South Devon UTC
Secondary · Newton Abbot · TQ12 2QA
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 10 February 2026 · report published 29 April 2026
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184 pupils · 31% of 600 capacity
- School type
- University technical college
- Age range
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 67.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 11.4% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- https://southdevonutc.org.uk
- URN
- 141749
GCSE results (2024/2025)
66 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
no pupils entered
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 10 February 2026: Expected standard
- 5 October 2021: Good
- 30 January 2018: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.