Lodge Park Academy, Corby

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Lodge Park Academy on 7 areas: 3 strong standard, 3 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders provide a clear vision for the success of the academy."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders and staff prioritise, and are passionate about, pupils' personal development."

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "Students are happy to attend the sixth form."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have acted successfully to improve pupils' levels of attendance, including for those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a curriculum that meets the needs and aspirations of pupils."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "This is a welcoming school that serves a diverse community."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils do not achieve as well as they should."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils' progress and attainment in national tests continue to improve so that they achieve as well as they should across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that staff adapt teaching consistently well to meet pupils' specific learning needs so that pupils learn as well as they could across all subjects in key stages 3 and 4"; "Leaders should ensure that they build on their attendance strategy to further improve pupils' levels of attendance across all year groups".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include ballet and drama.

In 2026, pupils at Lodge Park Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.6 in North Northamptonshire and 47 across England.

27% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in North Northamptonshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 33.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.63: pupils made well below 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 27, against 44 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 46 families put Lodge Park Academy as their first choice and 92 named it as one of their preferences, for 102 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lodge Park Academy are Corby Technical School (1.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46); Kingswood Secondary Academy (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); Brooke Weston Academy (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.5); and Corby Business Academy (3.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.9).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Lodge Park Academy.

Lodge Park Academy is one of 36 schools run by The David Ross Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 195 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 75% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 39 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 54% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 26% into work. 7% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

35.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 28.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (57%) and Black (12%).

In 2026, 151 pupils (21.5%) received SEN support and 20 (2.8%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Corby Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lodge Park School (after), 90 metres away.

In 2024/25, Lodge Park Academy issued 989 suspensions, 123.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 7 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lodge Park Academy are Woodnewton- A Learning Community (0.4 miles), Studfall Junior Academy (0.6 miles), Studfall Infant Academy (0.8 miles) and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.