Overall Oxbridge
#466
1 ranked schools · +448 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
26
Offers
3
Offer rate11.5%
-10.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Lincolnshire's third most populous town and the administrative heart of the North Lincolnshire district, Scunthorpe built its identity around ironstone and steel from the 1860s, transforming five villages into one of England's most significant industrial settlements. Around 81,000 people live across the town today, positioned between Doncaster to the west and Grimsby to the east, with Hull reachable to the north-east via the Humber Bridge.
Bottesford is among the most sought-after pockets for primary catchments, while Foxhills has long been a school-competitive corner of Scunthorpe, drawing families seeking primary places. Ashby and Winterton spread the residential reach further. Regular services from Scunthorpe station reach Doncaster in around half an hour, linking the town to the wider Yorkshire and Lincolnshire rail network.
34
Primary
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9
Secondary
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1
All-through
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1
Post-16
colleges
8
Special
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Other
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Area Performance
Across 45 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.22/10, -0.19 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Scunthorpe schools
Scunthorpe vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Scunthorpe schools
top 55% of 14,978
top 55% of 14,978
top 63% of 3,862
top 63% of 3,862
top 61% of 2,555
top 61% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · +448 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
26
Offers
3
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
11
Offers
0
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · +419 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
15
Offers
3
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Scunthorpe
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