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London Design and Engineering UTC

15 University Way, Royal Docks, London, E16 2RD

LONDON DESIGN & ENGINEERING UTC is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance93.6%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.38
AdmissionsNot published
Pupils854

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (16 Oct 2018).

  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in E16. Where we have them, council (Newham) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
854
Free school meals
53.3%
20.1% above district average (33.2%)

Also: Newham 45.1% · England 25.8%

SEN
10.7%
11.1% below district average (21.8%)

Also: Newham 11.8% · England 16.5%

EAL
58.6%
3.1% below district average (61.7%)
Attendance
93.6%
2.2% below district average (95.8%)

Also: Newham 93.3% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the E16 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

19%

2.9% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.38

0.38 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

49.5

2.8 above England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

53.5%

7.3% above England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

68.7%

2.8% above England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

3%

38.1% below England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

3.88

0.3 below England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 96.4%
    2020/21
  • 91.6%
    2021/22
  • 91.2%
    2022/23
  • 92.1%
    2023/24
  • 93%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
600
Pupils on roll
854

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Newham page.

SEN support

SEN %
10.7%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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