UTC Reading
Crescent Road, Reading, RG1 5RQ
299 pupils · 50% of 600 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Reading
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.2%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 February 2025, published 5 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 57% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Maiden Erlegh School in Reading 0 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Reading School 1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Maiden Erlegh School 1.6 km · Outstanding (2020) · previous system
- Kendrick School 1.7 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- The Bulmershe School 1.7 km · No Ofsted rating
- Reading Girls' School 2 km · Good (2021) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.