Secondary
Corby Business Academy
Academy Way, Gretton Road, Corby, NN17 5EB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1188 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 116.0
- Pupils per adult
- 10.1
- Pupils
- 1,168
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
April 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
28%
3 points below the Corby average (31% across 4 schools)
39.0
1.3 below the Corby average (40.3 across 4 schools)
3rd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Corby we can score - 5 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 12% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.73 |
| A level students | 59 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40% |
| 22/23 | 40% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 28% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.7 |
| 22/23 | 29.3 |
| 23/24 | 31.4 |
| 24/25 | 29.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.35 |
| 22/23 | 0.00 |
| 23/24 | +0.08 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.0 |
| 22/23 | 40.3 |
| 23/24 | 44.8 |
| 24/25 | 39.0 |
Academy Way, Gretton Road, Corby, NN17 5EB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
North Northamptonshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Associate Principal
- Kerry Prior
- Address
- Academy Way, Gretton Road, Corby, NN17 5EB
- Telephone
- 01536303120