Cardiff and Vale College
Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC) is one of the largest further education colleges in the UK, with over 30,000 learners annually. It offers a wide range of courses, including full-time and part-time options, apprenticeships, and university-level qualifications.
Years awarded: 2022, 2025
Region: Wales
Size: 1000+ employees
Sector: Education and training
Transforming teaching for learner success
Themes: Culture; Upskilling
Topics: Bespoke training, In-house
Cardiff and Vale College’s Teaching for Excellence programme revitalised classroom practice post-COVID, creating a positive cultural shift. With 200+ tutors completing the full course and 500 more accessing modules, the college achieved Wales’ highest completion rates. Targeted support raised results in underperforming departments by up to 24%, while peer mentoring and shared practice embedded sustainable improvement across faculties.
Delivering quality teaching through staff development
Theme: Upskilling
Topics: Digital
As one of the largest colleges in the UK, CAVC wanted to ensure high quality teaching provision through developing the digital skills and well-being of its staff. Over 200 employees gained professional qualifications, with benefits to staff and learner performance. The value of investing in these skills was confirmed during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a swift and confident transition to online-learning.
News and case studies featuring Cardiff and Vale College:
A decade of excellence: Royal recognition for UK and Irish organisations honoured at the Princess Royal Training Awards
The Princess Royal Training Awards are the UK and Ireland’s premier awards programme for recognising training excellence. On Tuesday 2 December, in an awards ceremony at Fishmongers Hall, the City & Guilds Foundation had the honour of recognising 56 outstanding...
HRH The Princess Royal celebrates best-in-class workplace training in 10th anniversary year for Awards
HRH The Princess Royal, President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, awards employers for outstanding training and skills development programmes which have positively impacted organisations, people and wider society. 15 August 2025: City & Guilds has...
Celebrating 46 UK organisations who have outstanding workplace training programmes with HRH The Princess Royal
London, Thursday 8th December: On Tuesday 6th December, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, welcomed 46 organisations to Banqueting House in London to celebrate successfully achieving a Princess Royal Training Award for their commitment to training and...
Outstanding workplace training programmes recognised in HRH The Princess Royal’s training awards
HRH The Princess Royal, President of City & Guilds, awards employers with outstanding training and skills development programmes which have been proven to have significant positive impact on their business or their staff More apprenticeship programmes have been...