Our People (2023-24 Year-End)
Staff Headcount
The staff headcount has increased slightly to 800, an increase of 23 on the previous academic year.
Staff Turnover
The college staff turnover remained at 13% and continues to be much lower than the AoC sector average of 17.8%.
Staff Sickness Absence
The average number of days taken as sickness absence per employee has increased to 8 days and is now above the UK average of 7.8 days.
Staff Diversity
Ethnicity
This remains consistent with the previous academic year.
Gender
This shows a slight increase in the number of males we employ compared to last academic year of 1%.
Disability
This shows a 1% increase on the number of employees with a declared disability.
Age
Governing Body Diversity (July 2025)
The college’s Corporation (governing body) has 25% of governors from ethnic minority backgrounds. The age range of governors is not typical for the sector being younger than the norm with a relatively even distribution of governors across a number of the age categories and half of members in the age range 35-54. The governing body currently has an even distribution of male and female members and 6% have declared a disability.
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Disability
In addition to the above published data, the Corporation collects information from its members on a range of characteristics to inform the board’s decision-making processes in relation to recruitment, with a focus on improving board diversity including diversity of thought.
For information on pay efficiency please see Financial Health.