Energy Coast UTC

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 7 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cumberland
Unique reference
140600
Address
Blackwood Road, Lillyhall, CA14 4JW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
387 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
66.4%
Girls
33.6%
First language not English
0.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.2%
Persistent absence
32.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
0.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 97.2%
Mixed 1.4%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other White 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 32%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 12%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 24.2
Local authority average 42.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.3
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE128
English LiteratureGCSE106
MathematicsGCSE128
Science: Double AwardGCSE128
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
141
85
56
Year 11
129
97
32
Year 12
82
59
23
Year 13
35
16
19
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
61.0%
73.6%
85.5%
Further education
27.0%
36.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
34.0%
37.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
5.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
18.0%
12.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
13.0%
n/a
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
n/a
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
32.0%
n/a
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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