Outwood Academy Brumby, Scunthorpe

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy Brumby averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.7 in North Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in North Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 43.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.23: pupils made 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 32.4, against 49.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Hospitality and Catering.

For September 2026 entry, 108 families put Outwood Academy Brumby as their first choice and 220 named it as one of their preferences, for 116 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Outwood Academy Brumby are St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8); Melior Community Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.4); Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); and The St Lawrence Academy (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 43.5).

Outwood Academy Brumby's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Outwood Academy Brumby is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 130 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 38% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

47.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 12.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Scunthorpe Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hampton Road (adjacent), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 401 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, Outwood Academy Brumby issued 655 suspensions, 88.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 9 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy Brumby are Outwood Junior Academy Brumby (under 0.1 miles), Bushfield Road Infant School (0.3 miles), Lincoln Gardens Primary School (0.5 miles) and Frodingham Infant School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.