Winterton Community Academy

Winterton Community Academy
Winterton Community Academy
Address
	Newport Drive; Winterton, Lincolnshire, 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

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. 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

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-

References

^ "Home". wintertonca.com.
^ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Wednesday 6 January 1971, page 9
^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 29 January 1973, page 4
^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 12 May 1978, page 11

External links

Winterton Community Academy official website

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[1] "Home". wintertonca.com.

[2] Grimsby Evening Telegraph Wednesday 6 January 1971, page 9

[3] Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 29 January 1973, page 4

[4] Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 12 May 1978, page 11

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See also	Schools in Lincolnshire Schools in North East Lincolnshire Schools in North Lincolnshire Educational establishments in South Kesteven