UTC Derby Pride Parks students celebrate strong GCSE technical and academic results

Our UTC Derby Pride Park students are celebrating their GCSE and technical results. Students studying with us complete technical qualifications in engineering or health and life sciences as well as GCSEs at the technical school for 13 to 19-year-olds based on Locomotive Way, Pride Park. Students have ahcieved: Lee Kirkwood, Principal of UTC Derby Pride […]

Students at UTC Derby Pride Park celebrate technical and A Level success

Students at UTC Derby Pride Park are celebrating a strong set of technical and academic results. At our technical school on Locomotive Way, Pride Park, students complete technical qualifications in engineering or health and life sciences as well as A Levels. The technical qualifications are equivalent to between one and three A Levels. Key trends […]

UTC Derby Pride Parks students celebrate GCSE technical and academic results

UTC Derby Pride Park students are celebrating their GCSE and technical results. Students who study with us complete technical qualifications in engineering or health and life sciences as well as GCSEs at the technical school for 13 to 19-year-olds based on Locomotive Way, Pride Park. This year’s results have seen students achieve: Students are now […]

Students at UTC Derby Pride Park celebrate technical and A Level success

Our are celebrating a strong set of technical and academic results. At our technical school on Locomotive Way, Pride Park, students complete technical qualifications in engineering or health and life sciences as well as A Levels. The technical qualifications are equivalent to between one and three A Levels. The technical qualification pass rate for both […]

Students are celebrating our best ever GCSE and technical results

UTC Derby Pride Park students are celebrating the best ever GCSE and technical results. Students have completed technical qualifications in engineering or health and life sciences as well as GCSEs at the technical school for 13 to 19-year-olds based on Locomotive Way, Pride Park. This year’s results have seen the following achievements: • Nearly 20% […]

Students at UTC celebrate technical and A Level success

Students at UTC are celebrating a strong set of technical and academic results. Students have completed technical qualifications in engineering or health and life sciences as well as A Levels. The technical qualifications are equivalent to between one and three A Levels. The technical qualification pass rate for engineering is 94% and 100% for health […]

UTC Derby Key Stage 4 students with their model vessel for the Royal Navy Engineering Challenge

Students win Royal Navy Engineering Challenge

Young engineers at UTC Derby Pride Park have won a national skills competition. The Royal Navy Engineering Challenge 2022 aims to inspire young people to engage further with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. The competition is organised by the Royal Navy for young people studying at University Technical Colleges (UTCs), which are government […]

Connor Donson, Principal Building Surveyor, Concertus, which sponsors the Education and Business Partnership Award, with Lee Kirkwood, Principal, UTC Derby Pride Park

UTC Derby Pride Park is crowned a winner in the Derbyshire Business Awards

UTC Derby Pride Park has been crowned a winner in the Derbyshire Business Awards. The technical school won the Education and Business Partnership Award category, which recognises schools, colleges and further education training providers that engage effectively with business. Lee Kirkwood, Principal of UTC Derby Pride Park, said: “It is great to receive this recognition. […]

Health & Life Sciences Students Practice Resuscitation Techniques at the University of Derby

At the start of term our Year 9 Health & Life Sciences students visited the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Derby. During the day the students were able to work in the clinical training rooms, discovering the skills needed to manage the care and resuscitation of a ‘patient’ whose heart had […]

UTC Derby Pride Park students celebrate best ever GCSE results

UTC Derby Pride Park students are celebrating the technical school’s best ever GCSE results. At the UTC for 13 to 19-year-olds on Locomotive Way, students complete GCSEs and technical qualifications in engineering or health and life sciences. This year’s GCSE results are the highest ever since the UTC opened in 2015. Lee Kirkwood, Principal of […]

UTC Derby Pride Park’s Class of 2022 celebrate technical and academic success

UTC Derby Pride Park students are celebrating moving onto top universities and employers after receiving their academic and technical results. At the technical school for 13 to 19-year-olds on Locomotive Way, students complete technical qualifications in engineering or health and life sciences as well as A Levels. The technical qualifications are equivalent to between one […]

Lee, the new Principal at UTC Derby Pride Park

New Principal appointed at UTC Derby Pride Park

A new Principal has been appointed at UTC Derby Pride Park. Lee Kirkwood initially joined the University Technical College (UTC) on Locomotive Way, Pride Park, as Vice Principal in 2019. He started his new role as Principal this month on April 1st, 2022. Lee said: “I am really proud to lead UTC Derby Pride Park. […]