UTC Swindon
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F25
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Swindon, SN1 5ET
- Distance
- 1.5km away
The Commonweal School
The Mall, Old Town, Swindon, SN1 4JE
Local ranking9th of 14 secondary schools in Swindon
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 217
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 40.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
107
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 295
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1382
- Boys
- 652 (45%)
- Girls
- 790 (55%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (103% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.8%
- EAL
- 19.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 13.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 86.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,470/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 65.7%
- White Other: 7.8%
- Asian Indian: 7.5%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Black African: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
65.7%
White British
7.8%
White Other
7.5%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137190
- UKPRN
- 10034826
- Establishment No.
- 5410
- Trust
- THE COMMONWEAL SCHOOL
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