Outwood Academy Brumby

Outwood Academy Brumby is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education since its last inspection. The school prioritizes the needs of its pupils, focusing on providing equitable access to high-quality education and a range of extracurricular activities. Recent efforts to improve attendance have shown positive results, and students are encouraged to develop both academically and personally. The dedicated leadership team works within the context of Outwood Grange Academies Trust to foster a positive learning environment for all students, including those with special educational needs and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Strengths

• Strong commitment to providing high-quality education
• Effective curriculum supporting deep subject knowledge
• Positive attitudes to learning among pupils
• Successful attendance improvement strategies
• Strong focus on personal development through varied activities
• Effective support for pupils with SEND

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should
• Older pupils have gaps in reading knowledge affecting their curriculum access
• Inconsistent identification and remediation of knowledge gaps for absent pupils

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 Outwood Academy Brumby attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.1% 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, 17.4% of pupils at Outwood Academy Brumby were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 9 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 Outwood Academy Brumby had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.0% 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, 20.2% of pupils at Outwood Academy Brumby were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.2% 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 Outwood Academy Brumby received £8,692 and spent £8,796 for each of its 737 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,040,000 (£1,412 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, income was £8,313 and spending £8,200 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

Outwood Academy Brumby is part of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Outwood Junior Academy Brumby Scunthorpe
• Outwood Academy Foxhills Scunthorpe
• Outwood Academy Danum Doncaster
• Outwood Academy Adwick Doncaster
• Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands Doncaster
• Outwood Academy Valley Worksop
• Outwood Academy Portland Worksop
• Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Pontefract
• Outwood Academy Hemsworth Pontefract
• Outwood Primary Academy Darfield Barnsley

What is Outwood Academy Brumby's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Outwood Academy Brumby last inspected by Ofsted?

Outwood Academy Brumby was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Outwood Academy Brumby have?

Outwood Academy Brumby has 697 pupils on roll.

What age range does Outwood Academy Brumby cover?

Outwood Academy Brumby for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Outwood Academy Brumby's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.4, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Outwood Academy Brumby?

Outwood Academy Brumby is at Cemetery Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1NT.