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UTC Heathrow[1]

Secondary · ages 14–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 29 28.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
28.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
10.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.61 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 32.2[6] 22%[6]
2023/24 30.3[4] 25.7%[4] -1.61[4]
2022/23 39.4[7] 42%[7] -0.52[7]
2021/22 40.8[8] 32%[8] -0.67[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2023/24[9]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 E+[9] 0%[9]
2022/23 D-[11]
2021/22 C[12]
2018/19 D[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
42% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
39% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
10% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 96%[15] 60%[15] 0%[15] 26%[15] 2%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 88%[16] 58%[16] 8%[16] 15%[16] 0%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 90%[17] 3%[17] 0%[17] 3%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 63%[18] 3%[18] 19%[18] 6%[18] 9%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
76% 2022/23[19]
Education
37% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
16% 2022/23[19]
Employment
22% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 59%[20] 10%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 62%[21] 9%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 55%[22] 7%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 97%[23] 64%[23] 16%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
61% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
4% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
0% 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 69%[26] 13%[26]
2019/20 55%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 62%[27] 4%[27] 4%[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
7 Feb 2023[28]
Type
S5 Inspection[28]
Report published
28 Mar 2023[28]
Personal development
Good[28]
Quality of education
Good[28]
Overall effectiveness
Good[28]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[28]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[28]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[28]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[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]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
District
Hillingdon[29]
Postcode
HA6 1QG[1]
URN
146375[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
249 2024/25[30]
English as an additional language
8% 2024/25[30]
SEN support
10.4% 2024/25[30]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[30]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.4% 2024/25[30]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
22.5%[31]
Mixed
11.3%[31]
Asian
20%[31]
Black
24.2%[31]
Any other ethnic group
13.8%[31]
Unclassified
8.3%[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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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  10. 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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