UTC · Didcot, Oxfordshire
UTC Oxfordshire
Life Sciences · Physical Sciences · Engineering
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
UTC Oxfordshire
Location
Didcot, Oxfordshire
University partner
University of Reading, Royal Holloway University of London
Technical specialisms
Life Sciences Physical Sciences Engineering
Age range
14 to 19
Roll (pupils on site)
approx 316 (December 2023, Ofsted)
Capacity
600 places
Opened
2015
URN
141111
Academy trust
Activate Learning Education Trust
Ofsted
Ofsted: Good (December 2023)
Website
Employer partners
- UK Atomic Energy Authority
- Mini (BMW Group)
- RM plc
- Oxford Space Systems
- Reaction Engines
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Amazon Web Services
Notable
- Located at Harwell Campus, Didcot, alongside major science and space-sector employers such as the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Oxford Space Systems, who feed directly into student placements
- Founding university sponsors are the University of Reading and Royal Holloway, University of London, with Activate Learning as lead education sponsor and academy trust
- Retained its Good Ofsted rating at its December 2023 inspection (Good across quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth form), having also been rated Good at its first inspection in May 2018
- Runs a 'Digital Futures Programme' that the school says has won multiple global tech-education awards