UTC Oxfordshire
Greenwood Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6BZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Emma Reynolds
- Sponsor
- Activate Learning Education Trust
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 316
- URN
- 141111
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01235391587
About this school
UTC Oxfordshire is a secondary school in Didcot. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 316 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected UTC Oxfordshire, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 102 | 117 | 73 |
| Attainment 8 score | 33.0 | 36.0 | 32.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.10 -1.39 to -0.82 | -0.84 -1.11 to -0.57 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 36.8% | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 55.6% | 49.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
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 UTC Oxfordshire has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Oxfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 32.5 | 37.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 344 |
| 2023/24 | 288 |
| 2024/25 | 290 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How UTC Oxfordshire compares
UTC Oxfordshire ranked 40th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32.5 | 14.9% | 29.8% | 316 | — |
| Aureus School | 33.7 | 13.4% | 33.8% | 531 | 0.1 miles |
| Didcot Girls' School | 58.8 | 7.5% | 13.2% | 1,633 | 0.8 miles |
| St Birinus School | 48.2 | 8.9% | 16.8% | 1,237 | 1.3 miles |
| John Mason School | 44.5 | 13.5% | 23.6% | 927 | 5.1 miles |
| Larkmead School | 39.4 | 12.6% | 21.7% | 959 | 5.2 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)
- 29.78%
- English as an additional language
- 14.5%
- Overall absence
- 14.86%
- Persistent absence
- 42.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Aureus School0.1 miles
Secondary · Didcot
-
Didcot Girls' School0.8 miles
Secondary · Didcot
-
St Birinus School1.3 miles
Secondary · Didcot
-
John Mason School5.1 miles
Secondary · Abingdon
-
Larkmead School5.2 miles
Secondary · Abingdon
Other schools in Didcot
- Aureus School Secondary
- Didcot Girls' School Secondary
- St Birinus School Secondary
- Lydalls Nursery School Nursery
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Aureus Primary School Primary
- Blewbury Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chilton County Primary School Primary
- Didcot Primary Academy Primary
- Hagbourne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Harwell Primary School Primary
- Ladygrove Park Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does UTC Oxfordshire teach?
- UTC Oxfordshire teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a secondary school in Didcot.
- Who is the headteacher of UTC Oxfordshire?
- The headteacher of UTC Oxfordshire is Emma Reynolds, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has UTC Oxfordshire been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected UTC Oxfordshire, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at UTC Oxfordshire?
- UTC Oxfordshire has 316 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is UTC Oxfordshire full?
- UTC Oxfordshire has capacity for 600 pupils and 316 on roll (53%), 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 UTC Oxfordshire a faith school?
- No. UTC Oxfordshire has no designated religious character.
- Is UTC Oxfordshire part of an academy trust?
- UTC Oxfordshire is part of ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have UTC Oxfordshire's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 33 in 2022/23 and 32.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does UTC Oxfordshire compare with other schools in Oxfordshire?
- UTC Oxfordshire ranked 40th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is UTC Oxfordshire's absence rate?
- UTC Oxfordshire's overall absence rate is 14.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are UTC Oxfordshire's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, UTC Oxfordshire'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 1 July 2026.