This study aims to evaluate the implementation of the Teaching Factory in a vocational high school in Surakarta, Indonesia using a quantitative approach. Questionnaires were used to collect data, and these questionnaires were developed based on Teaching Factory guidelines and several similar studies that had been tested for their validity and reliability aspects. Data analysis was performed with a descriptive technique comparing the perceptions of the students to those of the teachers related to three aspects of the Teaching Factory, namely: management, workshop (laboratory), and implemented learning patterns. The respondents consisted of students and teachers of the vocational high school. The results of the analysis showed that there were weaknesses in the management aspects of the structures and job descriptions of each section in which they were not clear. Regarding the workshop aspects, it is necessary to strengthen the applications of OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) and the management of laboratory equipment. Meanwhile, the entrepreneurial aspects of the learning patterns need to be maximised so that after graduating from the school, students are able to obtain jobs. Schools should not only produce workers (job seekers) but through the Teaching Factory, they are expected to encourage students to provide jobs for others. © 2020 Primrose Hall Publishing Group.
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