Ron Dearing UTC

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 7 2025 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
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Unique reference
144766
Address
Kingston Square, HU2 8BQ
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
863 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
71.0%
Girls
29.0%
First language not English
7.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.4%
Persistent absence
3.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.7%
Unclassified 6.3%
Other White 5.3%
Mixed 3.1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other 0.7%
African 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.8
Local authority average 40.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.43
Local authority average 3.52
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
BiologyGCSE170
ChemistryGCSE170
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE60
English LanguageGCSE217
English LiteratureGCSE216
MathematicsGCSE217
Art & Design (Photography)GCSE18
PhysicsGCSE169
StatisticsGCSE1
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
223
142
81
Year 11
217
163
54
Year 12
222
155
67
Year 13
201
153
48
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
74.6%
85.5%
Further education
6.0%
23.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
68.0%
17.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
33.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
7.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
11.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.5%
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
31.0%
56.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
12.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
3.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
12.0%
2.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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