UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park is a

University Technical College A university technical college (UTC) is a type of specialist secondary school in England that is led by a sponsor university and has close ties to local business and industry. These university and industry partners support the curriculum developm ...

which opened in September 2016 on the

Olympic Legacy Park Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, is a sports and recreation hub for health and wellbeing collaborative research and learning. About Legacy Park Ltd. is a joint venture between Sheffield Hallam University, ...

site in north-east

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, South Yorkshire, England. The UTC is sponsored by

The Sheffield College The Sheffield College is a large general further education college in Sheffield, England. The college has six campuses across the city and has 13,500 students enrolled (including 2,501 apprentices) as of 2021. It provides academic, technical an ...

and Sheffield Hallam University, who also sponsor UTC Sheffield City Centre, another UTC in the same city, which opened in 2013.

Description

UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park opened in September 2016 and is funded directly by the Department for Education. It is governed by Sheffield UTC Academy Trust, and co-sponsored by Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sheffield Hallam University and The Sheffield College. The UTC offers technical qualifications in computing, health sciences and sports science, as well as GCSEs and A levels studied in other secondary schools. Students study their technical subject for a substantial proportion of the week. The college day is longer than in most secondary schools. Students come from the Sheffield City region and beyond at the start of year 9, as this is a 14-19 year school. With a maximum capacity of 404 it is smaller than the average school and has a smaller proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by pupil premium funding and a smaller proportion of pupils with

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Outcomes

Careers information, advice and guidance are an integral part of pupils’ learning experience. By design students at the UTC have access to industry experts, employer mentor days and work experience. This raised the students aspirations to engage with the world of computing, sports science and health sciences. In 2017–18, the progression of students in the sixth form to higher education, further education or employment was high, and 75% of the destinations were related to the UTC's specialisms.

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* {{Schools in Sheffield Secondary schools in Sheffield University Technical Colleges Educational institutions established in 2016 2016 establishments in England Sheffield Hallam University