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Aylesbury UTC[1]

Secondary · ages 14–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 26 25.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
25.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
9.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.38 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 23.8[5] 14%[5]
2023/24 24.3[3] 4.5%[3] -1.38[3]
2022/23 23.6[6] 17%[6] -1.56[6]
2021/22 25[7] 23%[7] -1.73[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
U 2024/25[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2015/16 D-[10]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form
7% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[11]
Further education college
56% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[11]
Employment
7% 2022/23[11]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[12] 10%[12] 0%[12] 58%[12] 10%[12] 13%[12]
2020/21 77%[13] 8%[13] 0%[13] 38%[13] 4%[13] 23%[13]
2019/20 84%[14] 14%[14] 0%[14] 53%[14] 7%[14] 7%[14]
2018/19 84%[15] 24%[15] 5%[15] 41%[15] 7%[15] 4%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[16]
Education
40% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[16]
Employment
47% 2022/23[16]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 77%[17] 15%[17] 38%[17] 23%[17]
2020/21 80%[18] 20%[18] 13%[18] 47%[18]
2019/20 62%[19] 18%[19] 21%[19] 24%[19]
2018/19 77%[20] 23%[20] 19%[20] 35%[20]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
23% 2021/22[21]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[21]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[22]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[22]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 22%[23] 0%[23]
2019/20 18%[22] 0%[22] 0%[22] 0%[22]
2018/19 26%[24] 0%[24] 0%[24] 0%[24]
2017/18 35%[25] 5%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 May 2024[26]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[26]
Report published
17 Jul 2024[26]
Personal development
Requires improvement[26]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[26]
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement[26]
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement[26]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[26]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Requires improvement[26]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement[26]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
22 Mar 2022[27] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[27] Requires improvement[27]
16 Mar 2021[28] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2[28] No overall grade[28]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
University technical college[1]
Ages
14–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' OXFORDSHIRE ACADEMY TRUST LTD[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
http://www.aylesburyutc.co.uk/[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[29]
Postcode
HP21 8PB[1]
URN
139434[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
145 2024/25[30]
English as an additional language
15.9% 2024/25[30]
SEN support
16.6% 2024/25[30]
EHC plan
5.5% 2024/25[30]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.5% 2024/25[30]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
60.9%[31]
Mixed
8.6%[31]
Asian
4.7%[31]
Black
10.9%[31]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[31]
Unclassified
14.1%[31]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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