UTC Portsmouth

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 30 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
13.2%
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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
BiologyGCSE124
ChemistryGCSE123
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE87
English LanguageGCSE124
English LiteratureGCSE123
GeographyGCSE38
MathematicsGCSE124
PhysicsGCSE124
StatisticsGCSE38
Electronic / Electrical EngineeringTechnical Award84
Year 2023-2024

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
87.0%
81.3%
85.6%
Further education
30.0%
74.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
51.0%
4.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
2.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.6%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
45.0%
46.9%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
10.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
15.0%
3.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021