2022/23 achievements:
- 4th place in World Skills UK 2023
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South Wales Argus School and Education Awards 2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award, Christine Jenkins
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South Wales Argus School and Education Awards 2022 – FE Lecturer of the Year, Peter Britton
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College awarded Carer Friendly Accreditation
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17 medals won in Skills Competition Wales 2023 – 3 Gold, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze
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Coleg Gwent comes 2nd overall in Skills Competition Wales 2022
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Commended in the Association of Colleges Beacon Awards for Engagement with Employers
- Affiliated with the Black FE Leadership Group
- ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety Management System
- ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System
- Winner of the National Environmental Awards School/College of the Year
- First college to achieve Careers Development Award – Careers Wales
- BGLZ A Level Team win Bronze Award in Pearson Team of the Year
- 29 finalists and 13 medals in WorldSkills UK 2021 – 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze and 4 Highly Commended
- 24 Gold, silver and bronze medals in Skills Competition Wales 2021
- Young Pastry Chef of the Year semi-finalist
- Lecturer Kate Beavan Awarded MBE for Services to Agriculture
- Four Learners awarded Tafflab funding
- Quality Standard in Carer Support (QSCS) accredited status (for 3 years)
- Entrepreneurship Catalyst Award 2020 for Summer Start Up Week
- CyberFirst Gold College
- Selected as part of WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence
- Bronze award in Pearson BTEC Awards – Learner of the Year in Public Services (Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone)
- Coleg Gwent Dragons Junior Rugby Academy named Welsh School & Colleges champions (male and female)
- Three learners awarded Tafflab funding
- Gold in Personal Training in WorldSkills UK
- Gold in 3D Digital Game Art in WorldSkills UK
- Launched first Chef’s Forum Academy in Wales
- Classed as ‘excellent’ in Welsh Government Learner Outcomes Report for 2017/18
- Coleg Gwent girls named WRU U18’s College and Schools Champions
- First educational establishment in Wales to have a ‘Dementia Friendly’ campus
- Gold medals in Beauty Therapy (Hand and Face) and Forensic Science in WorldSkills UK
- College ranked ninth in the league table for the second year running in WorldSkills UK
- Winner of the Sustainable Education category in the Wales Awards
- Shortlisted finalist in Wales Sustainable Academy Awards in the Sustainable Spaces category
- Shortlisted Finalist in the EAUC Green Gown Awards
- 11 Students reach WorldSkills UK finals
- Lecturer Victoria English made the Independent’s 10 for mental health campaign work for young people
- Two learners reach the National SkillBuild finals
- Partners with National Skills Academy Rail
- First college in Wales to be part of Career Colleges initiative
- First place in Fitness Instructor Skills Competition Wales competition
- Silver in the WorldSkills Wales caring competition
- SPARKS UK Electrical Apprentice of the Year
- UK Association of Hairdressers and Therapists regional competitions – one first, two seconds and three thirds
- Bronze in SIAB Combined Event International competition
- Joint first place in the Road Safety Wales’s multimedia competition
- Winner of BBC Radio 4’s national art competition
- Trading Places Competition, First Campus and Big Ideas Wales
- Gold, silver and bronze in WSAPLD’s swimming gala
- Gold in the WorldSkills UK final in construction
- Silver in the WorldSkills UK final in sport development
- Bronze in the WorldSkills UK final in media make-up
- Winner of the regional Springboard FutureChef competition
- Second place in the Urdd Eisteddfod childcare competition
- Joint first place in the media make-up category of the WorldSkills semi final
- Finalists in the WorldSkills UK Fitness Trainer competition
- Outstanding Student of the Year and Outstanding Science Student of the Year in the National BTEC Awards