Kingswood Secondary Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Corby · NN18 9NS · North Northamptonshire
Ages 11–18
- Att843.4
- P80.1
- EM5+43%
- Absence11.0%
1.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 135317
Brooke Weston Academy
Academy sponsor led · Great Oakley · NN18 8LA
Ages 11–18 · 1,154 pupils · North Northamptonshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
52.8
Overall absence
6.1%
Admissions demand
1.82 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-07
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.54
−20+2
Attainment 852.8
English & maths grade 5+67%
English & maths grade 4+81%
EBacc entry72%
EBacc APS: 5.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)17.5%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 4.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 957
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.82 · Competitive
1st preferences
297
Places offered
163
1st-preference offers
149
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 661
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 163
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
1,154 pupils · 1,200 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,154
- Boys / girls
- 602 / 552
- School capacity
- 1,200
- Capacity fill
- 1,154 / 1,200 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 20.1%
- FSM pupils
- 182
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Brooke Weston Trust
- Headteacher
- Ms Clare Haworth
Location
- Address
- Coomb Road, Corby
- Postcode
- NN18 8LA
- Town
- Great Oakley
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- District
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Great Oakley, North Northamptonshire, 1,154 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 20.1%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Corby Technical School
Ofsted: Not judgedFree schools · Secondary
Corby · NN17 1TD · North Northamptonshire
Ages 11–18
- Att846.5
- P8-0.1
- EM5+48%
- Absence8.8%
1.6 miles away
Lodge Park Academy
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Corby · NN17 2JH · North Northamptonshire
Ages 11–18
- Att833.2
- P8-0.6
- EM5+20%
- Absence13.8%
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Clare Haworth
- Telephone
- 01536396366