Outwood Academy Brumby
Cemetery Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 1NT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Donna Fitzgerald
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Scunthorpe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 860
- Pupils on roll
- 697
- URN
- 139277
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01724708060
About this school
Outwood Academy Brumby is a secondary academy in Scunthorpe. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 697 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Outwood Academy Brumby, and its latest judgement is set out 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 | 159 | 130 | 128 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.7 | 41.5 | 43.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.49 -0.71 to -0.27 | -0.23 -0.48 to +0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 46.2% | 47.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 63.1% | 64.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 26% | 46.9% | 35.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
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 Outwood Academy Brumby 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 | 37.7 | 37.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.5 | 36.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43 | 35.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 772 |
| 2023/24 | 736 |
| 2024/25 | 737 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Outwood Academy Brumby compares
Outwood Academy Brumby ranked 7th 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 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43 | 8.1% | 44.9% | 697 | — |
| St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 47.8 | 6.9% | 29.6% | 694 | 0.6 miles |
| Melior Community Academy | 43.1 | 11.1% | 45.9% | 747 | 0.9 miles |
| Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire | 38.2 | 7.9% | 33.6% | 318 | 0.9 miles |
| The St Lawrence Academy | 41.1 | 10.5% | 44.9% | 789 | 1.2 miles |
| Frederick Gough School | 42.2 | 9.5% | 28.8% | 1,334 | 1.3 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)
- 44.91%
- English as an additional language
- 12.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.06%
- Persistent absence
- 22.12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
-
Melior Community Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
-
Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire0.9 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
-
The St Lawrence Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
-
Frederick Gough School1.3 miles
Secondary · Scunthorpe
Other schools in Scunthorpe
Outwood Academy Brumby ranks 4th of the 8 ranked secondary schools in Scunthorpe.
- Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire Secondary
- Frederick Gough School Secondary
- Melior Community Academy 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 ages does Outwood Academy Brumby teach?
- Outwood Academy Brumby teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Scunthorpe.
- Who is the principal of Outwood Academy Brumby?
- The principal of Outwood Academy Brumby is Mrs Donna Fitzgerald, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Outwood Academy Brumby been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Outwood Academy Brumby, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Outwood Academy Brumby?
- Outwood Academy Brumby has 697 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Outwood Academy Brumby full?
- Outwood Academy Brumby has capacity for 860 pupils and 697 on roll (81%), 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 Outwood Academy Brumby a faith school?
- No. Outwood Academy Brumby has no designated religious character.
- Is Outwood Academy Brumby a selective school?
- No. Outwood Academy Brumby is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Outwood Academy Brumby part of an academy trust?
- Outwood Academy Brumby is part of OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Outwood Academy Brumby's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.7 in 2022/23 and 43 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Outwood Academy Brumby compare with other schools in North Lincolnshire?
- Outwood Academy Brumby ranked 7th 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 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Outwood Academy Brumby's absence rate?
- Outwood Academy Brumby's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Outwood Academy Brumby's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Outwood Academy Brumby'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.