UTC Swindon, Swindon

From the headteacher's welcome: "As you approach Year 10 or Year 12, you’ll be facing some important choices that can set you on the path to a great career. We’re thrilled you’re considering joining us to start that journey. UTC Swindon is a University Technical College, which is different to a regular school."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 26 November 2026 and an open evening on Thursday 28 January 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at UTC Swindon averaged an Attainment 8 score of 32.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45 in Swindon and 47 across England.

16% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Swindon and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 32.4.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.46: 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 25.5, against 35.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 12 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Engineering Studies, Chemistry and Biology.

Across Swindon, 91% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Swindon lodged 84 appeals against secondary school offers; 52 reached a hearing and 5 succeeded (9.6% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to UTC Swindon are The Commonweal School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); The Deanery CofE Academy (1.3 miles, Attainment 8 47.6); St Joseph's Catholic College (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.2); and Nova Hreod Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.6).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than UTC Swindon.

UTC Swindon is one of 6 schools run by Activate Learning Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 66 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 67% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 11% into work.

Of the 32 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 22% went on to university or other higher education, 22% to apprenticeships and 28% into work.

UTC Swindon had 16 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Swindon Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Emlyn Square (ne-bound), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 681 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Swindon (132), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, UTC Swindon issued 104 suspensions, 54.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to UTC Swindon are Robert Le Kyng Primary School (0.3 miles), Even Swindon Primary School (0.6 miles), Holy Rood Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles) and Ferndale Primary School & Nursery (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.