Aylesbury UTC, Aylesbury

In its own words: "In the first place University Technical Colleges (UTC’s) are a new concept in education. Importantly, responding to growing demands from the local community careers required in the Digital and Health industries. It started when these industries need high calibre employees with relevant education."

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 5pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Aylesbury UTC averaged an Attainment 8 score of 25.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Buckinghamshire and 47 across England.

9% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 61% in Buckinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 23.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.38: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 21.6, against 28.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 9 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Social Studies and Health Studies.

Across Buckinghamshire, 77% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 94% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Buckinghamshire lodged 716 appeals against secondary school offers; 537 reached a hearing and 67 succeeded (12.5% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Aylesbury UTC are Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (0.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.3); Aylesbury High School (1 mile, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 75.5); Aylesbury Grammar School (1.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.2); and The Mandeville School (1.1 miles, Attainment 8 38.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Aylesbury UTC.

Aylesbury UTC is one of 3 schools run by The Merchant Taylors' Oxfordshire Academy Trust Ltd, an academy trust.

Of the 66 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 67% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 49% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 11% into work.

42.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (55%), Black (11%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 32 pupils (25%) received SEN support and 8 (6.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Aylesbury Rail Station, about 780 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Churchill Avenue (northbound), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 352 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Buckinghamshire (44), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Aylesbury UTC issued 104 suspensions, 71.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Aylesbury UTC are Bearbrook Combined School (0.1 miles), Oak Green School (0.4 miles), St Mary's Church of England School (0.5 miles) and Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.