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Academy sponsor led · North Northamptonshire

Corby Business Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,188Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135306URN

Academy Way, Gretton Road, Corby, NN17 5EB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.4 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

498 applications for 200 places · 6th of 21 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.9of 90
14th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 April 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

498 applications · 200 places offered · 146 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.5; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.4; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.5; North Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.3; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.6; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 2.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262004982.51460.73
Sep 20251944592.41490.77
Sep 20241905142.71981.04
Sep 20231944302.21510.78
Sep 20221934772.51690.88
Sep 20211963781.91170.60
Sep 20201894422.31580.84
Sep 20191935102.61510.78
Sep 20181884392.31200.64
Sep 20171845402.91971.07
Sep 20161824772.61190.65
Sep 20151864792.61750.94
Sep 20141974192.11680.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

194 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.914th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%12th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.08
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19441.939%56%–
2024/2519739.028%50%–
2023/2420744.844%67%+0.08
2022/2318740.340%55%0.00

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135306 · 940/6906
Trust
The Brooke Weston Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,188 on roll
Free school meals
27.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 September 2008
Replaced
Corby Community College (URN 132050)
Address
Academy Way, Gretton Road, Corby, NN17 5EB
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources