Brooke Weston Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Coomb Road
Corby
Great Oakley
Northamptonshire
NN18 8LA
Phone 01536396366
Reference Number 135317

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1185
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.13%
Girls: 49.87%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 82 102 184
8 102 82 184
9 96 93 189
10 93 90 183
11 110 79 189
12 56 79 135
13 55 66 121

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 64.2%
White, Other 12.6%
African 6.6%
Indian 3.4%
Mixed, Other 2.4%
Asian, Other 2.4%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
White & Asian 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Caribbean 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2023-12-13
Date Description Report
2023-11-07 School inspection: School inspection:
2011-01-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
52.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 67% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 77.7% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 34.96 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 37.52 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 23.3% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 207 12
Third Preference 157 2
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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