Crewe Engineering and Design UTC
Crewe Engineering and Design UTC is a mixed secondary free school in Crewe, Cheshire East Council, teaching 299 pupils aged 14 to 19. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in November 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 32.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Crewe Engineering and Design UTC.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Crewe Engineering and Design UTC.
- 1–2 Inset Days
- 3 Autumn Term starts - All Students in
- 1 Inset Twilight - Students leave at 2pm
- 24 Break up for Half Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 School Reopens after Half Term
- 19 Break up for Christmas
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday (inc Bank Holidays)
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday (inc Bank Holidays)
- 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 Inset Day
- 6 Spring Term starts - All Students in
- 13 Break up for Half Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 School Reopens after Half Term - All Students in
- 27 Break up for Easter
- 30–31 Easter Holiday (inc Bank Holidays)
- 1–10 Easter Holiday (inc Bank Holidays)
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 13 Inset Day
- 14 Summer Term starts - All Students in
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Break up for Half Term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday (inc Bank Holiday)
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School Reopens after Half Term - All Students in
- 17 End of Summer Term
- 18–31 Summer Holiday (approx six weeks)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (approx six weeks)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday (approx six weeks)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term starts - All Students in Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Inset Twilight - Students leave at 2pm Oct 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Break up for Half Term Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School Reopens after Half Term Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- Break up for Christmas Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday (inc Bank Holidays) Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term starts - All Students in Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Break up for Half Term Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School Reopens after Half Term - All Students in Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
- Break up for Easter Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (inc Bank Holidays) Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term starts - All Students in Apr 14, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Break up for Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday (inc Bank Holiday) May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School Reopens after Half Term - All Students in Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday (approx six weeks) Jul 18 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Crewe Engineering and Design UTC with Cheshire East Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 32.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 20 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 31.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 85% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 77% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Crewe Engineering and Design UTC. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Crewe Engineering and Design UTC than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.