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UTC Oxfordshire: working with businesses to create successful routes to employment

Ali Adams

Partnerships Manager, UTC Oxfordshire ali.adams@utcoxfordshire.org.uk

What is a UTC?

• Ages 14 – 19
• Partnerships with further & higher education
• Supported by business partners
• Free & non-selective
• Has environments that are more similar to the work place than a school
• Improved transition into employment & further study
• http://www.utcolleges.org/

What is different from more traditional schooling?

• Input from industry & academic partners
• Dress and language code - smart, professional, appropriate
• Flexible blend of technical & academic qualifications, projects & practical

learning

• More teaching time per subject
• Longer working days, a professional working environment, strong working

relationships

• Increased study time in the extended working day rather than homework

Why do we need a UTC in Oxfordshire?

The engineering sector employs 5.6 million people, four times the number of people working in the NHS (which is the largest employer in the UK)

39% of STEM companies who need employees with STEM skills

& knowledge currently have difficulties recruiting staff

41% expect those difficulties to persist in the next three years

2017 - Outcomes & Destinations

KS4 – at 16

64% pass (grade 4 or above) in English & maths 85% pass (grade 4 or above) in maths 69% pass (grade 4 or above) in English 82% C or above in separate sciences (GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry & GCSE Physics) 69% achieved at C or above in Engineering

KS5 – at 18

A-level results 100% pass rate A* - E 97% pass rate A* - C 50% pass rate A* - B 30% pass rate A* - A 100% pass rate A* - C in Physics, Further Maths & Computer Science Technical 100% pass rate BTEC average grade = Distinction 66% of students achieved the equivalent of three A* - B at A-level

2017 - Outcomes & Destinations

University Entry – 32% Apprenticeships & Degree apprenticeships – 48% Employment / Other – 20%

interest & mentoring talks & trips real-world projects curriculum- based projects employer- led projects work experience

How employers can invest…

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environment communication skills work readiness (dress, timings, relationships) technical skills experience of

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places awareness of destinations

… & the outcomes available