Winterton Community Academy

Winterton Community Academy (formerly Winterton Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Winterton, North Lincolnshire, England.

1. Admissions

Winterton Community Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

1. History


1. = Secondary modern =

The school began as Winterton Secondary Modern School. Grammar school for Winterton was Scunthorpe Grammar School (now St Lawrence Academy, Scunthorpe, and previously High Ridge School).

1. = Comprehensive =

It became comprehensive with the rest of Scunthorpe in 1968. The new comprehensive was for Alkborough, Appleby, Roxby-cum-Risby, West Halton, Whitton, and Winteringham. After further enlargement it would be for 300 more children, to include Flixborough and Burton-upon-Stather. It cost £147,309 for 450 to 750 places. Phase 1 was built in 1972. Mr A Ecclestone was headteacher from 1961 to 1978, who had attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Previously a community school administered by North Lincolnshire Council, Winterton Comprehensive School converted to academy status on 1 October 2012 and was renamed Winterton Community Academy.

1. Notable former pupils


1. = Winterton Secondary Modern School =

Liz Redfern, Baroness Redfern, Conservative Leader from 2006–07 and 2011-17 of North Lincolnshire Council Matt Houlbrook, Author and Professor of Cultural History at Birmingham University 2017- Scott Lindsey, former professional footballer and Manager of League 2 team Crawley Town 2023-

1. References


1. External links

Winterton Community Academy official website

Nearby Places View Menu

Winterton Rangers F.C.

Winterton Rangers F.C. are a football club based in Winterton, North Lincolnshire, England. They play in the Northern Counties East League Division One.

Cricket Rugby

All Saints Church, Winterton

All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the town of Winterton, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church stands close to the center of the town within a Conservation Area, 6 miles (10 km) north of Scunthorpe, to the west of the A15 road. The church is a constituent of the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register and has a priority category of C, signifying slow decay. As of 2018, the church is an active place of worship and local social hub, serving a community of almost 5,000 people. In addition to twice weekly Anglican services, the church hosts a Roman Catholic service each Saturday.

Church Historic Site

Winterton, Lincolnshire

Winterton is a market town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Scunthorpe. The 2021 census found 4,765 inhabitants living in the town. Winterton is located near the banks of the Humber and is 8 miles (13 km) south-west of the Humber Bridge which can be seen from many parts of the town. As of 2022, the mayor of Winterton is Marilynne Harrison.

Landmark Neighbourhood

West Halton railway station

West Halton railway station was a station in West Halton, Lincolnshire. The station was built by the North Lindsey Light Railway on its line from Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane) railway station to Whitton in north Lincolnshire. The station was opened with the first section of the line (between Scunthorpe, where there was a junction with the Great Central Railway, and West Halton) on 3 September 1906; the line was extended from West Halton to Winteringham Haven on 15 July 1907. Following this extension, the passenger service along the line consisted of three trains each way between Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane) and Winteringham, which called at Winterton and Thealby and West Halton. The station closed on 13 July 1925.

Historic Site Landmark