UTC Swindon

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 9 2024 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
Swindon
Unique reference
145155
Address
Bristol Street, SN1 5ET

Pupils

Number of Pupils
193 (30% of total capacity)
Boys
83.9%
Girls
16.1%
First language not English
5.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.8%
Persistent absence
34.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.9%
Other White 9.8%
Unclassified 6.7%
Mixed 4.6%
Indian 2.6%
Pakistani 1.6%
Other Asian 1.6%
African 1.6%
Irish 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.3
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.4
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
BiologyGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE51
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE52
English LiteratureGCSE52
MathematicsGCSE52
PhysicsGCSE51
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award42
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award20
Manufacturing EngineeringTechnical Award47
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes14.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
72
59
13
Year 11
65
52
13
Year 12
31
29
2
Year 13
25
22
3
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.5%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
47.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
20.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
17.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.4%
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
47.0%
48.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
8.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
7.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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