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Strategic Priorities

Outstanding by standing out

  1. Our Students: To be recognised as an outstanding College by enhancing the quality of the experience we provide for all learners
  2. Our Staff: To ensure we invest and develop our staff to support our Plan
  3. Our Stakeholders & Communities: To be visionary and innovative in providing educational opportunities by anticipating and meeting demand through our responsive partnerships with stakeholders
  4. Our Finance & Resources: To provide a sustainable educational and training environment equipped for the delivery of high-quality learning

SGS Values

Honesty and respect

  • We will uphold nationally accepted standards of business conduct.
  • We will engender and support a culture of openness.
  • We will act with impartiality and fairness in our dealings with learners, staff, and others.
  • We will publish approved Corporation and Committee meeting minutes on our website.
  • We will recognise and uphold the traditions and cultures of our learners and staff.
  • We will treat each individual with integrity and dignity.
  • We will be our learners' preferred choice.
  • We will listen to the voices of our learners and staff.
  • We will be our suppliers' preferred customer.
  • We will be a trusted member in all our alliances.
  • We will be a source of pride to our local community.

Responsibility

  • We will promote inclusivity for all, with no barriers to enrolment or achievement.
  • We will provide the best education and training in the region.
  • We will add value to our learners.
  • We will set and achieve targets to be the best.
  • We will celebrate success.
  • We will provide effective leadership.
  • We will develop a skilled, qualified, and flexible workforce.
  • We will provide resources to meet current and future requirements.
  • We will recognise and reward high performance appropriately.
  • We will ensure financial stability and solvency.
  • We will provide value for money.

Care

  • We will place the learner at the centre of everything we do.
  • We will match each learner's ability to appropriate courses.
  • We will ensure a safe environment.
  • We will promote good health for all.
  • We will support each learner to succeed and achieve their ambitions.

SGS College's ethos can be expressed as:

"We will provide an essential service for our communities and act with honesty, respect, responsibility, and care."

Ethos

SGS College will act in all that it does with honesty, respect, responsibility, and care, and to the highest standards of responsible business conduct. It aims to provide an outstanding experience for learners from all traditions and cultures from the age of 14. It will sustain its financial viability to enable it to invest in facilities to support this provision.

Values

  • Learners are treated as individuals and can progress from the age of 14.
  • Courses are provided at every level up to at least Level 3, giving learners appropriate choices.
  • Ambition is fostered, and progression into further courses, higher education, or employment is encouraged.
  • We provide relevant and innovative learning for all engaged in classroom-based, work-based, and community learning.
  • Learners are prepared for employment or further progression with the aim of producing well-rounded individuals.
  • We have an inclusive environment for staff and learners, with equality of opportunity and respect for diversity.
  • Learning is fun, and teaching will inspire.
  • The success of learners and staff is celebrated.
  • Each individual is treated with integrity, respect, and dignity.
  • A culture of openness prevails.
  • Continuous improvement is expected.
  • We are an integral part of the community, responding to and anticipating demand.

Being you @ SGS

It is our mission to help you find your place in the world, and we stay true to that mission by celebrating what makes us different.

The world is a better place when we can accept our differences, include, value, trust, and be kind to one another.

We hope you share our values, and we want to know more about your values, traditions, and culture.

We develop our full potential when we bring our whole self to work and study @ SGS.

Last updated, 5th January 2022 @ 9:36am.