Curriculum
The Studio provides pupils with a unique educational experience. Students are encouraged to take a core curriculum of GCSEs and/or A Levels, plus a range of vocational qualifications. Industry experts help to shape the curriculum by defining their skills requirements and providing projects, masterclasses and training that meets these needs.
For more information about The Studio School curriculum, please contact Rupert Evans
What is a Studio School?
Studio Schools teach specialist vocational qualifications, alongside traditional curriculum subjects, providing the opportunity to specialise in certain subject areas – in our case, creative, digital and entrepreneurship pathways.
Students graduate from the Studio School with a wealth of real-world knowledge, thanks to guaranteed involvement with local businesses and innovators – giving you a competitive edge when entering the world of work or applying to university.
Ignite
The year-long Ignite accelerator programme, which takes place during Year 9, is a broad and balanced curriculum. It introduces you to some of the specialist option subjects that you’ll be able to choose from in Year 10.
Key Stage 4 - GCSEs
As a specialist school, we don’t limit the options that you can choose to study in Year 10 – in fact, we provide all the national curriculum subjects, plus a whole lot more.
Sixth Form
We use pathways to help you visualise the best route into the career you’re interested in, and support you in making the right study choices at Year 12.
Download the Sixth Form Prospectus
Project Based Learning
Employer projects are a cornerstone of The Studio School curriculum. Our students have the unique opportunity to take the theory they learn and apply it to ‘real’ projects designed and delivered by our employer partners.
Culture and Wellbeing
Our culture programme actively engages students both locally and nationally, through a series of sessions designed to build upon aspects of culture, faith, finance, Latin and the local community, and our students’ role in it. Our wellbeing curriculum incorporates a varied programme of physical education classes for our students, including dance, gymnastics, field games and invasion games.
PSHE
The UTC invests in Jigsaw – a whole-school approach to PSHE / Health & Well-being, which includes statutory RSHE (England DfE 2019). Every year group studies the same learning theme at the same time, really spiralling the learning up through the age groups. Click here for more info
Enrichment
Enrichment activities are key to building our students’ experience of the world outside the classroom. Designed to enhance applications for future study, apprenticeship and job applications, our enrichment activities are fun, compelling and diverse, allowing students to build their knowledge whilst building their confidence.
SEND & Equalities
Please see our SEND Policy and Equalities Policy for further information on how we comply with duties in the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 about making our curriculum accessible for those with disabilities or SEND.
Careers
Our school educates young people for success in a digital world and, in particular, for employment, entrepreneurship, a new business venture or further study in the digital media sector.
The experience we can offer students in these pathways is second to none – blending a high-standard of educational experience with careers advice to industry advice.