Waterfront UTC

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 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
Medway
Unique reference
146648
Address
South Side Three Road, ME4 4FQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
340 (44% of total capacity)
Boys
72.4%
Girls
27.6%
First language not English
8.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.2%
Persistent absence
36.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
32.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.6%
African 7.1%
Mixed 4.5%
Other White 4.1%
Unclassified 2.9%
Other 2.1%
Caribbean 1.2%
Irish Traveller 0.6%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 7%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 28.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.11
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award38
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award39
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE53
English LiteratureGCSE53
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
106
76
30
Year 10
80
61
19
Year 11
74
50
24
Year 12
55
42
13
Year 13
25
17
8
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
27.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
58.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
18.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.2%
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
42.0%
57.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
12.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
9.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
11.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020