{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = UTC Swindon | logo = File:Fair use logo UTC Swindon.png | image = UTC Swindon (geograph 4392558).jpg | image_size = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|51.5613|-1.7940|type:edu_region:GB-SWD_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = | established = {{Start date|2014|09|01|df=y}} | closed = | type = University Technical College | trust = Activate Learning Education Trust | religious_affiliation = | president = | principal_label = Executive principal | principal = Samantha Knowlton<ref name=":0" /> | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | address = Bristol Street | city = Swindon | county = Wiltshire | country = England | postal_code = SN1 5ET | urn = 145155 | ofsted = yes | staff = | capacity = 600 | enrolment = 177 (September 2022)<ref name=":0" /> | gender = Coeducational | lower_age = 14 | upper_age = 19 | website = {{Official URL}} }}

'''UTC Swindon''' is a University Technical College (UTC) in Swindon, England that opened in September 2014<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11445339.Staff_pave_way_for_a_new_look_college/|title=Staff pave way for a new-look college|last=Benke|first=Mike|date=2 September 2014|website=This Is Wiltshire|language=en|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref> for students of ages 14–19. The college specialises in engineering and is sponsored by Oxford Brookes University and Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prospectus 2022–23 |url=http://www.utcswindon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/UTC_SWN_0090-Prospectus_2022-23_WEB.pdf |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=UTC Swindon |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116193537/http://www.utcswindon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/UTC_SWN_0090-Prospectus_2022-23_WEB.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

thumb|right|The 1870 water tower is a Swindon landmark The campus is on the northwestern edge of Swindon Railway Village, built in the 1840s for workers at the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works. The college is partly newly built and partly in a single-storey building of c.&nbsp;1845 which was formerly part of the GWR School. Also on the site is a preserved cast iron water tower of 1870, which served the Works.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1283807|desc=Formerly GWR School|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1198186|desc=Water Tower|access-date=22 July 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swindonweb.com/?m=2&s=2033&ss=2034&c=12000&t=%25A310m%2520Swindon%2520UTC%2520On%2520Its%2520Way|title=Swindon UTC On Its Way|date=4 February 2013|website=swindonweb.com|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref>

The college has capacity for 600 pupils.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=UTC Swindon |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/145155 |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Department for Education}}</ref>

==History== The college opened in September 2014,<ref name=":1" /> and was formally opened by the then Prince Andrew in December of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 December 2014 |title=Andrew in Swindon |url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2014-12-11/prince-andrew-in-swindon/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=ITV News |language=en}}</ref>

An Ofsted inspection in January 2017 rated the UTC as 'inadequate' in almost every area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/140972|title=Inspection report|website=Ofsted|access-date=22 November 2019|archive-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019045929/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/140972|url-status=dead}}</ref> At that time the college was being led by the deputy principal, and had an enrolment of 153. Later that year Joanne Harper, principal of UTC Reading, was appointed executive principal<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15392109.There__39_s_still_a_long_way_to_go_to_improve_says_UTC_executive_principal/|title=Still a long way to go after poor Ofsted, says UTC chief|last=Yilmaz|first=Tanya|date=6 July 2017|website=Swindon Advertiser|language=en|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref> and the UTC came under the sponsorship of Activate Learning Education Trust.<ref name=":0" />

The college's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2020, with an overall judgement of 'requires improvement'.<ref name="Ofsted_2020">{{cite web |last1=Freeland |first1=Iain |title=Inspection of UTC Swindon |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50150611 |publisher=Ofsted |access-date=23 January 2021 |date=2020}}</ref> Leadership and management were rated 'good' but the quality of education was judged not yet good enough.<ref name="Ofsted_2020"/>

==Academics== Students enter either at the start of Key Stage 4, in year 10, or at the start of Key Stage 5, the sixth form. Every student has an entitlement to work experience.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curriculum Intent |url=https://www.utcswindon.co.uk/curriculum-intent/ |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=UTC Swindon}}</ref>

Key Stage 4 students follow a core curriculum of GCSE English, Mathematics and Science, together with specialist study of engineering and cyber security, and further optional subjects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Year 10 & 11 Study |url=https://www.utcswindon.co.uk/year-10-11-study/ |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=UTC Swindon}}</ref>

At Key Stage 5, the college offers a choice of A-levels and BTECs in a variety of subjects, including a Level 3 extended diploma in Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Year 12 & 13 Study |url=https://www.utcswindon.co.uk/year-12-13-study/ |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=UTC Swindon}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website}} *[https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140972 Department for Education information] for UTC Swindon between September 2014 and August 2017, when it was re-brokered.

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