Winterton Community Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire·DN15 9QD
Composite score
56.6
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#1,659
National rank
#152
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#5
In North Lincolnshire
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.87

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
77 first choices, 78 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
109
any preference, for 78 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8520221.0020230.9820240.9820250.992026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Winterton Community Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
504
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,529
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
82%
79 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
77%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Winterton Community Academy at a glance

Located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, Winterton Community Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 504 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.3 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 0.9 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Winterton Community Academy their first choice was offered one of its 78 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 82% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. Winterton Community Academy 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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