Core subjects continue to perform well against the national average. UTC English outcomes are higher than national at both 4+ and 5+ and UTC Maths scores between 9 and 7 are 21%, compared to 12% locally and 17% nationally, demonstrating the excellent subject grasp of UTC students. 100% of students also received 4+ in separate sciences – biology, chemistry and physics – and students also demonstrated the value of sharing access to subjects with Studio students, with 100% of Graphics students awarded 4+, and 100% gaining 4 or above in Photography.

“I’m so very proud of our year 11 students picking up their GCSE results today,” says Principal Jill Davies. “So many have been with us for three years and, seeing them today, I am reminded of their transformation into young adults ready for their next chapter. Thankfully lots of them are choosing to stay with us for Sixth Form so we will spend another two years together.”

Having presented her PBL (Project Based Learning) project entitled, Adaptive Variation Across Avian Species at Cambridge University, Big Bang’s Young Scientist of the Year 2022, Connie Gray, achieved grade 9s across the board, continuing her educational journey here at UTC, studying physics and engineering. Unlike the birds she talked about in her project, we’re glad she’s not spreading her wings just yet – and sticking with us for her A-levels.

Riya Mir collected an impressive set of GCSE results, achieving four grade 9s and four grade 8s, favouring the study of science based subjects, which she will be continuing to study in the hopes of pursuing a career in dentistry. She fights tooth and nail (but mainly tooth) for her incredible successes.

“I always tell the students that their GCSE grades reflect their hard work, attitude to learning and resilience – that is so true with the young people here today,” says Jill. And what an awe-inspiring reflection it has proven to be.

Another of our hard-working students, Phil Alao, returned home with a remarkable grade 8 in chemistry, which he’ll be studying further as he continues with chemistry and economics for his A-levels, whilst pursuing his passion for basketball. He shoots, he scores! And he scored well indeed.

Malez Ewad, a UTC student studying Studio subjects, achieved high grades in photography, art and graphics, and to further hone her skills in these areas she will be moving from UTC to the Studio next school year to start her A-level journey. These successes are just a snapshot of all she’ll go on to achieve, we’re sure of it.

The same applies to Utieyin Enearu, who achieved a brilliant grade 8 in maths. Staying with us for her A-levels, she’ll be studying biology, chemistry and psychology, which will hopefully steer her towards her desired career in medicine.

Kira Efremova has thrived in her mathematical studies with UTC, having been accepted at Liverpool University Maths  School for her A-Levels. Her ambitions will hopefully lead her into the heart of Germany, where she’d like to study engineering sciences at university level. She did sehr gut in her studies, that’s for sure.

“In the UTC, the bundle of maths, physics and engineering has yielded excellent results. By co-locating with the Studio School budding engineers and architects have also added graphics to this bundle with 100% 4+ and an average grade of 6. We are a culturally rich community with amazing GCSE results in Arabic, Italian, Tamil, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.”

Ellen McClintock also collected an excellent selection of grade 7s and 8s across the board, with a grade 9 in history, and three 8s in English literature, chemistry and sociology. Over the moon with her results, and deservedly so, she’ll be returning from orbit and heading off to study maths, economics and English language for her A-levels. And we’re sure they’ll be out of this world too.

Another bundle of brilliant achievements belongs to Tibyan Mustafa, who’s thrilled with her high grades in maths, further maths and computer science. Returning back to UTC next year, we cannot wait to see how she thrives in her A-level studies (sadly, there isn’t a further further maths for her to study).