Whatever your background, your ambitions or your current abilities City College Plymouth can offer you a range of options to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding - to help you learn for life, and enhance your job prospects.

Our students come from wide ranging and diverse backgrounds, including people who have been away from education for many years, people who have been working and are looking to change the direction of their careers, people with disabilities or learning difficulties, school leavers, adult returners and unemployed people wanting to develop new interests or enhance their employment opportunities.

Below are our vision, mission and values.

Vision
To be the South West’s leading provider of innovative, skills-based, vocational education and training.

Mission
Building a better Plymouth through the delivery of high quality education and training which will enhance students' employability prospects and which is responsive to the needs of our communities.
 
Values
Learners first: the needs of our students come first and every learner will be provided with opportunities to achieve their full potential within a safe, stimulating and supportive environment
Responsiveness: we bring a dynamic and refreshing approach to our relationships with employers, partners, statutory bodies and other providers in the local and other communities at all times demonstrating civic responsibility
Achievement:  the achievements of our staff and learners are celebrated and we treat others as we would wish to be treated  
Effectiveness: we are professionally and financially sound, effective and efficient with a commitment to protecting the environment in a sustainable manner
Diversity: equality, diversity and integration, fair treatment, mutual respect, trust and openness are the rights of all
Empowerment: creativity, enterprise, ownership and teamwork are hallmarks of our success