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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

👉 Ed added that starting technical education at 14 "helps massively push people into jobs. Well-paid jobs as well. Some people don't want to go to university, they want to kick on into the world. It changed my life and I knew exactly what I wanted to do."

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🛣️ The minister said: "UTCs have provided a pathway for some young people to go into apprenticeships or other study... but it is not on a scale that we need to have. That is why we need more technical and vocational pathways for all young people, not just for those who can get into UTCs."

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📣 In the House of Commons today, Education Secretary Lucy Powell recognised the role of UTCs in progressing young people to positive destinations, in answer to a question from Crewe and Nantwich's Connor Naismith MP about the work of Crewe Engineering & Design UTC. #thinkUTC 🧵

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎉 The Baker Dearing Educational Trust, which represents England’s University Technical College (UTC) secondary schools, is delighted to share the news that a 45th UTC has been created in Darwen, Lancashire. #thinkUTC bakerdearing.org/resources/ne...

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Baker Dearing welcomes Aldridge UTC Darwen - Baker Dearing

The Baker Dearing Educational Trust, which represents England's University Technical College (UTC) secondary schools, is delighted to share the news that a 45th UTC has been created in Darwen, Lancash...

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

ℹ️ UTC Sleeves involve introducing specialist pathways, such as digital or engineering, within mainstream secondary schools, drawing on the experience and successes of the UTC programme. Two UTC Sleeves are already open, with one starting delivery just this month bakerdearing.org/work-with-us...

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UTC Schools | UTC Sleeves | Baker Dearing Educational Trust

UTC Sleeves introduces specialist pathways in to secondary schools. UTC schools draw on the experience & successes of the UTC programme

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📣 Lord Baker yesterday pushed the UTC Sleeve initiative with the Skills Minister Baroness Smith in the House of Lords, arguing: "We need technical and vocational education in our schools." #thinkUTC

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🆕 A huge thank you to Tes for interviewing our CEO Kate Ambrosi about the government's new school technical education pathways. While welcoming the revolutionary reform, Kate also calls for serious investment and a focus on quality so the provision properly supports and engages students. #thinkUTC

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

📢 Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has been featured in @theipaper.com calling for more young people to have access to high-quality technical education and employer engagement opportunities at school, as students receive in University Technical Colleges. #thinkUTC inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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'I gambled and lost': University dropouts now owe £6bn in student loans

New data shows 200,000 people are paying back loans despite having never finished a degree

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In 2025, Policy Exchange published a report on the UTC programme and then-mayor Andy Burnham wrote an endorsement: "University Technical Colleges play a vital role in giving young people the technical skills and real-world experience they need to succeed." policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

✒️ @igmansfield.bsky.social, Director of Research at Policy Exchange, has written for The Spectator, recommending the Prime Minister use established methods such as UTCs to deliver the technical education routes for school-age young people announced this week. #thinkUTC spectator.com/article/how-...

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How to fix education

The new prime minister’s eye catching opening announcement on education contains important truths, interwoven with equally important misconceptions. In implementing his agenda, he has the potential to...

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“Schools must also be provided with the proper funding, resourcing and guidance to deliver high-quality technical education that truly meets local employer need. Baker Dearing is ready to support ministers and schools to effectively implement these new pathways.”

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"But we will need more apprenticeships, technical university courses, and bursaries for shortage occupations to meet this country’s skills needs and properly bring down youth unemployment.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“This government has made an excellent start to building parity of esteem between technical and academic education.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"In 2025, half of the apprenticeships started by UTC leavers were higher or degree level, compared to two per cent nationally. Just five per cent of UTC leavers become NEET, versus ten per cent.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“The UTC model demonstrably helps young people thrive in work and life. Each year, around a fifth of year 13 UTC leavers progress to apprenticeships, compared to six per cent nationally.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"This is a technical pathway that sits beside the school’s academic route and, like the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate with which we have supported Andy Burnham, improves lines of sight between the classroom and workplace.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“UTCs are developed with local employers from the ground up so the technical and employability skills and knowledge that students learn is relevant to their local industries.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“We are thrilled that the government is adopting a model of delivering high-quality technical education starting at 14 – which our network of University Technical College secondary schools has been delivering for nearly 20 years.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“The new Prime Minister supported developing UTC Sleeves in Greater Manchester and we will be pushing for his support for a nationwide rollout of this initiative, to tackle the country’s youth unemployment crisis.” #thinkUTC

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"He has also supported the UTC Sleeve initiative which we created. UTC Sleeves involve developing a high-quality, employer-led technical education pathway within a mainstream school.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“Andy Burnham has been a strong supporter of the University Technical College secondary school network that we support, and which sends around a fifth of leavers into apprenticeships each year – with just five per cent of leavers becoming NEET.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Too many young people are reaching age 18 without knowing what pathways are open to them and without the technical skills and workplace attitudes to follow them.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"Young people need more direct pathways into employment: more apprenticeships, more technical university places, more scholarships and bursaries for shortage occupations. “They also need to be prepared at school for employment.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"The government needs to focus much more heavily on technical education. Not just to rebalance the scales between routes, but so there are greater technical opportunities than academic.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“Andy Burnham has spoken about helping more young people into work after, on Friday, calling for parity of esteem between academic and technical education routes, something he strived for through the Baccalaureate.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"As mayor, he was a strong supporter of technical education opportunities, including through the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate. We hope he brings this enthusiasm to Whitehall.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🧵Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has issued the following response to Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister. “We welcome Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister and wish him the best of luck.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🎤 Baker Dearing will be watching with interest Andy Burnham's major speech this morning, as Burnham has already made clear his support for the University Technical College model. See his comment for the 2025 From School to the Skilled Workforce report below #thinkUTC @igmansfield.bsky.social

"University Technical Colleges play a vital role in giving young people the technical skills and real-world experience they need to succeed.

"By connecting education directly with employers, these colleges offer students a genuine line of sight into future careers – particularly through the kind of high-quality apprenticeships that lead to good jobs in the growth sectors of the economy.

"This is a tried and tested model, and one that is much needed across more schools in England. This report sets out some strong, timely recommendations that are aligned to our own ambitions in Greater Manchester – to expand technical education and strengthen pathways into skilled employment through the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate."

- Andy Burnham

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

✒️ Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has written for Comment Central, arguing that students can be engaged in education and better prepared for employment if learning is placed in the context of careers and industry. #thinkUTC commentcentral.co.uk/context-is-k...

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Context is key – to numeracy and to our youth unemployment programme

As Alan Milburn works at pace to investigate the surging youth unemployment rate, which topped one million young people in the latest statistics, what could ...

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Ashley @ashward50.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This 👇 shows what creative solutions, critical thinking and collaborative partnerships can bring. 👏👏 @bakerdearing.bsky.social

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🆕 Baker Dearing is today releasing its impact report for 2025, showcasing how our suite of technical education options has tackled the skills shortages, youth unemployment, and low growth that are challenging the country. #thinkUTC bakerdearing.org/wp-content/u...

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📻 Speaking to Times Radio last Friday, UTC South Durham head of maths Andy Blackett praised his students' "positive, professional" mindset after they sat a controversial A Level maths paper. #thinkUTC www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvDl...

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M4TH5 interview about 2026 Edexcel P1, and predicted paper 2

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🆕 Baker Dearing is thrilled to be launching for the next academic year the Walney UTC Sleeve in Barrow-in-Furness, in collaboration with Walney School, Furness Education Trust, and Barrow Rising. Find out more through the below link. #thinkUTC bakerdearing.org/resources/ne...

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Barrow school to launch UTC Sleeve - Baker Dearing

Walney School in Barrow-in-Furness will this September introduce an innovative employer-led technical education pathway to equip young people with the skills for high-quality careers and to help local...

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"Baker Dearing is calling on the government to pilot UTC Sleeves, which would replicate a UTC education within a mainstream school, opening transformative benefits for more young people and pipelines of talent for skills-strapped employers." #thinkUTC

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"UTC students are more than two and a half times more likely to enter apprenticeships than the national average. UTCs have higher proportions of students eligible for free school meals and with SEND needs, but have fewer students not in education, employment or training (NEET).

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"England's 44 University Technical Colleges deliver high-quality, employer-led technical provision which supports school students into apprenticeships, higher education, and careers.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"We need to increase the provision of high-quality technical education, delivered with employers, at the school level. We are optimistic the upcoming report by Alan Milburn will build on admirable progress that the government has made in this area.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"However, these will not produce the change that ministers wish to see if there are not enough high-quality pathways into those apprenticeships and the high-paying careers that follow.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"We greatly welcome the government's commitment that young people will not be held back due to poverty, special educational needs, or a lack of respect for vocational education. "Extra investment in apprenticeships and a push on school standards is also welcome.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🆕Following yesterday's King's Speech, where the government announced new investment for apprenticeships, a push on school standards, and responses to the Milburn review on NEETs, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi has issued the following comment 🧵

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We look forward to the conversations inspired by these pages and beyond to shape positive change. #PearsonSchoolAndCollegeReport #thinkUTC

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🏅To meet this demand, which is shared by employers, Baker Dearing has launched the Baker Award for Technical Education to celebrate students who develop employability. Nearly 600 young people have already achieved the Baker Award.

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Baker Dearing Educational Trust @bakerdearing.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

👉 Kate's comment, on page 62 of the report, reads: “Young people clearly understand the importance of developing employability skills and want work experience opportunities and clearer pathways into work.”

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