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Secondary school in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire

Winterton Community Academy

Newport Drive, Winterton, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, DN15 9QD

School website 01724732777

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 14 January 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

45.3 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

37% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

64% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.9 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

15% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.31confidence interval -0.59 to -0.03

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
477
Places
720
How full
66% full — 477 of 720 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
245 / 232
Overall absence
8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
25%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
30%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
3%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
19%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
82%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
77%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
0%
No sustained destination
16%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
79

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for North Lincolnshire 003A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
26%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
17%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
81%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
2%

England 17%

Households with no car
12%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
43%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
WINTERTON COMMUNITY ACADEMY
Headteacher
Headteacher: Kevin Rowlands
Local authority
North Lincolnshire
Ward
Burton upon Stather & Winterton
Constituency
Scunthorpe
URN
138831

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Outwood Academy FoxhillsAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 40.4 4.9 mi
Engineering UTC Northern LincolnshireUniversity technical college Good 2023 38.2 5 mi
South Hunsley School and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter Good 2024 52.5 5.4 mi
The St Lawrence AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2023 41.1 5.5 mi
Outwood Academy BrumbyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 43 5.9 mi
OneSchool Global UK Ridgeway CampusOther independent school No grade 6.2 mi
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 47.8 6.5 mi
Melior Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 43.1 6.7 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy ParkUniversity technical college No grade 44
Beechwood SchoolAcademy converter No grade 36
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern EdgeAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 44.3
Oulton AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2024 44.9
George Eliot AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 45.8
St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)Academy converter Good 2023 45
Lodge Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 33.5
The Royal School, WolverhamptonFree schools No grade 43.3

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.