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
467 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
69.6%
Girls
30.4%
First language not English
3.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.6%
Persistent absence
18.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.7%
Unclassified 19.5%
Other White 5.6%
Indian 3.4%
Mixed 1.9%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other 1.5%
African 1.3%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.46
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 2%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 32%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.6
Local authority average 38.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 3.29
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
BiologyGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE69
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE88
Design & TechnologyGCSE117
English LanguageGCSE117
English LiteratureGCSE117
GeographyGCSE46
GermanGCSE1
JapaneseGCSE1
MathematicsGCSE117
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
124
79
45
Year 11
124
76
48
Year 12
110
83
27
Year 13
109
87
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
76.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
4.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
2.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
7.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
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
60.0%
49.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
7.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
6.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
8.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020