Scarborough University Technical College, Scarborough

In 2026, pupils at Scarborough University Technical College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in North Yorkshire and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in North Yorkshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 44 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.17: pupils made 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 46, against 50.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 4.1 points.

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

Across North Yorkshire, 92% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in North Yorkshire lodged 207 appeals against secondary school offers; 148 reached a hearing and 33 succeeded (22.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Scarborough University Technical College are St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); Graham School (1.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 38.2); Scalby Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.9); and George Pindar School (2.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.1).

Scarborough University Technical College's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Scarborough University Technical College is one of 64 schools run by Delta Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 64 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 8% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 12 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 25% went on to university or other higher education, 17% to apprenticeships and 33% into work. 23% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Scarborough Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is University Technical College (adjacent), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 484 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Scarborough University Technical College issued 122 suspensions, 48.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Scarborough University Technical College are Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy (0.4 miles), Gladstone Road Primary School (0.6 miles), Wheatcroft Community Primary School (1.1 miles) and Friarage Community Academy (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.