London Design and Engineering UTC

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Newham
Unique reference
142903
Address
15 University Way, Royal Docks, E16 2RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
792 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
63.8%
Girls
36.2%
First language not English
58.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
36%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 19.3%
Bangladeshi 13.4%
Mixed 11.6%
White British 10.9%
African 10.4%
Pakistani 9.6%
Indian 7.4%
Caribbean 5.1%
Other Asian 4.8%
Other 3.8%
Other Black 2.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 3%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.4
Local authority average 51.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 4.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award37
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE51
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE99
English LiteratureGCSE98
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
101
49
52
Year 10
98
49
49
Year 11
100
65
35
Year 12
275
199
76
Year 13
218
143
75
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
91.0%
85.5%
Further education
29.0%
22.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
55.0%
39.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
28.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
0.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.4%
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
58.0%
71.4%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
33.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
10.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022