Mulberry UTC

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Mar 18 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Unique reference
144756
Address
64 Parnell Road, E3 2RU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
510 (59% of total capacity)
Boys
24.9%
Girls
75.1%
First language not English
39%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.5%
Persistent absence
56.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 50.6%
African 13.7%
Mixed 10.8%
White British 5.1%
Other 4.3%
Caribbean 4.1%
Other White 3.7%
Pakistani 2.5%
Indian 2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 54%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 15%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30
Local authority average 47.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.27
Local authority average 4.26
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
ArabicGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE39
English LiteratureGCSE39
ItalianGCSE1
MathematicsGCSE39
Religious StudiesGCSE20
SociologyGCSE33
Science: Double AwardGCSE37
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award20
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
35
8
27
Year 11
40
14
26
Year 12
267
76
191
Year 13
167
29
138
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
64.0%
92.3%
85.5%
Further education
24.0%
23.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
28.0%
65.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
12.0%
3.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
12.0%
2.1%
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
72.0%
59.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022