Mulberry UTC

University technical college·Secondary school London, Tower Hamlets·E3 2RU
Composite score
37.9
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#3,142
National rank
#480
In London
#17
In Tower Hamlets
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
30.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
18%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
35%
% EBacc grade 5+
0%
EBacc average points score
2.28

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

School profile

Age range
14–19
Pupils on roll
510
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
62.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
39.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
13.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
39.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,171
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
76%
25 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
64%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
8%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Mulberry UTC at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, Mulberry UTC is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a university technical college. The school educates roughly 510 pupils aged 14 to 19. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 30.3, well below the national average of 46. That is down 3.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

18% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 35% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. After Year 11, 76% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 13.6%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 63% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Mulberry UTC does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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