Our strategic values
Our values bring us together and unify our culture. We have updated our values for 2025-2030, reflecting our growth and building on our past to go beyond outstanding. These values are rooted in a fundamental belief that together, we can make a positive difference and build better futures for a changing world.
We first published our values in 2019 and our journey since has been remarkable. Not only have we transformed ourselves into an outstanding regional college group, we have also grown in reach and scale, built a stronger culture, and exceeded our own expectations for high performance.
Our commitment to excellence and inclusivity has been crucial to our success. In 2025, we repositioned our previous ‘Vision for Excellence’ into a reimagined dual values framework. This continuity is critical as we work to deepen our shared values, beliefs, behaviours and practices for an exceptional future.
Our strategic values framework is at the heart of everything we do across the group and operates on both an organisational and individual level, balancing collective purpose with personal accountability. It is designed to guide behaviour at both levels, ensuring alignment and shared commitment to grow and continually nurture our culture.
Our values:
Our values ensure alignment across departments, teams, and individuals, unify our culture and inform our decision making. They reinforce the connection between personal actions and organisational outcomes, allowing both individual achievements and collective successes to be celebrated.
Courage
We boldly approach the future with confidence and energy.
- We are creative, forward looking and are not afraid to reimagine what and how we do things.
- We foster a solution focussed culture where people are empowered to champion effective change.
- We do the right thing, in the right way when it matters most.
Respect
We nurture a community where everyone is welcome and belongs.
- We think about things from other people’s point of view.
- We enable the views of others to be heard, and genuinely value their input.
- We are considered and measured in our words and actions.
Authenticity
We are who we say we are, we do what we say we will do.
- We uphold honesty, integrity and fairness.
- We hold ourselves and each other to account even when it’s hard.
- We embrace opportunities to constantly learn, grow and professionally develop.
Excellence
We strive for excellence at the heart of everything we do.
- We are ambitious for our college group, our staff, students and stakeholders.
- We strive to lead in our areas of expertise.
- We make a positive impact and pursue game-changing innovations.
Our dual values framework:
Our dual level values framework, operates on both an organisational and individual level, balancing collective purpose with personal accountability.
The new values frame work emphasises the dual responsibility of individuals and the organisation to create a shared culture
of high performance.
It is designed to act as a guide at both levels, ensuring alignment and shared commitment to growing and continually nurturing our culture.
The actions we take, the choices we make
The actions we take, the choices we make sets out the fundamental values and behaviours that represent the character of our college group.
They align with our purpose, vision and goals and in doing so create a unifying direction.
The actions I take, the choices I make
The actions I take, the choices I make sets out the values and behaviours for each and every individual.
They are rooted in the belief that every action and choice contributes to our college group, and encourage empowered individuals, personal accountability and growth.