Take a look at the latest UTC Reading news, including projects our students have been working on and awards they’ve won.
During the first half term of the academic year, GCSE computer science students at UTC Reading took part in the Sage FutureMakers programme, an initiative that UTC Reading were chosen to deliver as part of a global programme aimed at addressing the challenges young people face with a changing workforce due to digital transformation.
In the most recent Baker Dearing Trust (BDT) survey of UTC students across the programme, the standard of facilities, both buildings and equipment, ranked as outstanding.
A group of cyber security students at UTC Reading have been taking part in Immersive Labs, a series of hands-on, challenge-based skill experiences to earn Labs Points. Having now achieved 428,840 points, they are 18th in the world according to the latest tables.
Since becoming the country’s first UTC to be awarded status as a Microsoft Showcase School in 2015, UTC Reading have once again, renewed this status.
During this term, we received the fantastic news that we had, once again, been awarded status as a Prodigy Learning Outstanding Centre of Excellence (2019-2020).
If you missed our Virtual Open Event on Tuesday 13 October, you can watch the recording back here:
We’re delighted to announce that UTC Reading are just one of a handful of secondary-level education establishments in the country to cooperate with a Formula 1 team.
The national skills shortage is often cited as a problem, but what does this really mean for students today?
UPDATED: 03/11/20 - We wanted to let our school community know that two students at UTC Reading have tested positive for Covid-19.
UTC Reading held their first Virtual Open Event of the academic year on Wednesday 23 September.
On Wednesday 16 September, UTC Reading’s Year 12 students received a visit from motivational speaker, James Aidoo, from Innerscope.
As well as offering strong employer and university engagement and a focus on STEM subjects, the other big difference between UTCs and most other secondary schools is that our students join at the age of 14.
