UTC Plymouth

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

594

Places

750

How full

79% full — 594 of 750 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

180 / 414

Overall absence

15%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

40%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

44%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

9%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

16%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

82%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

59%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

17%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

19%

No sustained destination

13%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

88

After sixth form

Went to university

18%

England 50%

In education, work or training

76%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

42%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

33

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

13%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

15

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Plymouth 026B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

22%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

25%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

21%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

40%

England 17%

Households with no car

42%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

40%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

University technical college

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–19

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

REACH SOUTH ACADEMY TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Joanna Ware

Local authority

Plymouth

Ward

Devonport

Constituency

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

URN

146560

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.