UTC Sheffield City Centre

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Apr 23 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 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
Sheffield
Unique reference
139695
Address
111 Matilda Street, S1 4QF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
536 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
70.9%
Girls
29.1%
First language not English
7.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.9%
Persistent absence
25.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.7%
Unclassified 36.6%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 2.8%
Pakistani 1.1%
African 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.9
Local authority average 43.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.83
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award96
MultimediaTechnical Award33
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE98
English LiteratureGCSE99
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
102
57
45
Year 10
100
72
28
Year 11
99
67
32
Year 12
134
110
24
Year 13
101
74
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.3%
85.5%
Further education
42.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
39.0%
36.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
8.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
7.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
37.0%
64.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
18.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
8.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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