Winterton Community Academy
Winterton Community Academy | |
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Address | |
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Newport Drive , , DN15 9QD England | |
Coordinates | 53°39′33″N 0°35′52″W / 53.65909°N 0.59771°W |
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]Winterton Community Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.
History
[edit]Secondary modern
[edit]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]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
[edit]Winterton Secondary Modern School
[edit]- 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-
- Dave "Ladders" Ladley, professional darts player
- Oliver “franko” Franklin, professional mullet grower
References
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