Secondary
UTC Reading
Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, RG1 5RQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 299 of 600 places
- Local authority
- Reading
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
38%
42.0
15th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Reading we can score - 23 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.06 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 23.2 |
| A level students | 67 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44% |
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 22.2 |
| 22/23 | 25.3 |
| 23/24 | 26.7 |
| 24/25 | 23.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.81 |
| 22/23 | -0.51 |
| 23/24 | -0.80 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.7 |
| 22/23 | 49.4 |
| 23/24 | 40.7 |
| 24/25 | 42.0 |
Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, RG1 5RQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Reading admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Jennie Thomson
- Address
- Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, RG1 5RQ
- Telephone
- 01189381020