UTC Swindon

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 middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

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.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry

E+

Average points per entry

13.4

England average 32.3

A level students

23

Pupils

Pupils on roll

182

Places

600

How full

30% full — 182 of 600 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

35 / 147

Overall absence

10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

37%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years

31%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

14%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

6%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

31%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

85%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

69%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

10%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

25%

No sustained destination

13%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

52

After sixth form

Went to university

22%

England 50%

In education, work or training

78%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

35%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

23

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

12%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

25

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 Swindon 015C, 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

26%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

21%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

39%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

13%

England 17%

Households with no car

34%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

32%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

University technical college

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 14–19

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST

Headteacher

Executive Principal: Hollie Taylor

Local authority

Swindon

Ward

Central

Constituency

Swindon South

URN

145155

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.