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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.

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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

117 pupils

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

94 A-level students

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%

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