Crewe Engineering and Design UTC
West Street, Crewe, CW1 2PZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr William Chitty
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 400
- Pupils on roll
- 299
- URN
- 142890
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01270218150
About this school
Crewe Engineering and Design UTC is a secondary school in Crewe. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 299 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 84 | 79 | 101 |
| Attainment 8 score | 22.8 | 32.8 | 32.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.75 -2.06 to -1.44 | -1.00 -1.32 to -0.68 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 5% | 20.3% | 18.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 19% | 35.4% | 44.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Crewe Engineering and Design UTC has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cheshire East average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22.8 | 37.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.8 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 32.4 | 37.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 256 |
| 2024/25 | 305 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crewe Engineering and Design UTC compares
Crewe Engineering and Design UTC ranked 20th of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32.4 | 10.8% | 34.8% | 299 | — |
| Cheshire Studio School | 24 | 18.3% | 50% | 0 | 0.0 miles |
| Sir William Stanier School | 28.4 | 13.6% | 46.2% | 633 | 0.6 miles |
| Ruskin Community High School | 37.9 | 9.1% | 32.7% | 713 | 0.8 miles |
| The Oaks Academy | 35.4 | 7.6% | 49.4% | 681 | 0.9 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic High School | 47.7 | 6.7% | 19.3% | 642 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.8%
- English as an additional language
- 14.1%
- Overall absence
- 10.75%
- Persistent absence
- 31.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cheshire Studio School0.0 miles
Secondary · Crewe
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Sir William Stanier School0.6 miles
Secondary · Crewe
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Ruskin Community High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Crewe
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The Oaks Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Crewe
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St Thomas More Catholic High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Crewe
Other schools in Crewe
Crewe Engineering and Design UTC ranks 6th of the 8 ranked secondary schools in Crewe.
- Cheshire Studio School Secondary
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Secondary
- Madeley High School Secondary
- Ruskin Community High School Secondary
- Sir William Stanier School Secondary
- St Thomas More Catholic High School Secondary
- The Oaks Academy Secondary
- Westminster Nursery School Nursery
- Audlem St James' CofE Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Betley CofE VC Primary School Primary
- Brierley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crewe Engineering and Design UTC teach?
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a secondary school in Crewe.
- Who is the headteacher of Crewe Engineering and Design UTC?
- The headteacher of Crewe Engineering and Design UTC is Mr William Chitty, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crewe Engineering and Design UTC last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crewe Engineering and Design UTC, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Crewe Engineering and Design UTC?
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC has 299 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is Crewe Engineering and Design UTC full?
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC has capacity for 400 pupils and 299 on roll (75%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Crewe Engineering and Design UTC a faith school?
- No. Crewe Engineering and Design UTC has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Crewe Engineering and Design UTC?
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC is part of THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Crewe Engineering and Design UTC's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 22.8 in 2022/23 and 32.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crewe Engineering and Design UTC rank locally?
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC ranked 20th of 22 secondary schools in Cheshire East for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crewe Engineering and Design UTC's absence rate?
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC's overall absence rate is 10.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crewe Engineering and Design UTC's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crewe Engineering and Design UTC's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 2 July 2026.