UTC Portsmouth
About the school
UTC Portsmouth is an open secondary school in Portsmouth.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 18 November 2025
- Published
- 22 January 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Outstanding
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 48.3
- Portsmouth
- 39.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Portsmouth
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 44.40%
- Portsmouth
- 35.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 76.10%
- Portsmouth
- 55.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 0.00%
- Portsmouth
- 42.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.53
- Portsmouth
- 3.5
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C
Average A-level points
- School
- 29.53
AAB or better
- School
- 18.20%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
493
Girls
34.28%
Boys
65.72%
SEN support
3.25%
Education, health and care plan
1.01%
English as an additional language
2.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
20.58%
Overall absence
8.61
Persistent absence
21.77
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
117
Sustained education or employment
99%
Education
97%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
1%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
107
Sustained education or employment
92%
Higher education
45%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
18%
Employment
25%