University Technical College Leeds

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University Technical College Leeds
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UTC Leeds building on Sayner Road
Address
University Technical College Leeds
2-10 Sayner Road

Leeds
,
West Yorkshire
,
LS10 1LA

England
Information
Type University technical college
School districtHunslet
Local authority383 Leeds
Department for Education URN 142604 Tables
Ofsted Reports
GenderMixed
Age14to 19
Website www.utcleeds.co.uk

University Technical College Leeds is a university technical college (UTC) in Hunslet, Leeds, England, which opened in September 2016. The UTC is sponsored by the University of Leeds and several local employers. [1] [2]

The college forms part of an educational hub in the north of Hunslet, with Leeds City College's Printworks Campus using the former Alf Cooke printworks building, Leeds College of Building's Cudbear Street site, [3] and the Ruth Gorse Academy [4] all in close proximity to each other. [5]

Since September 2023, UTC Leeds has been a part of the Rodillian Academy Trust. [6]

The college is based in a formerly disused part of Braime Pressings' factory on Hunslet Road. [7]

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References

  1. "Plans to create a new University Technical College in Leeds". Leeds Pathways. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. "New technical school in Leeds hailed as "huge step forward" for city". Yorkshire Evening Post. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. Leeds College of Building: Facts and Figures, accessed 13 June 2017
  4. Ruth Gorse Academy
  5. South Bank Education, accessed 13 June 2017
  6. "UTC Leeds joins the Rodillian Multi Academy Trust". September 2023.
  7. "UTC Leeds". Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

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