News

Over two thirds of UTCs rated less than ‘good’ in the last year

More than two thirds of the university technical colleges visited by Ofsted in the last year received ratings that...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Revealed: Gove was forced to create UTCs

As education secretary, Michael Gove was “forced” to create university technology colleges by George Osborne and David Cameron, a...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Warrington UTC enrages neighbouring schools by ‘poaching’ pupils

A university technical college in Cheshire has been accused of poaching students from local schools in the middle of...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

UTC makes impressive turnaround – then ditches the brand

A university technical college which clawed its way up two Ofsted ratings in eight months has denied distancing itself...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

UTCs demand more funding than mainstream schools

The body behind the ailing university technical college model has called on the government to apportion more funding to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Government urged to do more to rescue struggling UTCs

Far more needs to be done by the government to support its struggling University Technical Colleges programme, a new...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

UTC applications surge after letters sent to parents

The body that runs the university technical colleges has been making bold claims about a surge in demand for...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

University technical colleges plan to switch recruitment age to 13

University technical colleges across the country are planning to recruit students a year before their standard 14 starting age,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

UTCs should be allowed to recruit at 11

To circumvent the problem of recruitment at 14, LSEC is setting up a vocational free school – a UTC...

Sam Parrett
Sam Parrett