Corporate Vision May 2017

8 CORPORATE VISION / May 2017 , Cardiff Sixth FormCollege is a world class co-educational school, leading the way in outstanding academic results and the highest quality of education. We explore how the college is working to achieve excellence for its students and support themas they look towards a bright and exciting future. Excelling in Education Established in 2004 as a small, private tutorial college, Cardiff Sixth Form College was dedicated to pioneering a new approach right from the very beginning. Combining small class sizes, excellent teaching and individual attention for each student the college focused on nurturing potential in order to provide first class results. Since inception the college has gone from strength to strength. Rapid growth has necessitated development on all fronts, and as such the college has relocated twice as word got out about its achievements and it now resides at Trinity Court, Newport Road. In the heart of Cardiff city, this modern, spacious campus is the perfect site for our growing ambitions and is able to deal with the college’s ever growing population. In 2009, Cardiff Sixth Form College accepted its first international students. Since then the college has accepted more and more students from overseas, providing boarding facilities and first rate pastoral care. Cardiff Sixth Form College is a thoroughly multi-cultural environment and is exceptionally proud of its diversity and now has students from over 30 different nationalities studying within its walls. Cardiff Sixth Form College searches the world for the best approaches to education and is constantly exploring new ways to improve and grow. Its innovative teaching philosophy draws from both East and West. Like its multicultural student body, the college believe that its integrated methods set it apart from other boarding colleges. Eastern education prizes rigour and discipline, and students receive a first-rate understanding of core subjects across the student body, while Western approaches value individual creativity. Each pupil is given pastoral care and encouraged to foster the talents which are unique to them. At Cardiff Sixth Form College students do not have to choose between the two approaches as its teaching combines the strengths of both systems to create a unique educational approach. The college provides all students with a strong, disciplined curriculum of core subjects, whilst also monitoring and aiding individual progress. Continual development is vital for both students and the college alike, and as such the college analyses its classes and teaching styles; constantly aiming to perfect. It is always possible to improve, as there is a science to teaching. By evaluating the details of education – large and small – the college provide the best possible atmosphere for students to learn. Additionally, tradition is important. Every school needs a culture. At Cardiff Sixth Form College, however, this culture is thoroughly in the presentday. Many English boarding schools rely on long histories and heritage, whereas at Cardiff, the focus is always forward. The college wants to build for the future and be the standard by which all schools are judged. This has been achieved through strong results. In 2016, 93% of students at Cardiff achieved A*-A grades, whilst 99% of students achieved A*-B grades. For six years running the college have been awarded Top Private School in the UK, Top Private Coeducational Boarding School and Top Private Sixth Form College in the Education Advisers’ Awards. In addition, it has been ranked number one for A-Level results in league tables published by The Telegraph and The Times for four consecutive years, all of which serves as a testimony to the level of excellence it works towards. Ultimately, the college, like its students, work hard towards grades, and equip every pupil with the skills and confidence to thrive in their life beyond. Following their time at Cardiff Sixth Form College students are ready to join universities in the UK, the US, or anywhere else in the world, with the college providing the ideal start to a great education, and this dedicated focus will remain central to the college’s approach as it seeks to build upon its current success moving forward. The growth it has seen over recent years has helped Cardiff Sixth Form College to reached its goal and become the Top Independent School in the UK by A-Level results. The college is proud of its origins, but is now looking forward to the future. The overall aim to continue striving for success; standing at the forefront of disciplined and creative teaching for generations to come. 1702CV42