Exeter A Learning Community Academy, Corby

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama, guitar, cooking, sewing, French, book club and forest school.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £4.50 per day.

In 2025, 49% of Year 6 pupils at Exeter A Learning Community Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 48% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 73% in North Northamptonshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (51% in reading, 41% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Exeter A Learning Community Academy as their first choice and 56 named it as one of their preferences, for 48 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Exeter A Learning Community Academy are Hazel Leys Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 82% reading, 75% maths); St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corby (0.7 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); Corby Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 72% reading, 75% maths); and Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 86% reading, 82% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Exeter A Learning Community Academy.

Exeter A Learning Community Academy is one of 22 schools run by Inspiring Futures Through Learning, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

39.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 38% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (50%), Black (11%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 102 pupils (21.9%) received SEN support and 37 (7.9%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Corby Rail Station, about 720 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burghley Drive (after), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Exeter A Learning Community Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 292 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Northamptonshire (141), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Exeter A Learning Community Academy issued 12 suspensions, 2.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Exeter A Learning Community Academy are Corby Technical School (0.3 miles), Brooke Weston Academy (1.4 miles), Lodge Park Academy (1.6 miles) and Kingswood Secondary Academy (1.6 miles).