Greater
Peterborough
UTC (GPUTC)
Park Campus
Park Crescent
Peterborough
PE1 4DZ
Telephone: 01733 715950
Arrangements for open visits
Thursday 20th October
6.00pm to 8.00pm
Saturday 26th November
10.00am to 2.00pm
Thursday 19th January
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Email: [email protected]
Tuesday 28th March
6.00pm to 8.00pm
Website: http://gputc.com
Monday 5th June
6.00pm – 8pm
University Technical College
The UTC Principal: Steve Warburton
Age range
Estimated Number on roll Jan 2017
Published admission number Year 10
Published admission number Year 12
14 to 19 years
150
100
100
Admissions Process
The Greater Peterborough UTC Admissions Process is managed by GPUTC itself.
All applicants are asked to apply directly through the school via completing the
application form found on the website www.gputc.com, UCAS Progress or its
Prospectus. GPUTC is designed for the benefit of the Geographical Sub-Region and
welcomes applications from any student in the region.
Special educational needs or an education health and care plan
Provisions for students who have, with GPUTC’s agreement, named GPUTC on their
statement or health plan will be made. GPUTC can assure parents and carers that it
complies with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act.
Admissions to KS4 (Year 10)
All students must apply directly to GPUTC. Following the application, the student will
be invited to the school to have an informal discussion with a member of the
Leadership Team. The discussion will consist of two elements; ensuring that the
student understands the model of education taught at GPUTC and for them to selfassess their suitability to attend the school. A formal offer will be made after this
stage has taken place. Applicants must have a demonstrable interest in either
Engineering or the Built Environment to attend the school.
Over-subscription criteria:
If the number of applicants to GPUTC for Year 10 entry is 100 or less then all
applicants will be admitted. If there are more applicants than places then the
following arrangements will apply:
1. Any Looked-after children in the care of a local authority and previously
looked-after children, who wish to attend GPUTC, will first be admitted
regardless of where they are resident.
2. All other applicants will be allocated to one of six zones covering the SubRegion, according to their post-code (including applicants from outside
Peterborough Unitary Authority). These limits only apply when the school is
oversubscribed.
There will be an automatic right of transfer to the post-16 section of the school for
Year 11 GPUTC students who meet the minimum entry requirements.
Admissions to Post-16 (Year 12)
All students must apply directly to GPUTC. Following the application, the student will
be invited to the school to have an informal discussion with a member of the
Leadership Team. The informal interview will consist of two elements; ensuring that
the student understands the model of education taught at GPUTC and for them to
self-assess their suitability to attend the school. A formal offer will be made after this
stage has taken place. Applicants must have a demonstrable interest in either
Engineering or the Built Environment to attend the school.
Minimum entry requirements
All applicants for the Level 3 course will need to meet a minimum entry requirement
of 5 GCSEs at Grade 5, or equivalents, including Maths. (5 C grades or better if they
were taken before 2017).
All applicants for our pilot 1-year Level 2 course (10 places max) will need an
anticipated 5 GCSEs at Grade 3 or 4 to gain an interview for a conditional place.
Over-subscription criteria:
When the sixth form is undersubscribed all applicants meeting the minimum
academic entry requirements will be admitted. When there are more applicants that
satisfy the minimum academic entrance requirements than the number of post-16
places available and after the admission of pupils with statements of special
educational needs (or an education health and care plan) where GPUTC is named
on the statement (and who meet the minimum academic entrance requirements), the
criteria will be applied in the order of the over-subscription criteria set out below:
When there are more than 100 applicants for the 6th form, admission will then be in
the following order:
1. Looked after children in the care of a local authority, and previously looked
after children, meeting the minimum entry requirements
2. All other applicants will be allocated to one of six zones covering the SubRegion, according to their post-code (including applicants from outside
Peterborough Unitary Authority). These limits only apply when the school is
oversubscribed.
Waiting lists
Where, in any year, GPUTC receives more eligible applications than there are
places available, a waiting list, with date of application, will be maintained by GPUTC
until the end of the first GPUTC term after the start of the school year. It will be open
to any parent to ask for their child’s name to be placed on the waiting list. If and
when places become available, they will be allocated to those on the waiting list in
line with the over-subscription criteria and set out above.
Appeals
Unsuccessful applicants will have a right of appeal to an independent appeals panel.
The appeals process conforms to the School Admission Appeals Code. The appeals
panel will follow the arrangements generally adopted for all schools in the local
authority, with panel members independent of GPUTC and parents and young
people being offered guidance and invited to attend the panel.