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College Accolades and Awards

Coleg Gwent award winners
Beacon Awards Commended College
Environmental Awards winner 2021 badge
Careers Wales Mark logo
Skills Competition Wales logo
Worldskills logo
Cyber First gold award
QSCS logo
Black FE Leadership Group logo

2022/23 achievements:

  1. 4th place in World Skills UK 2023
  2. South Wales Argus School and Education Awards 2023 –  Lifetime Achievement Award, Christine Jenkins
  3. South Wales Argus School and Education Awards 2022 – FE Lecturer of the Year, Peter Britton
  4. College awarded Carer Friendly Accreditation
  5. 17 medals won in Skills Competition Wales 2023 – 3 Gold, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze
  6. Coleg Gwent comes 2nd overall in Skills Competition Wales 2022
  7. 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