Hartpury College Accountability Statement 2026-27

Hartpury College | 2026-2027 Accountability Statement

The College and University strategies are underpinned by a number of enabling strategies, including those relating to the College, University, Digital, Estates, People, and Sustainability. Discussions informing the development of our Accountability Statements have been fully considered during the development and consultation phases of the Hartpury College 2030 Strategy, particularly in relation to our provision type and curriculum offer. As a result, these strategies are fully aligned. We remain strategically committed to being a specialist and niche provider, offering T Levels in our specialist areas where available and increasing apprenticeship numbers within these sectors. This approach is aligned with local, regional, and national skills priorities. We will also continue to explore opportunities for targeted growth that are highly relevant to industry needs and consistent with Qualification Reform and the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper. As a well-established provider, Hartpury College is currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted across all areas (May 2018 and March 2024). The College also maintains strong industry connections, a deliberate and essential feature embedded throughout our provision. This ensures that industry skills demands are met while equipping students with the core transferable skills required for future success. The impact of Hartpury’s offer can be seen at both ends of the student journey, through consistently high levels of recruitment, which have increased over the past eight years, and strong rates of positive progression. The most recent progression data, from June 2025, shows an overall positive progression rate of 98%.

Our specialist and targeted provision aligns with the following national skills priority sectors:

Advanced Manufacturing (Agri-Tech); Life Sciences (indirectly, through increasing knowledge and skills in biology-, chemistry-, and physics-related subjects); Digital and Technologies; Professional and Business Services; and Health. It also aligns with the following local skills priorities identified in the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Phases 1 and 2, the Gloucestershire Economic Strategy 2024–2034, and the Gloucestershire Local Growth Plan 2025– 2035: Agri-Tech, Agriculture and Land Management; Security, Cyber and Digital Technologies; and Health and Social Care. Statement commitments make a clear and highly effective contribution to national, regional, and local priority skills needs and economic growth through the delivery of our strategically targeted specialist provision. As such, our Accountability

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