UTC Heathrow
Address
Potter St Northwood , Greater London , HA6 1QG England
Coordinates	51°36′13″N 0°24′22″W / 51.6037°N 0.4060°W / 51.6037; -0.4060
Information
Type	University Technical College
Established	1 September 2014 (2014-09-01)
Trust	Activate Learning Education Trust
Department for Education URN	146375 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Wayne Edwards
Gender	Coeducational
Age	14 to 19
Enrolment	191 As of April 2021[update]
Capacity	600
Rebrokered	September 2018
Previous URN	140941
Website	http://www.heathrow-utc.org/

UTC Heathrow (formerly Heathrow Aviation Engineering UTC) is a University Technical College located in Northwood, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. It opened in September 2014 and is located next door to Northwood School.^[1]

History

It opened in 2014 and failed to submit adequate accounts. It was served with a notice to improve by the Education Funding Agency in August 2016, due to an "apparent loss of financial control".^[2]

The school, trading under the former name, Heathrow Aviation Engineering UTC, was inspected by Ofsted in February 2017 and was judged to require improvement in every category.^[3]

Building

The 4,500sqm building cost £10 million. It has been designed with sustainable features such as solar panels, and carbon emissions are 25 per cent lower than required by building regulation. Special engineering workshops are provided for the aviation specialism.^[4]

Sponsors and partners

The UTC partner university is Brunel University and the founding sponsors included Heathrow Airport, Fujitsu, Peter Brett Associates, Royal Aeronautical Society, Aviation Skills Partnership and John Guest.^{[citation needed]}

The school is also part of the Activate Learning Education Trust.

Academics

The school offers these GCSEs: Maths, English Language and Literature, three Sciences, Computer Science and Design Technology with a level 2 Cambridge IT, or EAL Cert Eng.^[5] Post 16, the following A levels are offered: Maths, Physics or Computer Science, offered in combination with an Engineering Extended Diploma, and IT Extended Diploma.^[5]