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Outwood Academy Brumby

Secondary · Scunthorpe · DN16 1NT

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 May 2024

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At a glance

697 pupils · 81% of 860 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
47.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.brumby.outwood.com/
URN
139277

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 108 families named it first for 116 Year 7 places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 14 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

116 places offered · 108 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

128 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
43
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
64.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
47.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school43
Median of its 12 closest peers38.2
North Lincolnshire average43.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Southchurch High SchoolSouthend-On-Sea · 152 miles awayNeeds attention38.7
Staffordshire University AcademyCannock · 83 miles awayGood32.9
Lift TamworthTamworth · 79 miles awayGood36.1
Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeSkelmersdale · 88 miles awayGood41.5
Kearsley AcademyBolton · 72 miles awayStrong standard51.8
Oasis Academy MayfieldSouthampton · 188 miles awayGood37
University Academy Long SuttonSpalding · 63 miles awayUrgent improvement32.4
Magnus Church of England AcademyNewark · 36 miles awayRequires improvement35.7
The Cornerstone AcademyPoole · 206 miles awayExpected standard41
Perryfields AcademyOldbury · 95 miles awayGood43.8
The Eastbourne AcademyEastbourne · 196 miles awaySerious weaknesses37.7
George Eliot AcademyNuneaton · 81 miles awayExpected standard45.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 81% (North Lincolnshire 81%, England 59%) · Any other White background 10% (North Lincolnshire 8%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

88.87 suspensions per 100 pupils and 9 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Lincolnshire: 33.13 suspensions and 0.38 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63% of teachers took sickness absence, 17.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,625; 11.6% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,475
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (6%) · supplies and services 10% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£179,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
84%
Continuing in education
72%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
4%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.3%62.3%
Social housing18.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.6%20.5%
Detached houses11.5%22.9%
Flats12.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013314 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£140,000312 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£116,500–£165,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (31)£177,000
Semi-detached (211)£143,000
Terraced (60)£111,500
Flat (10)£76,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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