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Kettering Buccleuch Academy

  • 4–18Ages
  • 1,808Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • ChristianReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135966URN

Weekley Glebe Road, Kettering, NN16 9NS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.7per place
1.5 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

661 applications for 180 places · 2nd of 21 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.4of 90
2nd of 19 in North Northamptonshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 19 October 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.5 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

661 applications · 180 places offered · 264 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

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

  1. 2026 3.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 4.4; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 3.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.8; North Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 3.1; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 3.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 3.0; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 3.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.5; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median

Reception entry, September 2026: 2.6 per place (155 applications for 60 places).

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

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 20261806613.72641.47
Sep 20251746433.72591.49
Sep 20241657214.43221.95
Sep 20231756373.62671.53
Sep 20221774952.81971.11
Sep 20211795463.12481.39
Sep 20201735543.22551.47
Sep 20191765223.02341.33
Sep 20181745363.12471.42
Sep 20171764382.52381.35
Sep 20161753602.11751.00
Sep 20151632621.61470.90
Sep 20141362411.81270.93

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

226 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.42nd of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%2nd of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.52
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22651.455%72%–
2024/2524048.345%64%–
2023/2423550.751%65%+0.52
2022/2323453.053%77%+0.58

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
135966 · 940/6908
Trust
United Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Christian
Capacity
1,820 pupils · 1,808 on roll
Free school meals
25.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2009
Address
Weekley Glebe Road, Kettering, NN16 9NS
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

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