UTC Reading[1]

Secondary · ages 14–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 34 34.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 34.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 27.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 4.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.80 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	42[6]	38%[6]
2023/24	40.7[4]	47.2%[4]	-0.80[4]
2022/23	49.4[7]	48%[7]	-0.51[7]
2021/22	42.7[8]	44%[8]	-0.81[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 17.6% 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]	9.7%[10]
2022/23	C-[11]	7.7%[11]
2021/22	D+[12]	2.5%[12]
2018/19	D+[13]	0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 48% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 30% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 3% 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	93%[15]	52%[15]	11%[15]	23%[15]	2%[15]	5%[15]
2020/21	90%[16]	58%[16]	10%[16]	16%[16]	4%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	97%[17]	54%[17]	15%[17]	24%[17]	2%[17]	3%[17]
2018/19	98%[18]	62%[18]	8%[18]	23%[18]	4%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 47% 2022/23[19]
Education: 53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 13% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 23% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	83%[20]	49%[20]	51%[20]	15%[20]	17%[20]
2020/21	92%[21]	52%[21]	56%[21]	14%[21]	22%[21]
2019/20	82%[22]	45%[22]	50%[22]	8%[22]	24%[22]
2018/19	92%[23]	42%[23]	58%[23]	18%[23]	16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 55% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 4% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 10% 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	60%[26]	13%[26]
2019/20	58%[25]	13%[25]	10%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	59%[27]	12%[27]	11%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	57%[28]	13%[28]	11%[28]	0%[28]

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: 4 Feb 2025[29]
Type: Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection[29]
Report published: 5 Mar 2025[29]
Personal development: Good[29]
Quality of education: Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[29]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
3 Oct 2023[30]	Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[30]	No overall grade[30]
7 Feb 2023[31]	S5 Inspection[31]	Inadequate[31]

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]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 600[1]
Trust: ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority: Reading[1]
Website: http://www.utcreading.co.uk/[1]
District: Reading [32]
Postcode: RG1 5RQ[1]
URN: 139268[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 286 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 33.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 16.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 0.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 24.5% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 29.4%[34]
Mixed: 11.7%[34]
Asian: 37.1%[34]
Black: 15.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 4.7%[34]
Unclassified: 1.3%[34]

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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