Energy Coast UTC

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

383

Places

560

How full

68% full — 383 of 560 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

144 / 239

Overall absence

10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

35%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

33%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

0%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

1%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

89%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

61%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

18%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

34%

No sustained destination

7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

122

After sixth form

Went to university

7%

England 50%

In education, work or training

90%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

45%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

58

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

13%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

63

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Allerdale 011C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

30%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

17%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

96%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

1%

England 17%

Households with no car

7%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

46%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

University technical college

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 14–19

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

ENERGY COAST UTC

Headteacher

Principal: Cherry Tingle

Local authority

Cumberland

Ward

Harrington

Constituency

Whitehaven and Workington

URN

140600

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.