Corby Business Academy, Corby

From the headteacher's welcome: "Thank you for your interest in Corby Business Academy, a place where each student and staff member is valued as a part of our close-knit community and is encouraged to always aim high. At Corby Business Academy, our values are the foundation of the high-quality education we provide."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 26 November 2026 and an open evening on Saturday 28 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Corby Business Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.6 in North Northamptonshire and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in North Northamptonshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 39 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.08: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.1, against 44.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 146 families put Corby Business Academy as their first choice and 498 named it as one of their preferences, for 200 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Corby Business Academy are Weldon Village Academy (1.5 miles); Corby Technical School (2.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46); Lodge Park Academy (3.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37); and Brooke Weston Academy (4.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.5).

Corby Business Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Corby Business Academy is one of 12 schools run by The Brooke Weston Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 207 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 47% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 65 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 40% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 35% into work. 11% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 161 pupils (13.6%) received SEN support and 151 (12.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Corby Business Academy has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties: 100 places, 99 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Corby Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is (Priors Hall) Redwing Place (before), 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Corby Business Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 23 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in North Northamptonshire (141).

In 2024/25, Corby Business Academy issued 189 suspensions, 15.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Corby Business Academy are Priors Hall - A Learning Community (under 0.1 miles) and Weldon Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.