Melior Community Academy
Chandos Road, Scunthorpe, DN17 1HA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Amber Bradley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Delta Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Scunthorpe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 747
- URN
- 139059
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01724868666
About this school
Melior Community Academy is a secondary academy in Scunthorpe. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 747 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 151 | 159 | 163 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.7 | 37.0 | 43.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.26 -0.49 to -0.03 | -0.54 -0.76 to -0.31 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 30.2% | 43.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 52.8% | 62% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 26% | 22% | 30.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Melior Community Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.7 | 37.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37 | 36.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.1 | 35.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 856 |
| 2023/24 | 872 |
| 2024/25 | 817 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Melior Community Academy compares
Melior Community Academy ranked 6th of 14 secondary schools in North Lincolnshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.1 | 11.1% | 45.9% | 747 | — |
| St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 47.8 | 6.9% | 29.6% | 694 | 0.8 miles |
| Outwood Academy Brumby | 43 | 8.1% | 44.9% | 697 | 0.9 miles |
| Frederick Gough School | 42.2 | 9.5% | 28.8% | 1,334 | 1.2 miles |
| The St Lawrence Academy | 41.1 | 10.5% | 44.9% | 789 | 1.4 miles |
| Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire | 38.2 | 7.9% | 33.6% | 318 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.9%
- English as an additional language
- 12.4%
- Overall absence
- 11.08%
- Persistent absence
- 29.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
-
Outwood Academy Brumby0.9 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
-
Frederick Gough School1.2 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
-
The St Lawrence Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
-
Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire1.7 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
Other schools in Scunthorpe
Melior Community Academy ranks 3rd of the 8 ranked secondary schools in Scunthorpe.
- Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire Secondary
- Frederick Gough School Secondary
- Outwood Academy Brumby Secondary
- Outwood Academy Foxhills Secondary
- St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy Secondary
- The St Lawrence Academy Secondary
- Winterton Community Academy Secondary
- Alkborough Primary Academy Primary
- Althorpe and Keadby Primary School Primary
- Berkeley Primary School Primary
- Bottesford Infant School Primary
- Bottesford Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Melior Community Academy teach?
- Melior Community Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Scunthorpe.
- Who is the headteacher of Melior Community Academy?
- The headteacher of Melior Community Academy is Miss Amber Bradley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Melior Community Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Melior Community Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Melior Community Academy?
- Melior Community Academy has 747 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Melior Community Academy full?
- Melior Community Academy has capacity for 900 pupils and 747 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Melior Community Academy a faith school?
- No. Melior Community Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Melior Community Academy a selective school?
- No. Melior Community Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Melior Community Academy?
- Melior Community Academy is part of DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Melior Community Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.7 in 2022/23 and 43.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Melior Community Academy rank locally?
- Melior Community Academy ranked 6th of 14 secondary schools in North Lincolnshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Melior Community Academy's absence rate?
- Melior Community Academy's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Melior Community Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Melior Community Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.