School profile
North East Futures UTC
Stephenson Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 3AS
Overview
North East Futures UTC is a state-funded school (university technical college) in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, for pupils aged 14–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- University technical college
- Establishment group
- Free Schools
- Phase of education
- Secondary
- Age range
- Ages 14–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 314
- URN
- 145900
Admissions
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Academy trust or group
- TYNE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 294
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 306
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
2024/25 results
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 35.4
- England
- 47.1
Pupils included: 125
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 33.6%
- England
- 46.5%
Pupils included: 125
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 54.4%
- England
- 66.4%
Pupils included: 125
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 3.2%
- England
- 41.5%
Pupils included: 125
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 · Published 19 June 2025
Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)
Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Good
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Stephenson Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 3AS
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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