UTC · Liverpool, Merseyside
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
Life sciences · Healthcare
Part of the England-wide UTC network overseen by the Baker Dearing Educational Trust. All figures below are a point-in-time snapshot (Data gathered and cross-checked in July 2026) — how this was gathered.
At a glance
Official name
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
Location
Liverpool, Merseyside
University partner
University of Liverpool
Technical specialisms
Life sciences Healthcare
Age range
14 to 19
Roll (pupils on site)
approx 580 (2025)
Capacity
Not confirmed
Opened
2013
URN
139588
Academy trust
Northern Schools Trust
Ofsted
Ofsted: Good (May 2025)
Website
Employer partners
- Novartis
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Unilever
Notable
- Housed in a restored Victorian warehouse (the former Contemporary Urban Centre) in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle, a building it shares with The Studio School Liverpool under the same Northern Schools Trust
- Runs the Baltic Research Institute, launched in 2018, which the college describes as a student-run research institute — a distinctive setup among English secondary schools
- Also offers a Year 9 'Ignite' entry programme for 13-year-olds ahead of GCSE options, in addition to the standard 14-plus UTC entry point
- Held Good at inspections in 2016, 2020 and again in May 2025; exact current pupil capacity could not be confirmed from official sources, so is left unstated here rather than estimated