Brooke Weston Academy

Brooke Weston Academy is a school demonstrating good overall effectiveness with some outstanding features, particularly in personal development and sixth-form provision. The leadership has a clear commitment to high expectations, fostering a safe, calm, and purposeful learning environment that students appreciate. The enrichment programs are exemplary, and students take on leadership roles that contribute positively to their development and future aspirations. Most pupils enjoy their time at school and build positive relationships with staff, enhancing their learning experience.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil achievement.
• Strong and supportive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Exemplary enrichment program enabling diverse student engagement.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Highly effective staff professional development.
• Strong sixth-form provision with high-quality student outcomes.
• Well-structured personal development curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' prior understanding by some staff.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Brooke Weston Academy attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 14.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.4% of pupils at Brooke Weston Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Brooke Weston Academy had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.4% of pupils at Brooke Weston Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Brooke Weston Academy received £8,526 and spent £8,710 for each of its 1,182 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £458,000 (-£388 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of The Brooke Weston Trust, income was £8,182 and spending £8,461 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Brooke Weston Academy is part of The Brooke Weston Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Oakley Vale Primary School Corby
• Beanfield Primary School Corby
• Corby Technical School Corby
• Corby Business Academy Corby
• Kettering Science Academy Kettering
• Compass Primary Academy Kettering
• Gretton Primary Academy Corby
• Thrapston Primary School Kettering
• The Wisbech Academy Wisbech
• Peckover Primary School Wisbech

What is Brooke Weston Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brooke Weston Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Brooke Weston Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Brooke Weston Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Brooke Weston Academy have?

Brooke Weston Academy has 1,154 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brooke Weston Academy cover?

Brooke Weston Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Brooke Weston Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.5, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Brooke Weston Academy?

Brooke Weston Academy is at Coomb Road, Corby, Great Oakley, Northamptonshire, NN18 8LA.