Uppingham Community College, Uppingham

In 2026, pupils at Uppingham Community College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 49.1 in Rutland and 47 across England.

43% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 50% in Rutland and 47% in England.

That is down from 49.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.25: 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 32.7, against 47.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 193 families put Uppingham Community College as their first choice and 382 named it as one of their preferences, for 180 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 34 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Uppingham Community College is one of 21 schools run by Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd, an academy trust.

Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

15.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 97 pupils (10.6%) received SEN support and 71 (7.7%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Uppingham Community College has a resourced provision for autism: 25 places, 15 pupils on roll.

Uppingham Community College had 73 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Uppingham Community College.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Uppingham - Community College (south bound), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Uppingham Community College stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 31 crimes within a mile of the school, most often public order offences, violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Rutland (8), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Uppingham Community College issued 119 suspensions, 12.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Uppingham Community College are Leighfield Primary School (0.5 miles) and Uppingham Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.