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Uppingham Community College

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formRutland, East Midlands · Uppingham LE15 9TJTrust: Discovery Schools Academies Trust LtdSchool website
Pupils on roll
919of 915 places
Free school meals
15.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
179
Ofsted
School remains Good, 8 March 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Uppingham Community College (URN 120312, until 1 April 2011).

What the data says

Uppingham Community College has no sixth form. Of the 174 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.

Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.4 against 46.1 across England and 50.4 in Rutland, with 53% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Uppingham Community College is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Rutland and England.

Uppingham Community College
Rutland
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureUppingham Community CollegeRutlandEngland
Pupils in the cohort174551607,348
Any sustained destination94%94%92%
Stayed in education85%86%86%
— school sixth form43%41%34%
— sixth form college3%1%13%
— further education college36%42%37%
— other education3%3%2%
Apprenticeship6%5%3%
Employment3%3%3%
No sustained destination3%3%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureUppingham Community CollegeRutlandEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)49.450.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%54%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%77%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects28%46%41%
EBacc average point score4.274.524.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort17%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.540.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.452.750.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language8%7%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics17799%88%23%22%82%
English Language17799%89%25%20%75%
English Literature17296%86%23%21%85%
Geography10961%41%25%25%63%
History10659%41%27%26%56%
Combined Science9955%65%4%9%62%
Business Studies8447%18%19%20%65%
Physics7542%23%31%46%89%
Biology7542%23%41%45%93%
Chemistry7542%23%27%47%89%
Design and Technology5732%11%35%23%81%
Physical Education4223%11%40%24%86%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3419%8%6%21%62%
French2916%18%31%29%93%
Religious Studies2816%31%29%32%68%
Art and Design2715%7%33%24%93%
Citizenship Studies2313%3%0%19%78%
Spanish158%19%33%27%93%
German137%5%31%33%100%
Drama127%7%58%27%92%
Music106%5%30%33%80%
Computer Science42%13%30%
Portuguese11%0%50%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies27

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.