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