Weldon Village Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Unique reference
149775
Address
Oundle Road, Weldon, NN17 3GE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
293 (10% of total capacity)
Boys
47.4%
Girls
52.6%
First language not English
18.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.5%
Persistent absence
14.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.6%
Other White 14.3%
African 7.5%
Mixed 3.4%
Caribbean 1.4%
Other 1.4%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Pakistani 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Weldon Village Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
146
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
168
2nd preference
168
3rd preference
115
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
129
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes29.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
77
74
Year 8
142
62
80
Year 2024-2025

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