Aylesbury UTC
Oxford Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8PB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' OXFORDSHIRE ACADEMY TRUST LTD
- Interim Principal
- Mr Joe Dunckley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 128
- URN
- 139434
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01296388459
About this school
Aylesbury UTC is a secondary school in Aylesbury. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 128 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 41 | 66 | 57 |
| Attainment 8 score | 23.6 | 24.3 | 23.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.56 -2.01 to -1.11 | -1.38 -1.73 to -1.03 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% | 4.5% | 14% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 34% | 28.8% | 28.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Aylesbury UTC has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 23.6 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 24.3 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 23.8 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 26.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 26.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 128 |
| 2023/24 | 155 |
| 2024/25 | 145 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Aylesbury UTC compares
Aylesbury UTC ranked 36th of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 19% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 0% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 23.8 | 26.6% | 42.5% | 128 | — |
| Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School | 73.2 | 5% | 7.3% | 1,353 | 0.1 miles |
| Aylesbury High School | 74.3 | 5.5% | 6% | 1,368 | 1.0 miles |
| Aylesbury Grammar School | 74.5 | 6.5% | 6.1% | 1,346 | 1.1 miles |
| The Mandeville School | 38.9 | 12% | 27.7% | 966 | 1.1 miles |
| The Grange School | 40.4 | 9.7% | 24.4% | 1,418 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.48%
- English as an additional language
- 15.9%
- Overall absence
- 26.61%
- Persistent absence
- 70.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School0.1 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
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Aylesbury High School1.0 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
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Aylesbury Grammar School1.1 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
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The Mandeville School1.1 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
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The Grange School1.2 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
Other schools in Aylesbury
Aylesbury UTC ranks 10th of the 10 ranked secondary schools in Aylesbury.
- Aylesbury Grammar School Secondary
- Aylesbury High School Secondary
- John Colet School Secondary
- Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Secondary
- The Cottesloe School Secondary
- The Grange School Secondary
- The Kingsbrook School Secondary
- The Mandeville School Secondary
- Waddesdon Church of England School Secondary
- Ashmead Combined School Primary
- Aston Clinton School Primary
- Bearbrook Combined School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Aylesbury UTC teach?
- Aylesbury UTC teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a secondary school in Aylesbury.
- Who is the interim principal of Aylesbury UTC?
- The interim principal of Aylesbury UTC is Mr Joe Dunckley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Aylesbury UTC last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Aylesbury UTC, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Aylesbury UTC?
- Aylesbury UTC has 128 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is Aylesbury UTC full?
- Aylesbury UTC has capacity for 600 pupils and 128 on roll (21%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Aylesbury UTC a faith school?
- No. Aylesbury UTC has no designated religious character.
- Is Aylesbury UTC a selective school?
- No. Aylesbury UTC is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Aylesbury UTC?
- Aylesbury UTC is part of THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' OXFORDSHIRE ACADEMY TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Aylesbury UTC's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 23.6 in 2022/23 and 23.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Aylesbury UTC rank locally?
- Aylesbury UTC ranked 36th of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 19% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 0% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Aylesbury UTC's absence rate?
- Aylesbury UTC's overall absence rate is 26.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Aylesbury UTC's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Aylesbury UTC's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 6 July 2026.