Kettering Buccleuch Academy

Weekley Glebe Road, Kettering, NN16 9NS

Academy sponsor led for ages 4–18 in Kettering. Mixed intake, Christian.

Kettering Buccleuch Academy is a very large Christian all-through academy in Kettering, North Northamptonshire. It is mixed and non-selective, teaching ages 4 to 18 with a sixth form, and its SEN provision includes hearing impairment.

Ofsted judged the school Good in November 2021.

At Key Stage 2, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.3, 45.4% achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths, the average A-level grade was C+, and 65% of students progressed to higher education.

Ages 4–18 · All-through

1,851 pupils · On roll

Academy sponsor led · Mixed

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Good

OfstedReport published Nov 2021

KS2 reading, writing and maths65%

(share of 11-year-olds reaching the level expected for their age in all three subjects at the end of primary school; 0% reached the higher standard — national average is 62%)

GCSE Attainment 848.3

(pupils averaged about grade 4+, the old grade C, in every subject — national average is 46.1)

GCSE grade 5+ in English and maths45.4%

(a grade 5 is a "strong pass", between the old C and B — this is the share of pupils managing it in both subjects; national average is 45.4%)

A-level average resultC+

(the government's average across A-level entries — results cluster around grade C; 8.6% of A-level students achieved AAB or higher, including at least two facilitating subjects)

DfE performance tables · 2024/25

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