Outwood Academy FoxhillsOutwood Academy Brumby

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Scunthorpe.

Summary of the comparison

Outwood Academy Foxhills and Outwood Academy Brumby are secondary schools in Scunthorpe.

  • Outwood Academy Foxhills scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Outwood Academy Brumby scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average). Outwood Academy Foxhills is ahead on our composite score.

  • Outwood Academy Foxhills was judged Outstanding and Outwood Academy Brumby was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 45.1 for Outwood Academy Foxhills and 43.4 for Outwood Academy Brumby.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Outwood Academy Foxhills (45.2 in 2021-22, 45.1 in 2025-26) and has risen at Outwood Academy Brumby (41.3 in 2021-22, 43.4 in 2025-26).

Side-by-side comparison

Outwood Academy Foxhills versus Outwood Academy Brumby compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ScunthorpeOutwood Academy FoxhillsScunthorpeOutwood Academy BrumbyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC69/100Stronger figureC56/100
Local ranking1st of 14 in North Lincolnshire Stronger figure5th of 14 in North Lincolnshire
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy sponsor led
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll721 697
Capacity750 860
LocationScunthorpe, DN15 8LJ Scunthorpe, DN16 1NT
GCSE results
Attainment 845.1 Stronger figure43.4 46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths54.3% Stronger figure50.7% 46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths67.1% Stronger figure64.0% 64.8%
Cohort140 136
Pupils
Pupils in the census734 737
Free school meals (ever 6)32.0% 44.9%
English as an additional language31.5% 12.3%
SEN support17.2% 18.1%
SEN with an EHC plan3.1% 3.1%
Attendance
Overall absence8.6% 8.1% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.6% Stronger figure22.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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