Strong Business and Academic Partnerships, Including Marlborough College

We have effective working partnerships with a wide variety of local and national employers and organisations. These partnerships facilitate a range of work-related opportunities for students and work experience. Careers days and our career guidance programmes, enable students to study the right subjects for their chosen career pathway.

Our inspirational speaker programme creates opportunities for students to attend seminars by experts in their field, providing students with motivation, insight and inspiration to follow their dreams.

Swindon Academy, and consequently United College Sixth Form, has a prestigious and active partnership with Marlborough College. This partnership supports our students across the whole academy, however in sixth form the partnership particularly benefits student who wish to attend university. Students receive support and advice in completing their UCAS applications, they are invited to talks at Marlborough College about university life and attend visits to Oxford or Cambridge and Russell Group Universities.

Students can take part in residential learning weekends, along with students from Marlborough College, to help with revision and improve their exam strategies.