Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology

Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology
A modern, cuboidal building with rust-brown metal walls decorated with large white cogwheel motifs
Main academy building
Address
Map
Robinson Way

Cambridge
,
Cambridgeshire
,
CB2 0SZ

England
Coordinates52°10′29″N 0°08′25″E / 52.17479°N 0.14041°E / 52.17479; 0.14041
Information
TypeUniversity technical college
Established8 September 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-08)
Department for Education URN140265 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairTim Thornton
HeadDanielle Pacey
Staff40
GenderCoeducational
Age13 to 19
Enrolment430
Capacity670
Websitecambridgeast.org.uk

Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology[1] (formerly UTC Cambridge) is a university technical college opened in 2014.[2] It is located on the Biomedical Campus, which encompasses Addenbrooke's Hospital, next to the Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge. The school is a member of the United Learning Cambridge Cluster (formerly the Parkside Federation and the Cambridge Academic Partnership)[3] along with Parkside Community College, Coleridge Community College, Trumpington Community College, and Parkside Sixth.

The formal ceremony to celebrate the change of name and to mark the school becoming a member of the Parkside Federation[4] took place at the school premises on 19 September 2017. In September 2019, the Cambridge Academic Partnership joined the United Learning group of schools as a unit.

Its sponsors include Cambridge Regional College, Cambridge University Health Partners and the Sanger Institute.

Students at Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology engage in Challenge Projects (held by regional employers such as AstraZeneca and Zeiss) between 10 and 20 hours per week for six to eight weeks. Challenge Projects are cross curricular in nature and engender innovation and enterprise while upskilling students in the latest scientific and computer technology.[5]

Students generate a portfolio of evidence of their developing professional, technical and employ ability skills that leads to evaluation by external moderators of the Baker Award.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Home". Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ "University Technical College Cambridge - University Technical Colleges". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. ^ "United Learning Cambridge Cluster". cap.education.
  4. ^ "UTC ditches the brand after climbing two Ofsted grades". 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Challenge Projects | Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology". www.cam-ast.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Portfolios of Achievement | Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology". www.cam-ast.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017.
  7. ^ "About the Duke of York Award".