University technical college · Swindon

UTC Swindon

14–19Ages
182Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
145155URN

Bristol Street, Swindon, SN1 5ET · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

32.3of 90

Swindon 45.4 England 46.0

14th of 14 in Swindon

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 8 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Sixth form provision	Good

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

71 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)32.314th of 14 in Swindon

Swindon 45.4 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths16%14th of 14 in Swindon

Swindon 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths34%

Swindon 66% England 66%

This school
Swindon median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.46

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	71	32.3	16%	34%	–
2024/25	67	32.4	25%	45%	–
2023/24	66	31.1	24%	47%	−1.46
2022/23	52	34.3	25%	37%	−1.01

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

UTC SwindonThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

32.3Attainment 8
The Commonweal School
1.5 km · Swindon

Remains Good · improving2023

2.5applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
The Deanery CofE Academy
2.0 km · Swindon

Special measures Inadequate2023

2.0applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
St Joseph's Catholic College
2.1 km · Swindon

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
Nova Hreod Academy
2.2 km · Swindon

Remains Good2022

1.5applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
Swindon Academy
2.2 km · Swindon

2026

2.2applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
Lawn Manor Academy
2.3 km · Swindon

Good2023

1.9applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
3.6 km · Swindon

Good2023

2.4applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
Lydiard Park Academy
3.6 km · Swindon

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 47.1Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: University technical college
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 145155 · 866/4004
Trust: Activate Learning Education Trust
Capacity: 600 pupils · 182 on roll
Free school meals: 29.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2017
Replaced: UTC Swindon (URN 140972)
Address: Bristol Street, Swindon, SN1 5ET
Local authority: Swindon

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources