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UTC Portsmouth

Secondary · Portsmouth · PO2 9DU

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: ExceptionalInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Strong standard

Inspected 18 November 2025 · report published 22 January 2026

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At a glance

491 pupils · 82% of 600 capacity

School type
University technical college
Age range
14–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.8% of pupils
English as additional language
2.6% of pupils
SEN support
3.2% of pupils
EHC plan
1% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.utcportsmouth.org
URN
143430

GCSE results (2024/2025)

117 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
48.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
76.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
44.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.5
England 4.1

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)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
29.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 3% 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

This school£7,978
Typical secondary school£7,799

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

In sustained education, work or training
99%
Continuing in education
97%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
45%
Apprenticeship
18%
Employment
25%
Any sustained destination
92%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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