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Winterton Community Academy

URN
138831
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Winterton Community Academy
URN
138831
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

61 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

54

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

69

Destinations

30

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#10 of 13 schools in North Lincolnshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Winterton Community Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

What Admissions Advantage can and cannot tell you

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Winterton Community Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
12 February 2025
Inspection date
14 January 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 12 February 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 12 February 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

82

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

96

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

80

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.17×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
North Lincolnshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (North Lincolnshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.wintertonca.com

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select North Lincolnshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

45.3

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

37.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

63.7%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

14.7%

EBacc achievement

Location

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

Contact details

Address
Newport Drive, Winterton, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Postcode
DN15 9QD
Phone
1724732777
Website
http://www.wintertonca.com
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Administrative details

Local authority name
North Lincolnshire
Local authority code
813

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 154 schools in North Lincolnshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

154

Open schools

94

Closed schools

60

Primary schools

100

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 12 February 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 12 February 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 February 202514 January 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 12 February 2025
    12 March 20206 February 2020-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 12 March 2020
    • Inspection

      Published
      12 February 2025
      Inspected
      14 January 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      12 March 2020
      Inspected
      6 February 2020
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    83.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 80

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    10.8%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    77.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    4.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    16.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    27

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary100 (64.9%)
    • Secondary27 (17.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other27 (17.5%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Winterton Comprehensive School with Specialist Status in Engineering0 mSecondaryClosed
    Winterton Church of England Infants' School288 mPrimaryOpen
    Winterton Junior School468 mPrimaryOpen
    Flourish With Us628 mNot applicableClosed
    AALPS College2.5 kmNot applicableOpen
    Winteringham Primary School3.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Alkborough Primary School5.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    Alkborough Primary Academy5.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Burton-upon-Stather Primary School5.8 kmPrimaryClosed
    Burton-Upon-Stather Primary Academy5.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Winterton Comprehensive School with Specialist Status in Engineering
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Winterton Church of England Infants' School
      Distance
      288 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Winterton Junior School
      Distance
      468 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Flourish With Us
      Distance
      628 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (North Lincolnshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Baysgarth SchoolSecondaryDN18 6AEOpen
    Brumby Engineering CollegeSecondaryDN16 1NTClosed
    Engineering UTC Northern LincolnshireSecondaryDN15 6TAOpen
    Frederick Gough SchoolSecondaryDN16 3NGOpen
    FTC Performing Arts CollegeSecondaryDN15 8LJClosed
    • Baysgarth School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DN18 6AE
      Status
      Open
    • Brumby Engineering College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DN16 1NT
      Status
      Closed
    • Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DN15 6TA
      Status
      Open
    • Frederick Gough School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DN16 3NG
      Status
      Open
    • FTC Performing Arts College
    AALPS College
    Distance
    2.5 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Winteringham Primary School
    Distance
    3.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Alkborough Primary School
    Distance
    5.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Alkborough Primary Academy
    Distance
    5.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Burton-upon-Stather Primary School
    Distance
    5.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Burton-Upon-Stather Primary Academy
    Distance
    5.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    DN15 8LJ
    Status
    Closed