Winterton Community Academy
Newport Drive, Winterton, Scunthorpe, DN15 9QDOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Winterton Community Academy is a secondary school in Scunthorpe for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 90 schools in North Lincolnshire. It ranks 5th of 8 secondary schools in Scunthorpe. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025, report published 12 February 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 14 January 2025
Winterton Community Academy is a friendly and caring school. Staff are committed to providing an inclusive school experience for all. The school's established values of hard work, positivity and respect have been recently extended to include community, diversity and ambition. These values are understood by all. The relationships between teachers and pupils are positive, creating a feeling of unity throughout the school. Pupils feel safe, and they know they can approach staff if they have any concerns. Pupils are confident and able to express their thoughts and opinions. Staff want the pupils to succeed and expand their knowledge of the world. The atmosphere in the school is calm, and pupils behave well during lessons and while socialising. Staff and pupils understand the school's behaviour expectations. Incidents of poor behaviour are low. In lessons, there is very little low-level disruption. Parents and carers praise the school for its supportive environment. They appreciate the warm welcome new pupils receive and the regular communications with parents. As a result, pupils quickly settle into life at the school.
What the school should improve
- Senior leaders, and those responsible for governance, do not always have a close enough oversight of work to assess and improve the school's quality of education. It is not always clear what the school is trying to improve, how this will be achieved or whether it is working. The school must ensure that actions to improve the curriculum are thought through sufficiently well. Leaders and those responsible for governance should ensure that the school's actions to improve the quality of education are effective.
- The curriculum is not implemented effectively in all subjects. Sometimes, teachers design work and activities which do not help pupils to learn the important knowledge securely enough. As a result, not all pupils learn as well as they could. The school should ensure that teachers are supported to deliver the curriculum effectively so that pupils learn and achieve well in all subjects.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
102 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
477 pupils on roll, with places for 720
Schools near Winterton Community Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood Academy Foxhills | 5 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | Attainment 8: 40.4 |
| Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 38.2 |
| South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 52.5 |
| The St Lawrence Academy | 5 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Attainment 8: 41.1 |
| Outwood Academy Brumby | 6 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 43.0 |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- WINTERTON COMMUNITY ACADEMY
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Kevin Rowlands
- Phone
- 01724732777
- Address
- Newport Drive, Winterton, Scunthorpe, DN15 9QD
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
- URN
- 138831
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.