FAQs

Please see our term dates page under key information

Silverstone UTC is a ‘bring your own device’ institution and as such students need to be equipped with a laptop. Laptops come in varying degrees of complexity and specification but as we find that most packages we now use are web based, we do not recommend any particular laptop requirements other than that it should be able to connect to the web and access a range of online learning platforms.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Students who are studying High Performance Engineering will require a laptop with the following spec.

The system requirements for CAD are:

Operating System: 64-bit Windows 11 Processor: i5 / AMD Equivalent or above, ARM processors not supported. Memory: 8 GB (16GB recommended) Disk space: 512.0 GB or above Display: 1920 x 1080 HD Resolution

Laptops must have anti-virus software (Avast, McAfee or Bit Defender are good 'low footprint' options)

No – the UTC does not subsidise the catering. Harrison Catering (http://www.harrisoncatering.co.uk/) have the contract for providing restaurant services to Silverstone UTC and provide healthy meals to suit different budgets.

You will need to complete the following forms:

Health Care Plan Parental Agreement for School/Setting to Administer Medicine Request for Child to Carry His/Her Own Medicine

There will be more time dedicated to the core subjects at the UTC given the longer school day. Our engineering course is not a heavily practical course.

The UCAS form already contains an option for A-Level equivalents. These will be translated into the same UCAS points system as A-Levels would. All students will receive independent advice and guidance.

We will issue reports or feedback regularly during the academic year.

On the whole, yes, but there are educational visits that form part of the learning. We encourage work experience and shadowing opportunities as part of each student’s development.

Yes, we will receive all of this information from schools. We will also ask the students to sit diagnostic tests in the first few weeks at the UTC to gain a strong understanding of each student’s ability.

Classes will have a maximum of 30 students; however it is more likely that classes will have 28 or 29 students.

Applications open at the start of the autumn term. We have been oversubscribed in the past, so apply before the end of October to give yourself the best chance of obtaining a place in Year 10, or by the February half-term break for 6th Form – apply now.