UTC Plymouth

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 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
Plymouth
Unique reference
146560
Address
Park Avenue, Devonport, PL1 4RL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
551 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
73.5%
Girls
26.5%
First language not English
7.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.7%
Persistent absence
38.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.5%
Other White 6.7%
Mixed 2.1%
Unclassified 2%
African 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 14%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.4
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.16
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award26
Art & DesignGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE64
English LiteratureGCSE64
MathematicsGCSE64
Science: Double AwardGCSE64
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award54
Sports StudiesTechnical Award21
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

UTC Plymouth

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
116
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
172
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
83
37
Year 8
116
77
39
Year 9
120
91
29
Year 10
89
68
21
Year 11
65
49
16
Year 12
21
17
4
Year 13
20
20
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
80.4%
85.6%
Further education
41.0%
33.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
34.0%
44.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
8.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
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
25.0%
56.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
18.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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