Prospectus - Black Country University Technical College

Working Together
…with parents
All staff at the Black Country UTC are
aware that parents or guardians are a
student’s first and most important
educators, so we do our best to ensure
that they are fully involved in the
education process and have a stake in
all the developments regarding their
child’s learning.
…in Learning
Companies
and the
Pastoral
System
…to move
forward
Listening to the views of everyone is
critical to us to make sure that not only
do we meet the needs of all of our
students but also that we involve
everyone in the development of the
Black Country UTC.
We believe passionately in being an open
learning environment, which develops
good relationships with home; this means
we contact parents or guardians regularly
and we encourage them to contact us
whenever they feel it would be helpful.
…with
employers
We have fantastic partnerships and
links with a range of businesses to
ensure that our students gain the right
skills for the workplace.
These strategic partnerships provide our
students with opportunities to work in
state of the art environments and with
market leading technology. They also
provide excellent opportunities to work on
live briefs set by employers, attend
workshops and to gain work experience.
When students join the Black Country
UTC they will be allocated to Learning
Companies. These are mixed groups of
students from different year groups.
Not only will these be the core of the
students welfare and development
system but they will be the basis of
employer led project activities that
promote the skills of communication,
time management, planning, teamwork
and enterprise.
Through the pastoral system students
will be assigned a personal tutor to
support them via one-to-one discussions
and group discussions. Tutors will provide
guidance and advice to ensure that
students really benefit from all that is
on offer.
They are also the key point-of-contact for
parents. In addition to this they
encourage the enterprise culture and
promote social, moral well-being.
Therefore not only will there be an
opportunity for students to contribute to
the running of the school through the
student council but also parents will be
able to join the parental forum. All of
these will be accessible online in the
future as well as there being
regular gatherings.
“UTCs create a route for technician
engineers with practical skills that
can be more readily used in the
workplace. They give students an
early career focus to help engender
engineering aspiration through
specialist teaching and equipment.
Siemens UK fully supports the UTC
ethos and vision and is delighted to
support the Black Country UTC,
investing in the skills of the future.”
Brian Holliday, Divisional Director,
Siemens UK
“For the first time in our 35 year history,
Lodent Precision is employing
apprentices on a large scale and this all
thanks to the Black Country UTC. The
students were interested, polite, eager to
learn, good communicators,
conscientious and in fact a pleasure to
have on site.”
Chris Sharrant,
Director at Lodent Precision
“We have been impressed not only with
the inspirational and motivational
learning experience but with the change
in our son from a slightly nervous unsure
individual into the confident young man
he is now.”
Karen Palmer, parent
“Adam has been offered a Higher Level
Apprenticeship at ZF Lemforder – they
felt he was too qualified for the lower
Apprenticeship and created a higher
level position. Thanks to the BCUTC for
their support.”
Jackie Phillips, parent
“My son attended the Black Country
UTC’s Sixth Form, passed his exams with
the help of his brilliant teachers and is
currently on a three year Apprenticeship
with Network Rail. Get your children there
if you can – it’s a fantastic opportunity!”
Linda Asprey, parent
“Thank you for all you did for him whilst
he was with you! Let's hope he continues
to do us all proud.”
Linda Jones, parent
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