and region. STUDENT CENTRED We are focused on delivering exceptional teaching, learning and training. We listen and respond to feedback and place the student at the heart DEVELOPING OUR PEOPLE of our college. STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE We know every person in the organisation makes a We expect excellence in all difference to the student dimensions of the college experience. We value and always believe we can professional development improve. our values and nurture an environment in which every employee can make a positive contribution. CREATIVE AND AMBITIOUS COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE We don’t stand still; we actively seize and create We forge links with the community new opportunities. We are locally, nationally and internationally imaginative, innovative and to grow our partnerships and aspirational. respond to the needs of our TRUST AND INTEGRITY stakeholders. We develop our curriculum to meet the needs of all We believe in honest and our learners. transparent communication. Trust and integrity is at the core of all that we do. 3 Annual Review 2019/20 Adult Learning Technical and Professional Qualifications English, Maths and Digital Skills Qualifications English for Speakers of Other Languages OUR (ESOL) Adult Community Learning Leisure Courses English Language Training DIMENSIONS Access to Higher Education Short CPD Courses Apprenticeships and Employers Sixth Form Centre Apprenticeships including Higher 40+ subjects in our A Level programme Apprenticeships 90+ vocational subjects at Levels 1-3 Workplace learning Level 3 Certificate in Maths (Core Maths) Bespoke training GCSEs Industry-led continuing professional International Baccalaureate development Functional Skills – English/Maths/IT Full service recruitment support for employers Extended Project Sports, Music, Journalism, Performing Arts, Higher Education Reach and Michael Caines Academies Foundation and Bachelor Degrees HNC, HND and professional courses Access to Higher Education Teacher Training Level 4 and 5 Professional and Technical Qualifications RESOURCES and BUSINESS OPERATIONS PEOPLE SIXTH FORM APPRENTICESHIPS CENTRE and EMPLOYERS Higher ADULT Education LEARNING Many of the images used throughout the Review were captured prior to the Coronavirus outbreak. 4 two specialist IT suites and, for the Construction T Level provision, work was completed on the new mezzanine space at the Construction Centre A in August 2020. Education and Childcare T Level students also saw early-stage changes to the Hele Building with the extension of their Learning Centre, the transformation of teaching spaces and DIFFERENT the installation of new IT suites. We will be offering T Levels in Healthcare and further Construction specialisms from YEAR September 2021. APPRENTICESHIPS IN THE SPOTLIGHT In February 2020 Exeter was named City of Apprenticeships by City and Guilds. In a high The year 2019/20 was a different year for Exeter profile ceremony the region’s employers College. The year began in September 2019 with were praised for their continued support a very busy and successful enrolment event, and investment in Apprenticeships. The the opening of new facilities, the start of major college continues to invest in and develop construction work at our Hele Road site, and the Apprenticeship Team, who have hosted with celebrations of our students and of our 50 a wide range of highly successful partnership year history. In March 2020 the college rose to events attracting speakers such as Rob Nitsch, the challenges of Coronavirus with a move to Chief Operating Officer for the Institute for online learning and support made possible by the Apprenticeships and Technical Education, and collective efforts of all our staff and students. Apprenticeship leads from Microsoft and Amazon. 2019/20 was certainly a different year, but one in Gillian Keegan MP, Apprenticeships and Skills which the college innovated and excelled as you Minister, praised the Team for their work with will see from the below headlines and from the partners and apprentices. During lockdown our highlights in our College News (see pages 17-22). Apprentices appeared across the BBC to explain how the college had supported them to continue RECORD RECRUITMENT in their studies. We started out 2019/20 with the most successful enrolment event in our history. The number of 16- LEADING ON DIGITAL LEARNING 19 year olds who selected Exeter College as their In Spring 2020 the Department for Education sixth form set a new record for our recruitment, announced that Exeter College would be part of a huge achievement given the context of the the EdTech Demonstrator Programme to provide static demographic in that year. Such recruitment support for other education providers to deliver has allowed some stability in future planning and remote learning during the Coronavirus outbreak is testament to the college’s reputation as an and beyond.