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University Technical Colleges

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mimblewimble · 19/10/2024 20:26

Hi, we are considering a UTC for ds when he goes up to year 10 next year. Does anyone have experience of these?

It has a Good Ofsted, we've looked round and the facilities are excellent, GCSE results seem fine but mixed reports about intake/behaviour. It's an engineering specialist and has very good links to industry, and the local university.

Education wise it would suit DS perfectly. He's always known what he wants to do, and it would mean he can focus on STEM subjects. He's very keen but I'm worried about him moving from a school with a good reputation where he's settled and has friends.

I know without knowing the exact school people can't really say, but just wondered about general experiences of these types of school. (Found some old threads but nothing recent.)

Thanks!

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mimblewimble · 19/10/2024 21:01

He will almost certainly go to uni, and plenty of students seem to go on to university, at least from what the school is telling us. They offer GCSEs, A levels and some vocational qualifications, so they can do a mix, or just GCSEs/A levels but with STEM subjects options for those that our current school doesn't offer.

The reason he wants to go is that if he stays where he is a lot of his timetable will be subjects he doesn't like and sees no point in. At the UTC he can literally replace geography and RE with electronics and engineering GCSEs.

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Octavia64 · 19/10/2024 20:31

They are very very varied.

A lot were opened but only a few survived.

Because they take in at a non standard point they do tend to get children who are not satisfied with their current school.

If you are looking at stem and engineering a levels and then uni would be the standard path. Is there a reason you are not keen on that?

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