The Watford UTC was a 14âÂÂ19 University Technical College (UTC) in Watford, England that opened in September 2014 The UTC specialised in Event Management, Hospitality and Computer Science.
The UTC's sponsors were the University of Hertfordshire, Hilton Worldwide (whose European base is in Watford), The Grove, Toshiba, and Twin Technology who specialise in server provision and virtualisation. The UTC was also sponsored by Meller Educational Trust, founded by David Meller, and The Baker Dearing Educational Trust. The school had also received support during Richard Harrington's tenure as Watford MP, and his successor's tenure Dean Russel who served as a governor of the school.
It was visited by Ofsted in 2017 and declared a good school. In 2018 it failed to set a balanced budget and had its funding monitored by central government.
The school struggled to attract pupils, and in 2021 it announced plans to open a Key Stage 3 section, teaching eleven year olds.
The Department for Education confirmed that The Watford UTC would close at the end of the 2022/2023 academic year. The school formally closed at the end of August 2023. Financial figures showed a net revenue deficit of ã103,000 in 2021-22, with a net book value of fixed assets valued at ã7.7 million.
The school focused on providing academic education with specialisms in vocation education.
In addition to offering academic and vocational GCSE / Level 2 and A Level / Level 3 qualifications, the school would encourage students to partake in extra-curricular activities and work placements. Examples include:
The following subjects were offered between 2017 and 2019. The information was accessed via the Watford UTC website's page on courses offered. However the website has now shut down, and the information should be viewed as legacy information. This information was originally uploaded to this wiki page in 2019.