UTC Portsmouth

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 29 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Portsmouth
Unique reference
143430
Address
London Road, Hilsea, PO2 9DU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
493 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
65.7%
Girls
34.3%
First language not English
2.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.4%
Persistent absence
22.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.1%
Unclassified 36.5%
Other White 4.7%
Mixed 1.4%
Indian 1.4%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other 1.4%
African 1.2%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 35%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.3
Local authority average 39.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 3.49
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
BiologyGCSE116
ChemistryGCSE115
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE82
English LanguageGCSE116
English LiteratureGCSE116
GeographyGCSE38
GermanGCSE1
MathematicsGCSE116
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
126
72
54
Year 11
117
75
42
Year 12
143
96
47
Year 13
107
81
26
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
82.0%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
73.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
35.0%
3.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
9.0%
5.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
7.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
4.0%
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
49.0%
53.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
8.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
14.0%
3.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022