Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire, Scunthorpe

In 2026, pupils at Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.7 in North Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in North Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 38.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.89: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.6, against 43.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 14 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Engineering Studies, Combined Science and Health Studies.

Across North Lincolnshire, 96% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in North Lincolnshire lodged 22 appeals against secondary school offers; 18 reached a hearing and 4 succeeded (22.2% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire are Outwood Academy Brumby (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4); The St Lawrence Academy (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 43.5); Outwood Academy Foxhills (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.1); and St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire.

Of the 75 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 24% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 12 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 17% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 33% into work.

35.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 11.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 52 pupils (16.4%) received SEN support and 1 (0.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire had 24 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Scunthorpe Rail Station, about 830 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bus Station (stand h), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 388 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Lincolnshire (41), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire issued 51 suspensions, 15.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire are Scunthorpe CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), Frodingham Infant School (0.4 miles), Crosby Primary School (0.7 miles) and Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.