Bristol Technology and Engineering Academy (or BTE Academy) was a

University Technical College A university technical college (UTC) is a type of specialist secondary school in England that is led by a sponsor university and has close ties to local business and industry. These university and industry partners support the curriculum developm ...

(UTC) that opened in September 2013 in

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, just north of

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, England. The

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and

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were the lead academic sponsors of the UTC, and

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and

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were the lead business sponsors of the UTC.

History

BTE Academy had an its first intake of students aged 14 and 16 (academic years 10 and 12) in 2013. The primary catchment area of the UTC is

and areas of

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and

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. BTE Academy specialised in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

and environmental technologies. Pupils aged 14 to 16 studied

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and additional technical core subjects which included a BTEC First Certificate in Engineering and a BTEC First Award in ICT, as well as additional GCSEs in Environmental Science and Business Communication.

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students studied

A Level The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational au ...

Maths and a

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in Environmental Sustainability, as well as options of other A Levels with BTEC Diplomas or Extended Diplomas in Engineering. By the Ofsted inspection of 2015 where they assessed the school to be good, school was 30% empty, with only 333 spaces filled and only 105 in the sixth-form. After the UTC had been open seven years. the numbers on roll has fallen to 230. Ofsted visited and declared that the school required improvement in every category. It was constrained by its structure and many of the pupils were sent here after they had failed elsewhere. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th
Open Government Licence v3.0
© Crown copyright The 2018 Ofsted report included the following assessment: The UTC was formally merged with the neighbouring

Abbeywood Community School Abbeywood Community School is a mixed secondary school located in the Stoke Gifford area of South Gloucestershire, England. Abbeywood Community School opened in 2010, replacing Filton High School, which previously occupied the site. Abbeywood ...

in September 2022, with Abbeywood occupying the former BTE Academy buildings.

References

External links

BTE Academy official website
{{authority control Defunct University Technical Colleges Educational institutions established in 2013 2013 establishments in England University of the West of England, Bristol Educational institutions disestablished in 2022 2022 disestablishments in England Defunct schools in South Gloucestershire District