Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the effect of lowering to 11 the age of entry for universal technical colleges on the range of educational choices available for young people.
University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are technical schools, normally for students aged 14-19. However, like any other academy, UTCs can apply to change their age range through requesting a significant change.
No formal assessment has been made of the effect of lowering to 11 the age of entry to UTCs but we recognise the challenges that any school with an atypical age range may face.
We will consider any applications from UTCs to change their age range.