UTC Portsmouth[1]

Secondary · ages 14–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 49 48.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 48.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 50.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 13% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.47 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	48.3[6]	44.4%[6]
2023/24	49.2[4]	57.3%[4]	-0.47[4]
2022/23	50.6[7]	50%[7]	-0.08[7]
2021/22	57.2[8]	67%[8]	+0.21[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 18.2% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C-[10]	26.1%[10]
2022/23	C[11]	16.7%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	20.7%[12]
2018/19	C-[13]	9.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 35% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 51% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[15]	51%[15]	5%[15]	30%[15]	4%[15]	4%[15]
2020/21	98%[16]	53%[16]	4%[16]	36%[16]	1%[16]	4%[16]
2019/20	96%[17]	44%[17]	18%[17]	23%[17]	9%[17]	3%[17]
2018/19	95%[18]	21%[18]	21%[18]	46%[18]	6%[18]	0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 45% 2022/23[19]
Education: 49% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 18% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 25% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	81%[20]	39%[20]	41%[20]	15%[20]	24%[20]
2020/21	89%[21]	30%[21]	43%[21]	17%[21]	29%[21]
2019/20	90%[22]	44%[22]	58%[22]	12%[22]	20%[22]
2018/19	96%[23]	49%[23]	51%[23]	18%[23]	27%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 49% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 17% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	45%[26]	22%[26]
2019/20	60%[25]	19%[25]	17%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	55%[27]	9%[27]	5%[27]	0%[27]

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: 18 Nov 2025[28]
Type: S5 Inspection[28]
Report published: 22 Jan 2026[28]
Inclusion: Strong standard[28]
Achievement: Strong standard[28]
Safeguarding standards: Met[28]
Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard[28]
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard[28]
Leadership and governance: Strong standard[28]
Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional[28]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Strong standard[28]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
29 Jun 2021[29]	Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[29]	Outstanding[29]
2 Mar 2021[29]	Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[29]	No overall grade[29]

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]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 600[1]
Trust: UTC PORTSMOUTH[1]
Local authority: Portsmouth[1]
Website: www.utcportsmouth.org [1]
District: Portsmouth [30]
Postcode: PO2 9DU[1]
URN: 143430[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 493 2024/25[31]
English as an additional language: 2.6% 2024/25[31]
SEN support: 3.3% 2024/25[31]
EHC plan: 1% 2024/25[31]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 20.6% 2024/25[31]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 37.3%[32]
Mixed: 1.4%[32]
Asian: 4.1%[32]
Black: 1.6%[32]
Any other ethnic group: 1%[32]
Unclassified: 54.6%[32]

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.

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