Secondary school place offers

Secondary school place offers

SchoolsPublished admission numberHow places were allocatedPlaces remaining?

Bishop Stopford School

216

This school was oversubscribed. As it is an Academy school, please contact the school for further information

No

Brooke Weston Academy

180

17 pupils with an Education Health Care Plan or Looked After Children, 4 staff children, 59 pupils with an older sibling attending the school and 100 out of 251 pupils who live in the linked area using the randomiser tiebreaker.

No

Corby Business Academy

200

10 pupils with an Education Health Care Plan or Looked After Children, 6 staff children, 69 pupils with an older sibling attending the school 26 pupils who live closer to the school than any other and 89 pupils in the ‘others’ criterion using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 3.37 miles from the school. 

No

Corby Technical School

150

Less than 5 pupils with an Education Health Care Plan or Looked After Children, 1 staff child, 44 pupils with an older sibling attending the school and 102 out of 170 pupils who live in the linked area using the randomiser tiebreaker.

No

Ferrers School, The

180

5 pupils with an Education Health Care Plan or Looked After Children, 60 pupils with an older sibling attending the school, 72 attending a feeder school, 24 children living in catchment where the Ferrers is their closest school and 19 out of 36 children living in the defined area using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 1.172 miles from the school.

No

Huxlow Science College

 150

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

Yes

Kettering Buccleuch Academy

180

The pupils who sat the cognitive ability test were placed into 9 stanines. Places in each stanine were allocated in proportion to national averages and once pupils with an EHCP had been allocated. There were 10 EHCP pupils so 170 places to be allocated over the 9 Stanines.               

The breakdown of allocations where it was not possible to allocate all pupils within the stanine are as follows:

  • Stanine 2: PAN = 12. Places allocated to less than 5 Looked after Children, 6 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 4 pupils living closer to the school than any other and 1 out of 7 other pupils. The last allocated pupil in the ‘others’ criterion lives 1.203 miles from the school.
  • Stanine 3: PAN = 20.  Places allocated to 11 pupils with sibling attending the school and 9 out of 15 pupils living closer to the school than any other using the randomiser tiebreaker.
  • Stanine 4: PAN = 29. Places were allocated to less than 5 Looked after children, 1 staff child, 14 pupils with a sibling attending the school and 13 out of 30 pupils living closer to the school than any other using the randomiser tiebreaker.
  • Stanine 5: PAN = 34. Places were allocated to less than 5 Looked after children, 2 staff children, 14 pupils with a sibling attending the school and 16 out of 26 pupils living closer to the school than any other using the randomiser tiebreaker.
  • Stanine 6: PAN = 29. Places were allocated to less than 5 Looked after children, 1 staff child, 22 pupils with a sibling attending the school and 5 out of 26 closer pupils living closer to the school than any other using the randomiser tiebreaker
  • Stanine 7: PAN = 20. Places allocated to 4 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 11 pupils living closer to the school than any other and 5 out of 20 pupils in the ‘others’ criterion. The last pupil allocated lives 1.806 miles from school.

Stanine 8: PAN = 12. Places allocated to 3 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 5 pupils living closer to the school than any other and 4 out of 6 pupils in the ‘others’ criterion. The last pupil allocated lives 1.906 miles from the school.

No

Kettering Science Academy

270

13 pupils with an Education Health Care Plan or Looked After Children, 68 pupils with an older sibling attending the school, 12 pupils living in a linked village, 3 children of staff, 64 pupils living in the defined area and 110 out of 122 pupils in the ‘others’ criterion. The last pupil allocated lives 4.056 miles from the school.

No

Kingswood Secondary Academy

216

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

No

Latimer Arts College (The)

208

This school was oversubscribed. As it is a Foundation school, please contact the school for further information

No

Lodge Park Academy

210

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

Yes

Manor School and Sports College

180

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

Yes

Montsaye Academy

240

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

Yes

Prince William School

240

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

 

No

Rushden Academy

180

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

No

Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

270

This school was oversubscribed. As it is an Academy school, please contact the school for further information

No

Southfield School for Girls

198

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

Yes

Weavers Academy

246

All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place.

Yes

Weldon Village Academy150This school was oversubscribed. As it is an Academy school, please contact the school for further information.No

Wollaston School

240

6 pupils with an Education Health Care Plan or Looked After Children, 81 pupils attending Nene Valley Partnership feeder school, 74 pupils living in the linked area, 21 pupils with an older brother or sister continuing at the school, 9 pupils attending contributory primary schools, and 47 out of 54 pupils who live in Wellingborough and the designated villages and parishes using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 4.015 miles from the school.

 

 

 

 No

Wrenn School

260

5 pupils with an Education Health Care Plan or Looked After Children, 82 pupils with an older brother or sister continuing at the school, 130 pupils attending contributory primary schools and 57 out of 58 other pupils using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 20.355 miles from the school.

 

No

All parents who applied for their child's secondary school place by the deadline of 31 October 2023 will have received an offer of a secondary school place in one of two ways:

  • Online: Offers were emailed on 1 March 2024
  • By letter: Offer letters were posted on 1 March 2024

See Apply for a secondary school place for schools' admission arrangements and the application process.

Accepting an offer

In North Northamptonshire, we do not require you to accept an offer.

  • If the school is within North Northamptonshire: We will assume that you have accepted this offer unless you let us know that it is no longer needed.
  • If the school is situated outside of North Northamptonshire: You should contact the school directly to check whether you need to formally accept the place for your child.

If you have made alternative arrangements for your child's schooling please let us know as soon as possible that the place is no longer needed by emailing [email protected].

The following information explains how places were allocated at each secondary school in North Northamptonshire (where we have this information) as of 1 March 2024.

Options available if you have not received a place at a preferred school

For a small number of families, we regret that we have been unable to offer your child a place at your one of your preferred schools.

What can you do? There are 3 options available to you:

1. Join a waiting list

You can add your child's name to a waiting list for any school where you have been refused a place. You must have applied for this school on your original application form.

You can either:

  • Email [email protected]
  • Write to: School Admissions, North Northamptonshire Council, Tithe Barn Office Block, Tithe Barn Road, Wellingborough, NN8 1BN

Please do not call us - you will be told to put your request in writing.

Correspondence to School Admissions

You must include your child's name and date of birth, otherwise it will cause a delay in processing your request.

For schools with foundation, voluntary aided or academy status, your request will be forwarded to the schools, if they hold their own waiting lists.

Rounds of reallocation

Any places that are still available or become available for Year 7 places will be allocated in additional rounds of reallocation between April and July 2024.

Key dates and deadlines

Places are not allocated on a ‘first come - first served’ basis. If places become available, all children on the waiting list, together with those who have submitted late applications and those who have submitted an appeal, will be considered and available places will be allocated using the school’s oversubscription criteria. There is no guarantee that a place will be allocated. You should not decline your existing offer of a place on this basis.

If you are successful in gaining a place, you will be notified by email. You do not need to contact us on the dates the rounds begin.

Waiting lists

Waiting lists will be held for Year 7 for all secondary schools until 31 December 2024. Names placed on a waiting list between March and September 2024 will also be removed at the end of December 2024. You must contact us to renew your request to remain on the waiting list in the Spring term.

Some foundation, voluntary aided and academy schools hold their own waiting lists. You should check with the school directly about their waiting list policy.

2. Apply for a place at a school that still has places available

If you wish to be considered for a place at a school which still has places available (check 'Allocations for secondary schools' above), you will need to make a new application.

Making changes to your application

If you have already received a school offer and choose to submit an additional application, we will not contact you before processing the new application. Any new school place will automatically be allocated and any original school place offer will be reallocated to another child.

Should you wish to withdraw an unprocessed application prior to a reallocation round, please email [email protected] to advise of this, providing your child's full name, date of birth and details of the application you wish to withdraw.

Timescales

The allocation process can take several weeks, depending on how many applications are received.

There is no need to contact us after completing the form - we will contact you once a decision has been made.

3. Appeal against the school’s decision to refuse a place

Parents have a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place at a school for which they have applied.

If you choose to appeal, you will need to complete an online appeal form, or request a paper appeal form in writing to the Admissions Authority of the relevant school below.

You may appeal for a place at more than one school but you must have applied for a place at the school and been refused a place, in the first instance.

SchoolHow to appeal
Bishop Stopford SchoolTo request an appeal form please write to:
Clerk to the Appeals Panel, Diocesan Board of Education, Bouverie Court, 6 The Lakes, Bedford Road, Northampton, NN4 7YD
or email: [email protected]
Brooke Weston Academy
Corby Business Academy
Corby Technical School
Kettering Science Academy
Sir Christopher Hatton School
Southfield School for Girls
Weavers School
Write to request a form:
The Clerk to the Governors 
c/o the school
School addresses can be found on the Online Schools Directory at Appeal a school place.
All other secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

Complete the online appeal form
You can request a paper form by emailing [email protected] or writing to:

School Admissions, North Northamptonshire Council, c/o Angel Street, Northampton, NN1 1ED

Secondary schools outside of North Northamptonshire

To request an appeal form you need to contact the admission authority for the school.

Contact details for the School Admissions Teams in neighbouring authorities.

Late applications

Late applications are applications that have been received after the closing deadline (31 October). They are dealt with in rounds and each round has a cut-off date for applications to be included in it. The processing time for applications in each round may take a number of weeks, depending on how many applications are received.

Emails will be sent to all late applicants who apply online. We will only inform parents of children on a waiting list if we are able to offer a place. If we cannot offer a place, the child’s name will remain on the waiting list to be considered in the next round.

There is no need to contact us after completing a late application form, or on the process start date - we will contact you if an offer has been made.

The rounds may take up to 4 weeks to process and send offers to parents.

Allocation roundApplications received by

Round 1

31 March 2024

Round 2

17 May 2024

Round 3

28 June 2024

Applications received after 28 June 2024 will be processed as and when received throughout July and August 2024. Any applications received after then will be processed according to our in-year scheme from the end of August 2024.

Last updated 04 March 2024