Elliott Hudson College

Our mission

The mission of Elliott Hudson College is to create a culture of excellence in which all thrive. All members of our community understand that a culture of excellence is achieved by each person trying to be, and do, a bit better today than they did yesterday. By adopting this mindset over a prolonged period of time, all within our community can achieve excellence but also create a culture that encourages excellence in others.

Our beliefs

Our fundamental belief is that all students can be successful in their programme of study
providing they:

• are taught well every day in a well designed and implemented curriculum; and

• are provided with the support and guidance to develop the habits for successful academic study.

This is why we structure all of our work and curriculum through the Elliott Education and Hudson Heart.

Our values

Our experience tells us that where students embody our core values, they – and the wider college community – are more likely to thrive and be more successful.

Our mission, beliefs and values embody our college spirit and ethos. They are used to guide the actions and decisions that we all make each day. They allow us all to make mistakes, but more importantly, learn from our mistakes so that, over time, we can realise our potential in playing a purposeful and active role within our local, national and global community.

Local skills need

The local skills advisory panel identifies the following strengthens in the local labour market in Leeds:

• manufacturing

• financial and professional services,

• digital and healthcare technology.

The 2022 Local Skills reports that higher skilled jobs have been the main driver of recent employment growth and this is expected to continue, as is the need for level 2 and 3 qualified workforce for inward investors. They also identify the following needs for the local area:

• Digital employment as rapidly growing and key to the regional economy.

• Skills shortage for technical and professional roles;

• Colleges to increase access to high level skills in the regional economy;

• Job openings in care workers, culture, media and sport roles, the green economy and digital skills, STEM professional roles.

• Importantly, they also identify disadvantaged groups as struggling to access the labour market.

EHC Curriculum

As our course provision is predominantly A Level, the curriculum at EHC strengthens the national and local skills needs as three quarters of our students progress to higher education at many destinations across the country.

Our curriculum develops the knowledge, skills and habits that young people need to contribute the wider local, national and international community and economy, now and in the future.

However, the curriculum at EHC, and progression route that our students take post-18, support many of local identified skills needs:

• Our curriculum offers: vocational courses in Health and Social Care, IT and Applied Science; well subscribed A-Level courses in all Sciences, Computer Science, Media Studies, Film Studies, PE, Economics and has between 50-75 students each year enrolled on Further Mathematics.

• Furthermore from 2023, the curriculum will also include: T Levels in Digital and Business Management; Vocational courses in Double Applied Science, Digital Media, Applied Business and Applied Law. Thus enhancing the role that young people from EHC will play in the local market beyond the significant contribution that our students currently add.