UTC Reading

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Feb 7 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Reading
Unique reference
139268
Address
Crescent Road, East Reading, RG1 5RQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
395 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
75.2%
Girls
24.8%
First language not English
24.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.2%
Persistent absence
41.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 21%
Pakistani 13.4%
Other White 12.4%
Mixed 12.2%
Unclassified 10.4%
Indian 10.1%
Other Asian 5.3%
Other 5.3%
African 4.3%
Chinese 2.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other Black 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 3%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.4
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.83
Local authority average 4.52
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE58
BiologyGCSE71
ChemistryGCSE70
ChineseGCSE11
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE78
English LanguageGCSE120
English LiteratureGCSE116
GeographyGCSE18
HistoryGCSE20
MathematicsGCSE120
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
81
59
22
Year 11
108
83
25
Year 12
85
64
21
Year 13
121
91
30
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
20.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
58.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
8.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
58.0%
80.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
50.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
46.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
6.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020