Brooke Weston Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 8 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
135317
Address
Coomb Road, Corby, NN18 8LA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1185 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
16.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.7%
Persistent absence
16.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.2%
Other White 12.6%
African 6.6%
Mixed 5.7%
Indian 3.4%
Other Asian 2.4%
Other Black 1.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.94
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE38
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE180
English LiteratureGCSE177
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Brooke Weston Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
297
2nd preference
207
3rd preference
157
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
184
82
102
Year 8
184
102
82
Year 9
189
96
93
Year 10
183
93
90
Year 11
189
110
79
Year 12
135
56
79
Year 13
121
55
66
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
30.0%
38.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
44.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
6.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
78.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
28.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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