City College Plymouth is a large vocational and technical General Further Education (GFE) College offering both Further and Higher Education (FE and HE) provision and is a significant contributor to the educational, cultural and economic life of Plymouth.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

The College's Eight Strategic Actions
The College’s Strategic Intent 2021 set out eight strategic actions to achieve our vision to be the Learning Destination of Choice.
By 2031, our strategic action will:
- ensure that the College has developed an adult education focussed curriculum area, responsive to students, employers and wider stakeholders
- ensure the adoption and completion of three key strategic priorities as the lead focus to the strategic action – opportunities for each of the 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28 academic years. Each with defined project parameters to deliver growth and meet stakeholder need
- secure £1.8m of new curriculum revenue funding to diversify College income and drive innovative delivery.
Plymouth Growth Board
The College sits on the highly influential Plymouth Growth Board, the primary forum for public/private engagement that shapes city-wide activity.
This is the delivery partnership of the local growth plan of which the local skills plan is one of the key pillars. Our involvement with this group is significant with the chair of this board also being the College’s Chair of Governors. Our Chief Executive also sits on this board. Other representation includes the Chief Executives of Plymouth City Council, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Devon & Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and the University of Plymouth; as well as leaders from key employers across the city such as Princess Yachts, Babcock International Group, Livewell and the Theatre Royal Plymouth. Membership of this group ensures that the College reflects the needs of the city.

Development Fund
The College is an active partner in the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) and delivery of the Local Skills Improvement Fund (LSIF) partnership with Bridgwater & Taunton College, Yeovil College, Strode College, Petroc, South Devon College and Exeter College.
An important element of our close regional working relationship within the Devon Colleges Group has been to map our curriculum across the region to ensure that there is effective curriculum coverage to meet skills needs identified through LMI and stakeholder engagement. As a result of this collaboration adult Apprenticeships are mapped for the region.

Our Apprenticeship Offer
Apprenticeship programmes, covering all the key industrial sectors.
Click below to view the breadth of the course offer currently available. With programme at level 1 through to Intermediate Level, Advanced Level 3 and Higher Level (Level 4 and 5), there is sure to be an offer to meet your training needs.

Why choose City College Plymouth?
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