Corby Business Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Unique reference
135306
Address
Academy Way, Gretton Road, NN17 5EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1168 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
26%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.5%
Persistent absence
24.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.2%
Other White 22.1%
Mixed 4.5%
African 2.7%
Other Black 1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.3
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award42
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE46
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE7
BiologyGCSE35
Business Studies:SingleGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE34
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE173
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Corby Business Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
198
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
153
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
109
99
Year 8
222
115
107
Year 9
201
103
98
Year 10
197
96
101
Year 11
209
98
111
Year 12
69
37
32
Year 13
62
26
36
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
83.7%
86.5%
Further education
46.0%
38.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
44.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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