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Cover photo: Performing Arts & Production student Poppy Howells who achieved Distinction grades

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WelcomeIt gives me great pleasure to present our Annual Review for 2018/19 which

provides a round-up of the many successes of our students, and the College as a whole, during the last academic year.

Throughout the year we continued to focus on improving quality and the overall attainment of our learners. In the summer of 2019 we were pleased to announce an overall pass rate of 99% for A-levels and an A*-C success rate of 82% (six percentage points above the national comparator). We saw similar successes in vocational courses with 35% of students achieving D*/D grades, equivalent to A*/A grades at A-level. It gave us great pleasure to see our first student for a number of years progress to Oxbridge while engineering student Hywel Jackson became the only student in the UK to secure an apprenticeship with Mercedes F1. These are just two out of many student successes throughout the year.

In Work-based Learning we are expecting results for both the College and its B-wbl consortium to be strong and above the last available national comparator. These results are a testament to the hard work of staff in all areas of College activity. During 2019, the College was also awarded a £7.4 million capital development funding envelope from Welsh Government’s 21st Century Band B Fund, for investing into the main campus site and plans are in place to further develop the courtyard area.

I would like to express my personal gratitude to an outstanding academic staff and business support team, whose commitment and dedication ensures that all our students have the best possible learning experience here at Pembrokeshire College. As a College, we are indeed privileged to have such a strong staff team and governing body and I thank them all for their contributions.

Dr Barry WaltersPrincipal

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£28 millionOur annual turnover

1,000+Courses on offer

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13,000Total enrolments

22 studentssecured places at

the WorldSkills UK Finals, Nov 2019

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Graduation held in St Davids Cathedral for

the 20th year

£622,000 received in European funding

Over 100 learners took part in competitions

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200+ students progressed to university

99.7% A- level pass rate (97% National Comparator)

82% A- level A*-C grades (76% National Comparator)

35% of Diploma students achieved Dist inct ion/Dist inct ion* grades (equivalent to A/A* grades at A- level)

We worked with 4,000 employers across south

west Wales

Think MORE. Learn MORE. Be MORE.

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O U R A M A Z I N GS T U D E NT S At the heart of all College activity are our students. Each year we take great pride in sharing in their successes and here we share with you some of the highlights from 2018/19. I’m sure you’ll agree that they are a credit to Pembrokeshire.

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Independent Living Skills students secured rosettes at the Annual Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society Fun Day.

After two years of intensive training and competitions, hospitality student Sam Everton and joinery student Christopher Caine competed against the best young trainees from across the globe at WorldSkills in Kazan, Russia. Both Sam and Chris achieved Medallions of Excellence.

Former Access to Biosciences student, Mair Elliott was among the UK’s top students to be honoured with a British Education Award. Mair impressed judges with how her experiences have propelled her to become a powerful advocate and campaigner for mental health.

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Health Science learners at our annual Awards Evening. All students achieved Distinction*/Distinction grades - equivalent to A*/A grades at A-level.

Engineering learner Hywel Jackson became the only learner in the UK to secure an apprenticeship with Mercedes F1.

Throughout the year Learner Voice held lots of events for students to take part in including Mental Health March. External providers and college support services made students aware of all the services available to them and reminded them to ‘Be Kind’ to each other.

Twenty-six Creative Arts students were chosen to be part of the Wales Creative Arts Academy - a new opportunity for the most creatively talented and able college students in Wales. The learners will have the opportunity to complete an additional qualification called the Gold Arts Award to enhance their CV and UCAS applications.

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Performing Arts students put on sell-out performances during Panto season and rounded the year off with an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ final novel ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’.

Engineering students proved they have what it takes for a successful career at sea. Following a rigorous application and interview process five students were accepted for Royal Navy accelerated apprenticeships and 10 students were offered apprenticeships with Chiltern Maritime.

After gaining A*AA in English Literature, Spanish and History, former Castle School pupil, Harper Dafforn became the first college student in a number of years to be offered a place at St Catherine’s College, Oxford where she is reading English Literature and Classics.

Profoundly deaf student Hannah Norman was awarded the Pembrokeshire College Equine Student of the Year Award for her commitment to completing her coursework and for participating in fundraising activities to raise money to support fellow Riding for the Disabled riders.

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Skills Competition WalesHealth and Social Care Skills Wales Regional Heats: Rowanne Bacon, 1st Place; Saskia Thomas, 2nd PlaceChildcare Skills Wales Regional Heats: Lisa Phillips, 3rd Place; Lisa Phillips, Amber Ashworth and Jess Christopher all through to the finalsSkills Competition Wales - Advanced Welding: Joel Blair, 1st Place; Nathan John, 3rd Place; Cohen Lewis, Highly CommendedSkills Competition Wales - Advanced Welding FINAL: Nathan John, 1st PlaceSkills Competition Wales - Graphic Design: Finlay Elliot, 1st PlaceWelsh Beauty Skills Finals - Level 2: Levi Burks, 1st Place; Jasmine Richards, 2nd Place; Welsh Beauty Skills Finals - Level 3: Zara Morgan, 1st PlaceSkills Competition Wales Regional Semi-Final - Advanced Restaurant Skills: Shania Greenhalgh and Andrew Laugharne Skills Competition Wales - Digital Video Production: Creative Media Production students secured SilverSkills Competition Wales - Construction: Harry Attwell, 1st Place Brickwork; Ollie Brown, 1st Place Electrical; Aled Owens, 2nd Place; Deri Phillips, 3rd Place JoinerySkills Competition Wales - Childcare: Lisa Phillips, 1st Place

T H I S I S W HY W E D O IT

Eisteddfod - National Finals2D Drawing Work under 25 ALN: Adam Noke, 3rd 2D Creative Work under 25 ALN: Cornerstone, 1stMonochrome Print Yr 10 and Under 19: Spike Rock, 2nd Textiles 3D Creative Work Yr 10 and Under 19: Roxanne Alarcon, 2ndFashion Yr 10 and Under 19: Maisie Wolstenholme, 1st

Eisteddfod - County Level2D Drawing Work under 25 ALN: Adam Noke, 1st; Osian Owens, 2nd 2D Creative Work under 25 ALN: Cornerstone, 1stComputer Graphics Yr 10 and Under 19: Liana Peryer, 1stMonochrome Print Yr 10 and Under 19: Spike Rock, 1st Colour Print Yr 10 and Under 19: Toby Squire, 1st; Kirsty Jones, 2nd; Georgia Rees, 3rd Series of Monochrome Prints Yr 10 and Under 19: Raven Alam-Lewis, 1st Series of Colour Prints Yr 10 and Under 19: Rowan Chitania, 1st; Lottie Richards, 2nd Textiles 3D Creative Work Yr 10 and Under 19: Imogen Lee, 1st; Roxanne Alarcon, 2ndFashion Yr 10 and Under 19: Maisie Wolstenholme, 2nd

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Creating an App CompetitionUnder 19 Robyn Clift, 1st | Lauren Roberts, 2nd | Jacob Hicks, 3rdUnder 25 Brandon Carrasco, 1st | Jordan-Lee Van De Cappelle, 2nd | Eleri Parcell, 3rd

Valero Music FestivalOpen Woodwind Overall Winner: Eve Humphries Yr 10 - Yr 13 Musical Theatre Vocal Class: Eve Humphries, 1st Vocal Ensemble Class: Eve Humphries, joint 2nd Open Vocal Class: Eve Humphries, 3rd Yr 10 - Yr 13 Musical Theatre Vocal Class: Melissa Fletcher, 2nd

SportPembrokeshire College Football Welsh Colleges 7-a-side Champions represented Wales in the British Colleges Championships Rhys Davies achieved British Record and World INAS record for 200m backstroke plus Gold and two Silver medals in INAS Cyber World ChampionshipsRyan Foot – Welsh Sevens World Cup Winner for the Deaf. Played for Welsh Senior Deaf Team against AustraliaOliver Wheeler – full International Honours for Hockey U21s and GB U19sJames Tomlinson – GB Athletics Discus Thrower. Third in the world in his age groupBen Fawcett – U19s Welsh Colleges FootballJack Wilson – U18s Welsh Schools, U19s Welsh Colleges FootballAmy Rothero, Danielle Lawrence and Sarah Lawrence – Welsh Colleges RugbyJack Miles – Welsh Colleges BadmintonRhys Davies – Welsh Colleges Cross CountryKieran O’Connor and Jonny White – Welsh Colleges U18s Cricket

MiscellaneousBritish Education Award Winner: Mair Elliott Agored Cymru Access to HE Learner of the Year Runner Up: Tasha NarbettBTEC Health Care Learner of the Year: Bethan Thomas, Highly CommendedGold CREST Award: Caitlin Nutting for her work identifying the properties of honeySt Davids Award Winner: Mair Elliott; Bethany Roberts shortlisted

Radio Pembrokeshire Young AchieversYoung Volunteer of the Year: Charlie MarshYoung Business Person: Will Brooks and Imogen WrightYoung Community Group: Emily Jones and Rhiannon WhitbyYoung Sport Star of the Year: Seth Morris

Physics OlympiadAS Challenge: Silver: Tom Sheppard Bronze 1: Callum Harries, James Thomas and Tomm AucoteBronze 2: Sam Rummery Commendation: Jack Rushby

A2 Challenge: Merit: Jake Thomson and Jerry Owen

Biology OlympiadIntermediate Biology OlympiadGold Award: Lucy MansfieldBronze Award: Mathilde Suffolk-HickmanHighly Commended: Jess Hillier

OVER 100 LEARNERS COMPETED IN LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS...

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O U R D E D I C AT E DE M P LOY E E S Our mission: “To inspire excellence, empower individuals and develop the future workforce.”

Our dedicated team of lecturers, tutors and business support staff are what make the College such a great place to work and to study.

Each year this dedicated team go above and beyond to ensure that our mission is fulfilled and that each learner is given the opportunity to reach their full potential.

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Ready for Work. We are committed to preparing our learners for the workplace. This commitment is backed by the Employment Bureau which, during 2018/19, ensured over 600 learners accessed work placements and placed over 200 learners into part-time and full-time employment.

Fit & Healthy. During the summer term 2019, work started on IMPACT, a programme of activities and support designed to help learners to build more skills and resilience across five main areas: Getting Active | Healthy Lifestyle | Anxiety & Resilience | Healthy Relationships | Communication & Life Skills. IMPACT will be rolled out to all learners during 2019/20.

Community Minded. Across the curriculum, learners have been aided by their tutors and lecturers to take part in community projects aimed at improving the local environment and the lives of people who live in rural communities across the county. Projects have included clearing pathways and providing health and wellbeing treatments to community groups.

Full of Ideas. In a county dominated by micro-businesses, self-employment is a real option. We recognise this and encourage all learners to develop entrepreneurial skills and innovative thinking. During 2018/19, 1,720 learners engaged in enterprise sessions, 27 received support to start a business and four launched their own businesses.

PUTTING OUR LEARNERS FIRST...

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O U R E S TAT E A N D FA C I L IT I E S

Over the last five years the College has invested approximately £11 million in capital schemes and continues to invest a high level of expenditure in maintenance programmes to provide an environment conducive to learning.

PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT Throughout 2018/19 the environment was one of our top priorities with environmental committees being formed and action being taken to reduce the amount of single-use plastic in the College.

Within the curriculum, the importance of the environment, sustainable development and global citizenship remained important themes with our learners contributing to the wider environment in many ways, from direct project assistance to fundraising.

On campus, Independent Living Skills learners planted borders around the College and saved over 20,000 crisp packets from going to landfill as part of the Walkers Crisp Packets Recycling Scheme. Learners are using the money they receive from the scheme to buy gardening tools and equipment.

Our unique set of facilities is why so many young people choose to study with us each year; whether their interest lies in fashion or electronics, catering or welding, we pride ourselves on our ability to offer our learners some of the best facilities of any college in Wales across a broad range of employment sectors.

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Capital Investment. Our campus is what sets us apart; being able to offer our learners industry standard workshops, studios and training environments in which to train. During 2018/19 we invested £774,000 into maintaining our campus for the benefit of our learners.

Investing in IT. During the 2017 inspection the College was proud to be recognised by Estyn for the quality of it’s IT infrastructure. To maintain the facilities available to learners, during 2018/19, the College invested £394,000 into IT equipment.

Going Green. The College is committed to going green and reducing its carbon footprint. Since November 2018 the College has procured all of its energy for the main campus from a renewable energy source.

Recycling. The College set itself a target to recycle 70% of the waste it generated by 2014 and to maintain this every year. In 2018/19 74% of waste was recycled.

WE’RE ON A MISSION...

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>£1m£30m

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Rated ‘Grade A’ by Welsh Government for our financial performance

Turnover over of £30m and over 500 staff employed

of operating cash generated every year

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STUDENT NUMBERS

Further Education 2018/2019 2017/2018Full-time 1,727 1,733Part-time 4,734 4,026Total 6,461 5,759Higher Education 2018/2019 2017/2018Full-time 56 55Part-time 87 08Total 143 163Work Based Learning 2018/2019 2017/2018Employability Prog 242 292Apprentices 907 974Total 1,149 1,266

Grand Total 7,753 7,188

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

Key financial indicators• Deficit reported in I&E (£872k),

17/18 (£268k)• Surplus before pension

adjustments £523k, 17/18 £758k

• Capital investment over the last 5 years: £11m

• Pay income ratio: 78%• Income diversity ratio: 83%

Figures include Pembrokeshire College learners only. Note: Source EBS (Central Student Database) April 2019.

Year 18/19 17/18 16/17 15/16 FE attainment 94% 93% 95% 95% FE completion 90% 92% 92% 92% FE successful completion 88% 87% 88% 89%

INCOME 2018/19£’000

2017/18£’000

Welsh Government grants 26,147 25,623Tuition fees and educational contracts 1,625 1,572

Other income 1,443 1,457Total income £29,215 £28,652

EXPENDITURE 2018/19£’000

2017/18£’000

External operating costs 14,567 14,299Staff costs 13,401 12,885Total expenditure £27,968 £27,184

Adjusted EBITDA before one off costs and non cash items 1,247 1,468

Year ending 31 July 2019

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