Secondary
UTC Oxfordshire
Greenwood Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6BZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 316 of 600 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.4
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 32.5
- Pupils per adult
- 8.9
- Pupils
- 288
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- 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)Earlier inspections1
May 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
26%
16 points below the Didcot average (42% across 4 schools)
32.5
10.8 below the Didcot average (43.3 across 4 schools)
3rd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Didcot we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 32.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.46 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% |
| A level average points per entry | 21.55 |
| A level students | 26 |
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 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 25% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 26% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.1 |
| 22/23 | 30.0 |
| 23/24 | 24.4 |
| 24/25 | 21.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.68 |
| 22/23 | -1.10 |
| 23/24 | -0.84 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.0 |
| 22/23 | 33.0 |
| 23/24 | 36.0 |
| 24/25 | 32.5 |
Greenwood Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6BZ
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.
Oxfordshire 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
- Headteacher
- Emma Reynolds
- Address
- Greenwood Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6BZ
- Telephone
- 01235391587