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UTC Reading

Secondary Free school in Reading RG1 5RQ

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  • School Reference Number: 139268
  • Address: Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading RG1 5RQ
  • Principal: Ms Jennie Thomson
  • Telephone: 0118 938 1020
  • Website: utcreading.co.uk
  • Managing Organisation: Activate Learning Education Trust
  • Type: Free Schools
  • Sub-Type: University technical college
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 600
  • Local Education Authority: Reading
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 14 to 19
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: September 2013* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 07/02/2023

Rating published on 30/03/2023

Overall effectiveness: Inadequate

Quality of education: Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate

Personal development: Requires Improvement

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Inadequate

Sixth form provision: Requires Improvement

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
3 October 2023 13 November 2023 Monitoring visit
7 February 2023 31 March 2023 School inspection Inadequate
19 May 2015 22 June 2015 Full inspection Outstanding

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number139268
Local Authority Code870
Local Authority NameReading
Establishment Number4000
School / College NameUTC Reading
Establishment Type Code40
Establishment typeUniversity technical college
Establishment Type Group Code11
Establishment Type GroupFree Schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date02-09-2013
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low14
Age range High19
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity600
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils395
Number of Boys297
Number of Girls98
Percentage Free School Meals23.90
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code15710
Academy trust or TrustACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorActivate Learning Education Trust
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10041666
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date06-01-2025
StreetCrescent Road
LocalityEast Reading
Address3
TownReading
County (name)Berkshire
PostcodeRG1 5RQ
Websitehttp://www.utcreading.co.uk/
Telephone01189381020
Headteacher/Principal titleMs
Headteacher/Principal first nameJennie
Headteacher/Principal last nameThomson
Headteacher/Principal Job TitlePrincipal
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE06000038
DistrictReading
Ward CodeE05013874
WardPark
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001438
Parliamentary ConstituencyReading Central
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE06000038
Easting473728
Northing172606
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Reading 012
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Reading 012A
Inspectorate NameOfsted
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN310079041
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02003400
LSOA CodeE01016401
Free School Meals45
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN139268
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/139268
LAESTAB8704000
School nameUTC Reading
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationUniversity Technical College
School open date02/09/2013
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityReading
Parliamentary constituencyReading Central
Multi-academy trust UID15710
Multi-academy trust nameActivate Learning Education Trust
Academy sponsor UID15722
Academy sponsor nameActivate Learning Education Trust
PostcodeRG1 5RQ
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile2
Total number of pupils395
Statutory lowest age14
Statutory highest age19
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspection1
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10265833
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date07/02/2023
Publication date30/03/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection139268
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8704000
School name at time of latest graded inspectionUTC Reading
School type at time of latest graded inspectionUniversity Technical College
Current school type used for chart C6Academy sponsor led
Overall effectivenessInadequate
Category of concernSWK
Quality of educationRequires Improvement
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires Improvement
Effectiveness of leadership and managementInadequate
Safeguarding is effective?No
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionRequires Improvement
Previous inspection numberITS450066
Previous inspection start date19/05/2015
Previous publication date22/06/2015
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection139268
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8704000
School name at time of previous graded inspectionUTC Reading
School type at time of previous graded inspectionUniversity Technical College
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness1
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionOutstanding

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