Barnfield provides excellent education provision and supports the needs of learners and local employers. We provide a huge selection of vocational courses and career opportunities from Entry Level up to University Level. Our full and part-time courses are designed to develop your skills, knowledge and qualification base, as well as create opportunities for you to build a fulfilling and successful career.

We offer learners aged 14 to 19 a different kind of education to mainstream secondary provision. As the industry school specialising in creative media arts, performance and production technologies, alongside our vital core offer in English, Maths and Science, we equip our learners to be credible and successful within the creative and cultural industries such as television, film, theatre and digital media productions.

We offer around 1,500 full and part-time courses to nearly 10,000 students, who come from Hertfordshire and further afield. Our courses range from vocational courses with strong links to employers through to elite sports, the arts and a wide variety of A Levels. We are also nationally recognised for our outstanding provision for students with mild and severe learning difficulties.

The Watford UTC's specialisms are Computer Science and Travel & Tourism and Event Management. All students will study a BTEC qualification in one of these areas alongside their GCSE's or A Levels. Our broad range of subjects have been selected to provide special focus on the technical skills, trades and technologies that support the computer and digital communication, and tourism industries.

We have a great range of qualifications to choose from. These include full-time career-focused courses and in-demand apprenticeships; Foundation degrees and HNDs that are highly valued by employers; Part-time courses so you can boost your CV or master a new hobby. Whatever course you choose you can be sure of top rate facilities and tutors with real experience creating the ideal learning environment.