UTC South Durham

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 5 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
County Durham
Unique reference
142894
Address
Long Tens Way, Aycliffe Business Park, DL5 6AP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
419 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
80.2%
Girls
19.8%
First language not English
3.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.6%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.8%
Other White 1.9%
Mixed 1.7%
Indian 0.7%
Pakistani 0.7%
African 0.7%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.7
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.53
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE43
English LanguageGCSE142
English LiteratureGCSE140
GeographyGCSE20
MathematicsGCSE142
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
149
117
32
Year 11
121
95
26
Year 12
96
83
13
Year 13
53
41
12
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
81.3%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
42.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
34.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
13.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
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
34.0%
53.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
20.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
4.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
21.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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