North East Futures UTC

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 9 2023 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
Newcastle upon Tyne
Unique reference
145900
Address
Stephenson Square, Stephenson Quarter, NE1 3AS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
340 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
58.2%
Girls
41.8%
First language not English
22.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.5%
Persistent absence
33.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.5%
Other 7.6%
Mixed 5.3%
Other Asian 4.1%
Other White 3.8%
Pakistani 3.8%
Indian 3.5%
African 3.2%
Unclassified 2.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.74
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.4
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 1%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.5
Local authority average 42.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.56
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE75
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE73
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE58
English LanguageGCSE82
English LiteratureGCSE77
GeographyGCSE11
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
131
74
57
Year 11
142
79
63
Year 12
31
19
12
Year 13
36
26
10
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.5%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
33.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
34.0%
48.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
56.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
15.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
30.0%
14.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
7.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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