Melior Community Academy

Melior Community Academy has shown significant improvement in several areas, reflecting a positive shift in the overall learning environment. Following a period of instability, leaders have successfully enhanced pupils' experiences both academically and personally, leading to improved student behavior and increased confidence in the school's support. The curriculum is now more ambitious, providing a wider range of subjects and opportunities for students, though challenges remain, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. Attendance continues to be a key focus, with strategies in place to address low levels, especially among vulnerable groups.

Strengths

• Teachers model subject-specific vocabulary effectively.
• The curriculum is ambitious with well-structured knowledge progression.
• Pupils' behavior has significantly improved and classrooms are conducive to learning.
• The school provides a broad range of extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities.
• Pupils, including disadvantaged ones, make effective use of enrichment activities.
• Strong relationships exist between staff and pupils, fostering a respectful environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle to meet the school's behavior expectations.
• A minority of disadvantaged pupils achieve less well than they should.
• Teachers do not consistently adapt lessons to meet all pupils' needs.
• Pupils' attendance is low, particularly among disadvantaged groups.
• The school does not consistently use achievement data effectively for improvements.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Melior Community Academy attended 88.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 17.1% of pupils at Melior Community Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 8 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Melior Community Academy had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.6% of pupils at Melior Community Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Melior Community Academy received £8,621 and spent £8,170 for each of its 817 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £738,000 (£903 per pupil).

Across all 62 schools of Delta Academies Trust, income was £7,459 and spending £7,562 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Scunthorpe · North Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Melior Community Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

• Willoughby Road Primary Academy Scunthorpe
• The Vale Academy Brigg
• Worlaby Academy Brigg
• Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School Doncaster
• Goole Academy Goole
• Ash Hill Academy Doncaster
• Crookesbroom Primary Academy Doncaster
• Rossington All Saints Academy Doncaster
• Hull Trinity House Academy Hull
• Pheasant Bank Academy Doncaster

What is Melior Community Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Melior Community Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Melior Community Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Melior Community Academy was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Melior Community Academy have?

Melior Community Academy has 747 pupils on roll.

What age range does Melior Community Academy cover?

Melior Community Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Melior Community Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 42.4, and 48% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Melior Community Academy?

Melior Community Academy is at Chandos Road, Scunthorpe, DN17 1HA.