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Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire

Secondary · Scunthorpe · DN15 6TA

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 27 June 2023

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At a glance

318 pupils · 53% of 600 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
University technical college
Age range
13–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
35.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.enlutc.co.uk
URN
142130

In figures

Ofsted last graded it Good on 27 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

85 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
38.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
49.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
27.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.8
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) D
20
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school38.2
Median of its 12 closest peers40.8
North Lincolnshire average43.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Crewe Engineering and Design UTCCrewe · 82 miles awayGood32.4
Kidsgrove Secondary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 74 miles awayGood35.9
Scott Medical and Healthcare CollegePlymouth · 267 miles awayGood43.5
Bmat Stem AcademyHarlow · 130 miles awayGood28.1
Lady Hawkins' SchoolKington · 139 miles awayGood43.3
UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy ParkSheffield · 35 miles awayGood (2019)44
UTC South DurhamNewton Aycliffe · 79 miles awayGood39.2
LEAF StudioBournemouth · 203 miles awayGood42.4
St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolAlcester · 108 miles awayGood46
Stafford Manor High SchoolStafford · 83 miles awayUrgent improvement30.6
University Technical College NorfolkNorwich · 105 miles awayGood49.8
Global AcademyMiddlesex · 144 miles awayGood30.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (North Lincolnshire 81%, England 59%) · Any other White background 12% (North Lincolnshire 8%, England 7%) · Not recorded 3% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Lincolnshire 0%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

15.84 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Lincolnshire: 33.13 suspensions and 0.38 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
13.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,470; 20.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,717
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (6%) · supplies and services 14% (11%) · educational supplies 9% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £120,000; in-year balance -£74,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
96%
Continuing in education
80%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
4%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
14%
Apprenticeship
50%
Employment
23%
Any sustained destination
86%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher17.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work13.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health35.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier28.2%62.3%
Social housing46.6%17.1%
Privately rented24.6%20.5%
Detached houses2.7%22.9%
Flats54.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van46.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013331 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£92,500158 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£70,000–£125,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (62)£123,500
Terraced (86)£75,000
Flat (7)£62,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
29an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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