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Introduction to Filton College, Bristol

Bristol’s Filton College is one of the fastest growing and most vibrant Colleges within the South West.

The College provides a vast range of further education full-time courses for over 2500 14-19 year olds in both academic and vocational areas.

Over 10,000 adult learners from within Bristol and South Gloucestershire study part-time courses at the College or at over 50 locations within the community that are delivered by our team of community based tutors.

Nearly 250 international students study at Filton on either English Language training courses or a range of our academic and vocational programmes.

The College has gained a good reputation for the quality of its teaching and learning and has developed a comprehensive portfolio of higher education programmes that attract nearly 200 learners per year.

Over the last 3 years, the College has spent nearly £30 million redeveloping its main Filton Campus and to also build a new vocational campus, WISE which specialises in Sports, Visual and Performing Arts. WISE is home to the College’s Bristol Academy of Sport, South West Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Bristol School of Art.

Filton College has recently opened an education centre at Bristol Zoo Gardens to deliver its extensive portfolio of animal and land-based courses.

We are also proud of our close links with industry and our focused employer engagement programme.

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Our Mission

Vision

To become the most responsive, inclusive and comprehensive provider of academic and vocational education and training in the region.

Mission

We will contribute to the social and economic wellbeing of our community by providing outstanding education and training, maximising the potential of every learner and responding to the needs of employers.

We will:

  • Ensure the provision of excellent teaching and learning
  • Work to enhance the capability, effectiveness and the esteem of all our employees
  • Provide a range of provision that will widen choice and be responsive to the needs of the area
  • Provide excellent training for employers in the area
  • contribute to the economic wellbeing of our community by providing outstanding education and training and maximising the potential of every learner.

We are committed to:

  • Outreach and support for individuals and groups excluded by social disadvantage and/or specific need
  • Promoting Equality and Diversity in all areas of college activity
  • Quality Improvement throughout the organisation
  • Working in partnership to secure the best outcomes for the learner

We offer:

  • A welcoming, caring and supportive environment for all learners
  • Strong student guidance and advice
  • Purposeful, challenging and varied work on all programmes
  • A culture of improvement, seeking to ensure that all students achieve their full potential
  • An educational community within which there is good mutual support and respect in staff-student relationships, and between staff
  • Social and recreational opportunities, particularly for young full-time students and adult students returning to learn

Our priorities

We have six main priorities for the period 2009 - 2013:

  1. to achieve “Outstanding” status by our next Ofsted inspection in 2012.
  2. to continue our record of extending education opportunities to respond to Government and local need.
  3. to enhance the quality of the experience we provide for our students and our staff.
  4. to proactively develop responsive relationships with all our learners, employers, public services, the local community and with other education providers.
  5. to ensure we have the necessary human and financial resources to support our Plan.
  6. to create a College campus environment which is equipped for the delivery of high quality learning strategies.
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