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
48.2%
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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award31
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award52
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE46
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE72
English LiteratureGCSE71
MathematicsGCSE72
PhysicsGCSE21
Year 2023-2024

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%
85.8%
85.6%
Further education
28.0%
29.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
44.0%
55.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.6%
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
50.0%
56.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
15.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
10.0%
2.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021