Winterton Community Academy, Scunthorpe

In its own words: "We are very much a community school with an ethos which highlights our commitment to meeting the wide range of needs and challenges for young people growing up in a modern society. This is highlighted through our mission to do all that we can to ensure that students attending our school are safe, happy and successful."

In 2026, pupils at Winterton Community Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.7 in North Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in North Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.31: 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 44, against 52.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 17 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 77 families put Winterton Community Academy as their first choice and 109 named it as one of their preferences, for 78 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 Winterton Community Academy are Outwood Academy Foxhills (4.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.1); Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire (5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College (5.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.1); and The St Lawrence Academy (5.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 43.5).

Winterton Community Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

61 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Winterton Community Academy (as of September 2025): 54% would recommend the school, 67% say their child is happy there and 23% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (72%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (23%).

Of the 107 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 74% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

3.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Winterton Community Academy.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Comprehensive School (in), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 19 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in North Lincolnshire (41).

In 2024/25, Winterton Community Academy issued 39 suspensions, 7.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Winterton Community Academy are Winterton Church of England Infants' School (0.2 miles) and Winterton Junior School (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.