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Academy sponsor led · North Northamptonshire

Brooke Weston Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,154Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135317URN

Coomb Road, Corby, Great Oakley, NN18 8LA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.7per place
1.6 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

664 applications for 180 places · 1st of 21 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.5of 90
6th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
3.7applications per place, Year 7
1.6 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 1.5 above England median (2.2)

664 applications · 180 places offered · 291 named it first

  1. 2026 3.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.9; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 4.1; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 4.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 5.6; North Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 5.4; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 5.0; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 5.5; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 5.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 4.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 4.5; North Northamptonshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 5.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 4.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 13 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 20261806643.72911.62
Sep 20251746753.92951.70
Sep 20241636614.12971.82
Sep 20231767454.23562.02
Sep 20221679285.63622.17
Sep 20211769525.44432.52
Sep 20201798965.03932.20
Sep 20191709365.54172.45
Sep 20181748665.04342.49
Sep 20171768044.63522.00
Sep 20161777944.53612.04
Sep 20151758695.04022.30
Sep 20141797214.03501.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

182 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.56th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%3rd of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.54
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18246.554%73%–
2024/2518250.559%75%–
2023/2418852.867%81%+0.54
2022/2318052.657%78%+0.57

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
135317 · 940/6907
Trust
The Brooke Weston Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,154 on roll
Free school meals
20.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2008
Replaced
Brooke Weston CTC (URN 122153)
Address
Coomb Road, Corby, Great Oakley, NN18 8LA
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

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