Winterton Community Academy
| Winterton Community Academy | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Newport Drive , , DN15 9QD England | |
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| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Department for Education URN | 138831 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Kevin Rowlands |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Website | http://www.wintertonca.com/ |
Winterton Community Academy (formerly Winterton Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Winterton, North Lincolnshire, England.[1]
Admissions
[edit | edit source]Winterton Community Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.
History
[edit | edit source]Secondary modern
[edit | edit source]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).
Comprehensive
[edit | edit source]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.[2]
Phase 1 was built in 1972.[3] Mr A Ecclestone was headteacher from 1961 to 1978, who had attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[4]
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.
Notable former pupils
[edit | edit source]Winterton Secondary Modern School
[edit | edit source]- 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-
References
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