HARTPURY COLLEGE ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT 2024

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Hartpury College 2024-2025 Accountability Statement

2.0 CONTEXT AND PLACE

Located in the Forest of Dean District in Gloucestershire and originally formed as an

Hartpury’s 2030 mission is to deliver outstanding University and College education in land-based, sport & related disciplines, to equip our students with real world skills for the benefit of local, regional, national & global communities This mission is reflected in the way that the portfolio of Hartpury College courses in particular has evolved: in line with DfE guidance Hartpury offers a small number of high-quality programmes that have been co-designed with employers and have a strong track record of delivering good outcomes for learners.

Agricultural College in 1948, Hartpury has a long and established history of delivering high quality, specialist education in Sport and Land-based studies on a local and national scale. In September 2018 the organisation evolved to become a University and a College co-located on a single site, creating a unique organisation within the sector, and providing a number of strategic and operational benefits to the student experience.