UTC Derby Pride Park, Derby

In 2026, pupils at UTC Derby Pride Park averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.7 in Derby and 47 across England.

25% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 37% in Derby and 47% in England.

That is down from 42 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.73: 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 36.3, against 41.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 15 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Engineering Studies, Information and Communication Technology and Biology.

Across Derby, 82% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Derby lodged 269 appeals against secondary school offers; 219 reached a hearing and 30 succeeded (13.7% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to UTC Derby Pride Park are Landau Forte College (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.6); Derby Cathedral School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.7); The Bemrose School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.2); and Alvaston Moor Academy (1.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 33.6).

UTC Derby Pride Park's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

UTC Derby Pride Park is one of 3 schools run by The Sheffield UTC Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.7 in 2024/25.

Of the 73 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 69% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college, 12% to an apprenticeship and 7% into work.

Of the 30 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 30% went on to university or other higher education, 23% to apprenticeships and 17% into work.

In 2026, 54 pupils (10.1%) received SEN support and 13 (2.4%) 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.

UTC Derby Pride Park had 36 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Derby Rail Station, about 320 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pride Parkway Egg (opposite), 270 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood UTC Derby Pride Park stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 855 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derby (267), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, UTC Derby Pride Park issued 85 suspensions, 18.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to UTC Derby Pride Park are Zaytouna Primary School (0.3 miles), Castleward Spencer Academy (0.4 miles), Rosehill Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles) and St James' Church of England Aided Junior School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.