UTC Swindon: Impact Assessment

Schools within the local area (10 mile radius) within a limit of the 15 closest secondary schools Attainment School name School type Capacity Ofsted grade Impact rating in 2012 The Commonweal Academy 1080 60% Outstanding Minimal. The UTC is unlikely to School Converters Existing surplus: 0.7% affect the long term viability of the school.

St Joseph's Catholic Academy 1311 42% Outstanding Minimal. The UTC is unlikely to College Converters Existing surplus: 5.1% affect the long term viability of the school.

Swindon Academy Academy 1200 38% Requires High. The UTC is likely to Sponsor Led Existing surplus: Improvement affect the long term viability 24.8% of the school.

Nova Hreod Community 1200 43% Requires High. The UTC is likely to School Existing surplus: Improvement affect the long term viability 12.4% of the school.

Churchfields Academy Academy 1000 56% Satisfactory High. The UTC is likely to Converters Existing surplus: affect the long term viability 26.7% of the school.

The Ridgeway School Academy 1449 75% Good Moderate. The UTC is unlikely & Sixth Form College Converters Existing surplus: to affect the long term viability 10.6% of the school.

Lydiard Park Academy Academy 1160 55% Good Moderate. The UTC is unlikely Converters Existing surplus: to affect the long term viability 27.9% of the school.

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Kingsdown School Academy 1260 45% Satisfactory Moderate. The UTC is unlikely Converters Existing surplus: 1.2% to affect the long term viability of the school. Dorcan Technology Academy 1270 52% Satisfactory High. The UTC is likely to College Converters Existing surplus: affect the long term viability 17.1% of the school. Isambard Community Community 1200 65% Good Minimal. The UTC is unlikely to School School Existing surplus: 2.8% affect the long term viability of the school. Bradon Forest School Foundation 1220 53% Satisfactory Moderate. The UTC is unlikely School Existing surplus: to affect the long term 17.5% viability of the school. Royal Wootton Academy 1642 58% Outstanding Minimal. The UTC is unlikely to Bassett Academy Converters Existing surplus: 7.5% affect the long term viability of the school. Highworth Warneford Academy 925 53% Outstanding Minimal. The UTC is unlikely to School Converters Existing surplus: 0.9% affect the long term viability of the school.

Secondary schools with a high rating

The assessment has concluded that the opening of UTC Swindon can expect to have a high impact on four schools; Swindon Academy, Nova Hreod, Churchfield Academy and Dorcan Technology College. All four schools have: • large existing number of surplus places; • a ‘satisfactory’ or ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted rating; and • attainment below the national level.

In addition, the four schools’ curriculum offer overlaps with UTC Swindon’s curriculum offer to a large extent. The UTC will focus on the teaching of STEM subjects and its specialism is engineering with business and enterprise. Swindon Academy specialises in science with business and enterprise, and thus appears to have a curriculum offer which overlaps with UTC Swindon’s curriculum most. Both Nova

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Hreod and Churchfields Academy specialise in science, maths and computing. Dorcan Technology College specialises in science, maths and technology so it too has a curriculum which partly overlaps with that of the UTC’s. It is worth noting that, Dorcan Technology College became an academy in 2011 and was recognised as one of the top 3% most improved schools by Department for Education in 2012.

Although, it is hard to predict whether or not concentrations of students will move from any particular providers to the UTC, the above factors combined put these four schools at a higher general risk of losing pupils to a new provider.

Colleges within the local area (ten mile radius) within a limit of the ten closest colleges

Number of Proportion of Average Point College name learners aged 16- learners aged Score per Ofsted Impact Rating 18 16-18 student 2012 Swindon College 1898 49.1% 499 Satisfactory Minimal. The UTC is unlikely to affect the long term viability of the college.

New College 2746 49.1% 708.2 Good Minimal. The UTC is unlikely to affect Swindon the long term viability of the college.

Cirencester Tertiary 1962 68.4% 791.2 Outstanding Minimal. The UTC is unlikely to affect College the long term viability of the college.

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