Winterton Community Academy

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Winterton Community Academy
Address
Winterton Community Academy
Newport Drive

, ,
DN15 9QD

England
Coordinates 53°39′33″N0°35′52″W / 53.65909°N 0.59771°W / 53.65909; -0.59771
Information
Type Academy
Department for Education URN 138831 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherKevin Rowlands
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 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]

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Admissions

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

History

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).

Comprehensive

It became comprehensive with the rest of Scunthorpe in 1968. 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

Winterton Secondary Modern School

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References

  1. "Home". wintertonca.com.