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London Design and Engineering UTC[1]

Secondary · ages 14–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 47.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.38 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 49.5[6] 53.5%[6]
2023/24 43.5[4] 45.5%[4] -0.38[4]
2022/23 46.5[7] 51%[7] -0.33[7]
2021/22 49.5[8] 54%[8] -0.27[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 9.1%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 16%[12]
2018/19 D-[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
55% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 71%[15] 6%[15] 17%[15] 3%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 57%[16] 12%[16] 19%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 62%[17] 8%[17] 24%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 73%[18] 7%[18] 11%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
73% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
41% 2022/23[19]
Education
44% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
9% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[20] 45%[20] 48%[20] 13%[20] 20%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 57%[21] 61%[21] 7%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 76%[22] 34%[22] 56%[22] 6%[22] 13%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 41%[23] 58%[23] 15%[23] 9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
58% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
12% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 67%[26] 13%[26]
2019/20 62%[25] 13%[25] 12%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 59%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 52%[28] 2%[28] 1%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
18 Nov 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
22 Jan 2026[29]
Inclusion
Exceptional[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Exceptional[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Exceptional[29]
Leadership and governance
Exceptional[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Mar 2022[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
16 Oct 2018[31] S5 Inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
University technical college[1]
Ages
14–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
LONDON DESIGN & ENGINEERING UTC[1]
Local authority
Newham[1]
Website
www.ldeutc.co.uk[1]
District
Newham[32]
Postcode
E16 2RD[1]
URN
142903[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
792 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
58.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
8.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
30.7%[34]
Mixed
11.2%[34]
Asian
35.6%[34]
Black
17.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.7%[34]
Unclassified
0.1%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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