Annual Review 2013 | 14

During 2013/14 Performing Arts students delivered a number of exceptional performances including their summer show - Jesus Christ Superstar.

2013-14 Year of Collaboration

The academic year 2013-14 was extremely successful for Pembrokeshire College. In spite of growing financial pressures, the College achieved its best student results ever; we are particularly proud of our A-level and Extended Diploma results (see pages 5 -7).

The College continued to fulfil an important role within Pembrokeshire and beyond; enhancing the skills of our students, enabling them to contribute to the success of employers and more generally to the economy.

Given the range of activities undertaken by the College, from the teaching of basic skills, to vocational studies (at the College and in the workplace), to A-levels and higher level degrees and diplomas, we worked in collaboration with a number of stakeholders in order to achieve our strategy. 2013/14 witnessed a strengthening of our collaborative partnerships including: 1) a deepened relationship with Pembrokeshire County Council, working in the best interests of our 14-19 students, 2) an extension of our Apprenticeship Consortium - The Skills Academy Wales - which brings a new dynamic to the College, and 3) the formation of a joint venture with Swansea University and other colleges to deliver vocational higher education.

Thank you for taking the time to read our Annual Review. Pembrokeshire College is your College, and we hope to welcome you to the College soon.

College Principal:Sharron Lusher

Chairman: Corporation, Remuneration and Search, Stephen Harrison. Appointed in 2014.

Farewell: 2014 saw Derek Lloyd step down after 19 years as Chairman and step straight into a new role as President of the Pembrokeshire College Advisory Forum.

This publication is available in Welsh, please visit www.colegsirbefro.ac.uk/coleg/lawrlwytho

2013/14 STEM scholarship students

Work-based Learning 44%

Further Education 44% (Inc 1% A-levels)

The success of a school, college or university is reflected in the success of its students. In this respect 2013/14 was an extremely successful year for Pembrokeshire College.

Delivering training to over 15,000 students across Pembrokeshire and beyond, the principal areas of the Colleges activities related to vocational courses and work-based learning, as demonstrated in the pie chart opposite.

LEARNER PERFORMANCE

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A-levelsHigher Education 4%

International 1%Department for Work and Pensions 2%

Contracts 7%

15,000 Students

A-level results day saw outstanding results for students studying their A-levels at Pembrokeshire College, with 23 out of 25 subjects achieving a 100% pass rate and a record 33.3% achieving A*-A grades.

University destinations included: Oxford, Exeter, Durham, Plymouth, York, UCL and Middlebury University in the USA.

A-level Results August 2014

One of the creati ons by fashion and texti les student Tunde Komas that saw her win the Nati onal Sustainable Fashion Competi ti on.

Extended Diplomas

37%D/D*

ProgressionMany people sti ll mistakenly believe that A-levels are the route to university. Interesti ngly, the majority of the Colleges students progressing to university studied vocati onal courses. In 2014 the College had more students progressing into universiti es and higher educati on than any other Pembrokeshire school, see graph below.

63%Merit/Pass

Diploma studentsA-level students

ApprenticeshipsApprenti ceship students achieved an:

89% success rate (3% above the nati onal comparator)

FACTDuring 13/14, 169 formal writt en assessments were completed through the medium of Welsh, and an additi onal 326 students completed Agored Cymru Welsh language related units.

During 2013/14, students studying on Extended Diplomas excelled, see graph opposite.

37% of results were Distinction/Distinction*(Equivalent to three A/A* grades at A-level)

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LEARNER VOICEDuring 2013/14 the College channelled resources into developing a democratic platform for learner voice. Activity included: the formation of the student-led College Council, Learner Voice class visits, the creation of an events committee, student-led teaching awards, senior management Question Time and student representation on the newly formed Pembrokeshire College Advisory Forum.

Interactive Media studentWilliam Rowe swept the boardat last years Ipos MORI Poll NationalLearner Voice competition. Williamsdesign was used to spearhead a national poster campaign.

FACTSAs a result of Learner Voice feedback the College made a number of changes: Conducted a thorough overhaul of IT & Network systems Implemented MyDay - the new student IT

interface Made changes to procedures for marking

registers Responded to issues raised regarding lecture

room heating and sun glare Introduced a bus announcement system in

times of poor weather

Pembrokeshire College is one of the smallest colleges in the UK, this however did not stop us from out performing larger colleges through regional, nati onal and internati onal competi ti ons. The 2013/14 Role of Honour is as follows:

LOCALOur STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathemati cs) Scholarship was awarded to the following students:Georgia GrearyTrystan Rummery (Photo 1)Leah PalmerIeuan EdmondsAnna DarlingtonAmy Staff Chloe AntonenSam White

Benjamin Dazeley, a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design (Interacti ve Media) student, won the Dyfed Powys Police anti -drink driving multi -media competi ti on for his animati on.

Four students picked up awards at the Pembrokeshire Radio Young Achievers event:

James Taylor - Outstanding Progress (Photo 2)Conor Ratcliff - Young Entrepreneur Jacob Thomas - Young Sports-person Ricky-Lee Everest - Commitment to the Environment

The College conti nued its involvement with the Urdd and there were successes again, parti cularly in the Art and Design competi ti ons at nati onal level: Bronze medals were awarded to Fashion and Texti les Extended Diploma student Ally Wilson (Photo 3) and the Cornerstone group.

WALESProject winners for the Engineering Educati on Scheme Wales competi ti on were the Dragon LNG Team:

Ben OrielBen FisherMike DaviesJack PinsonScott DedonkerJosh Beer

In Sport Jack Britt on and Laurie Howarth represented Welsh Colleges at Football. Laurie also went on to win a Schools U18 cap (Photo 5).

UKA record number of students qualifi ed to compete in the WorldSkills UK Finals following success at regional level.

Finalists were:Dominic Hicks - Joinery Brian Schilke - Joinery Zak Longthorpe - Bricklaying Ben Cook - Welding Billy Davis - Welding Sally Sanderson - Nail Art Kirsty Bushen - Nail Art Charlott e Williams - Refl exology Sarah King - Refl exology (Photo 6)

Daniel Panell was recognised as Trainee of the Year at OFTECs 2014 Awards for Excellence (Photo 4)

Fashion student Tunde Komas won the Nati onal Sustainable Fashion competi ti on sponsored by Levis and St Marti ns University and worked alongside designer Katherine Hamnett during the Hay Literary Festi val.

Kathryn Penfold won the Rotarian Chef of the Year 2013.

Tom Morgan won Silver in the Welsh Culinary Championship and Bronze in WorldSkills Wales.

Dominic Hicks, Senior Welsh Champion in Joinery 2014, was selected to compete for a place on Team GB for the WorldSkills Olympics in Brazil, one of only two students to be chosen to compete for a place on the team.

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LEARNER SUCCESS

SUSTAINABILITY

Image: Pembrokeshire Colleges hugely successful Make a Difference Day takes place each year, whereby staff are given a day off to help local projects. 27 local charities and voluntary organisations benefited in 2014.

STAFF AchievementThis year a number of our lecturers achieved national recognition -Clair Davies secured 2nd place in her category in Ironman Wales and successfully competed in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.Kate Williams picked up a Times Educational Supplement Award for Outstanding Teaching and Learning Initiative.Jo Bradshaw was shortlisted for the ColegauCymru Teacher of the Year Award.Gareth Evans, Michelle Jennings, Cath Chapman, Mike Tennick and Jo Bradshaw ensured that nine students secured places to compete at the WorldSkills UK finals.Will Bateman worked with SEMTA to engage young people in engineering.Rose Butler prepared students to serve dinner to the Queen during her visit to Pembrokeshire.

ESTYN Performance Review Comments Well led by Principal and GovernorsHas particularly strong links with local and national employers

FACT: 600 StaffThe success of our students is ultimately down to their own hard work. However, during 2013/14, we were very fortunate to have 600 dedicated staff that strived to provide our students with the opportunity to fulfil their potential. The College is privileged to enjoy the level of commitment provided by its staff.

STAFF AND QUALITY

The College works closely with employers and the business community in Pembrokeshire, our vision is to be owned by the community we serve. Our provision is a refl ecti on of the economy of our county.

Image: Apprenti ce and Engineering Skills Wales Competi ti on winner Callum Lowe with employer, Mr Richard Scourfi eld of Barlett Engineering.

The key role of the College is improving vocati onal skills. During 2013/14 the College provided vocati onal provision to the following sectors:

FACT: 94% COMPLETION RATEThe College provided community classes to over 960 learners during 2013/14, with 94% successfully completi ng.

The College delivered classes at 21 venues across Pembrokeshire. 90% of learners thought that the tutor delivery was EXCELLENT.

Our training cafe at Paul Satoris, which trains and assists learners in securing employment, raised 2,988 during 2014 for the charity.

FACT: BIG CONTRACT WIN The College is one of the few further educati on colleges in the UK to secure a Department for Work and Pensions contract. We believe we play an important role in the local economy and improving the opportuniti es for people in west Wales.

The College is new to providing this service but, through the Work Programme, has been successful in re-engaging people in the workforce and then supporti ng them to remain in employment.

FACT: 4,000 EMPLOYERSThe College works with an esti mated 4,000 local employers. In additi on, the provision of work-based learning allows employers to up-skill their workforce.

The level of part-ti me students in the College refl ects the engagement that employers have with the College and their commitment to investi ng in their workforce.

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1% A-levels

27% Health and Care

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6% Business and Educati on

5% Art and Design5% Informati on Technology4% Tourism

Image: Paul Sartori Cafe community project.

BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY

,Student numbersFE 2013/2014 2012/2013Full-time 1,766 1,688

Part-time 6,905 6,158

Total 8,671 7,846Higher Education 2013/2014 2012/2013Full-time 69 92Part-time 247 253Total 316 345Full-time 1,835 1,780

Part-time 7,152 6,411

Grand Total 8,987 8,191

Notes: The income and expenditure account is in respect of the continuing activities of Pembrokeshire College.

Key financial indicators Turnover increased by 12.4% to 28.7m Surplus of 150k compared to a surplus of 366k in

2012/13 Capital investment over the last 5 years 8m Pay income ratio 73% Income diversity ratio 84%

Figures include Pembrokeshire College learners only. Notes: Source EBS (Central Student Database). January 2015Year 13/14 12/13 11/12 10/11 FE attainment 91% 93% 92% 94% FE completion 92% 90% 90% 88% FE successful completion 84% 83% 83% 83%

Financials: Year ended 31 July 2014

Income 2013/14 2012/13000

Welsh government grants 24,676 21,054Tuition fees and educational contracts 2,255 2,478

Other income 1,712 1,959Endowment and investment income 42 37Total income 28,685 25,528Expenditure 2012/13

000Staff costs 13,989 13,635

Other operating expenses 13,712 10,372

Depreciation 816 1,068Interest and other finance costs 20 96Total expenditure 28,537 25,171Surplus on continuing operations after depreciation of tangible fixed assets as valuation and before taxation

148 357

Profit and disposal of assets 2 9Surplus on continuing operations after depreciation of tangible fixed assets at valuation and disposal of assets and before and after taxation

150 366

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Student numbers