Secondary school place offers
Contents
- Secondary school place offers
- Secondary school allocations - how to appeal for your preferred school(s)
Secondary school place offers
| School | Published Admission Number | Breakdown of how places were allocated | Places remaining? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Stopford School | 216 | 19 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 2 pupils with social medical needs, 24 pupils in Faith Priority 1 - with sibling, 42 pupils in Faith Priority 1 - no sibling, 44 pupils in Faith Priority 2 - with sibling and 85 pupils in Faith Priority 2 - no sibling. This school was oversubscribed and ranked their own list. Please contact the school for further information if required. | No |
| Brooke Weston Academy | 180 | 11 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 2 staff children, 72 pupils with a sibling attending the school and 95 pupils out of 239 living in the catchment area using the randomiser. | No |
| Corby Business Academy | 200 | 12 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 4 staff children, 51 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 31 pupils who live closer to the school than any other, 5 pupils living in the catchment area and 97 out of 114 ‘other’ pupils using the distance randomiser. The last pupil allocated a place lives 4.115 miles from the school. | No |
| Corby Technical School | 150 | 9 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 1 staff child, 53 pupils with a sibling attending the school and 87 out of 427 living in the catchment area using the randomiser. | No |
| Ferrers School, The | 180 | All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place. | Yes |
| 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. The number of places in each stanine were allocated in proportion to national averages after pupils with an EHCP had been allocated. There were 8 EHCP pupils so 172 places were available 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 1: PAN = 7. Fewer than 5 Looked after Children, 1 pupil with a sibling attending the school, 2 pupils living closer to the school than any other and 3 out of 4 ‘other’ pupils using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 5.198 miles from the school. Stanine 2: PAN: 12. 7 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 3 pupils living closer to the school than any other and 2 out of 4 ‘other’ pupils using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 1.091 miles from the school. Stanine 3: PAN = 21. Fewer than 5 Looked after Children, 1 staff child, 8 pupils with a sibling attending the school and 11 out of 13 pupils living closer to the school than any other using the randomiser tiebreaker. Stanine 5: PAN = 34. 16 pupils with a sibling attending the school and 18 out of 26 pupils living closer to the school than any other using the randomiser tiebreaker. Stanine 6: PAN = 29. 14 pupils with a sibling attending the school and 15 out of 22 pupils living closer to the school than any other using the randomiser tiebreaker. | No |
| Kettering Science Academy | 270 | All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place. | No |
| Kingswood Secondary Academy | 216 | 8 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 1 pupil living in a linked area, 82 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 2 staff children, 68 pupils living closer to the school than any other and 55 out of 90 ‘other’ pupils using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 1.394 miles from the school. | No |
| Latimer Arts College (The) | 238 | 10 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 78 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 2 staff children, 10 pupils showing an Aptitude, 117 pupils living in the linked areas and 21 out of 94 ‘other’ pupils using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 0.906 miles from the school. This school was oversubscribed and ranked their own list. Please contact the school for further information if required. | 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 | 16 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children; 79 pupils with a sibling attending the school; 1 staff child, 96 pupils attending a feeder school; 14 pupils living in the linked area and 35 out of 38 other pupils using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 10.99 miles from the school. The school is 1 over their PAN due to the late admission of a child with an EHCP. | No |
| Rushden Academy | 180 | All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place. | Yes |
| Sir Christopher Hatton Academy | 270 | 14 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 21 pupils allocated on ICT Aptitude, 75 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 87 pupils attending a Hatton Academies Trust Primary school, 24 pupils attending a primary school that has traditional links to Sir Christopher Hatton Academy and 49 out of 133 ‘other’ pupils using the randomiser. This school was oversubscribed and ranked their own list. Please contact the school for further information if required. | 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 Academy | 150 | 8 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 36 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 15 pupils attending a feeder school, 23 pupils living closer to the school than any other, 1 staff child and 67 out of 112 ‘other’ pupils using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated a place lives 3.608 miles from the school. This school was oversubscribed and ranked their own list. Please contact the school for further information if required. | No |
| Wollaston School | 248 | All pupils expressing a preference for this school were allocated a place. | Yes |
| Wrenn School | 290 | 12 pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan or Looked After Children, 90 pupils with a sibling attending the school, 137 pupils attending a feeder school, 1 staff child and 50 out of 55 ‘other’ pupils using the distance tiebreaker. The last pupil allocated lives 3.93 miles from the school. | No |
All parents who applied for their child's secondary school place by the deadline of 31 October 2025 will receive an offer of a secondary school place on Monday 2 March 2026. If you applied online via the Parent Portal, you can log into your account from 00:01 on Monday 2 March 2026 to see your allocation. Emails will be sent to all applicants from 8am on Monday 2 March.
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].
Other options
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.
Allocations for secondary schools in North Northamptonshire - September 2026 - See above.
This information explains how places were allocated at each secondary school (where we have this information) as of 2 March 2026.
There are three options available to you.
Remain on a waiting list
When applications for school places are refused, the children’s names are added to the school’s waiting list automatically. Waiting lists for all community and voluntary controlled schools are administered by the School Admissions Team for all year groups and they will be kept until the end of the summer term. In addition, the School Admissions Team administers the waiting lists for some OAA schools, at their request.
Rounds of reallocation
Any places that are still available or become available for Year 7 places will be allocated in our rounds of reallocation between April and July 2026.
Rounds of reallocation
Places are not allocated on a first come - first served basis. Applications for children on the waiting list, together with those who have submitted late applications and those who have submitted an appeal, will be included in the allocation process and available places will be allocated in line with the school’s oversubscription admission criteria. There is no guarantee that a place will be allocated. You should not decline your existing offer of a place on this basis.
You do not need to contact us during the additional rounds of allocations to ask if you have been allocated a place. If you have been successful in gaining a place, we will notify you by email.
Waiting lists
The School Admissions Team will hold a waiting list for Year 7 for every mainstream secondary school in North Northamptonshire until 31 August 2026. From 1 September, School Admissions will transfer waiting lists to the OAA schools which manage their own in-year admissions who will then maintain their own waiting list until at least 31 December in the Offer year. All mainstream schools must maintain their waiting lists until at least 31 December in the Offer year. The School Admissions team will retain a waiting list for all OAA schools opting into the in-year co-ordination scheme for the whole of the academic year.
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 application. Any new school place will be allocated automatically and the 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 have been received.
There is no need to contact us after completing the form - we will contact you once the outcome is known.
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.
Foundations schools / Academies - where the NNC Appeals team manages appeals
| School | How to appeal |
|---|---|
Preferred School: Brooke Weston Academy | Complete the online appeal form. Or write to request a paper form: The Appeals Team, Legal Services, North Northamptonshire Council, The Corby Cube, George Street, Parklands Gateway, Corby, NN17 1QG or email [email protected] Please include your child’s name, date of birth, address and school for which you want to appeal. Failure to provide this information will result in a delay in sending the appeal pack. An appeal form will be sent within seven days. Your completed appeal form must be submitted to the Appeals Team by 27 March 2026 |
Foundation / Voluntary aided schools and academies
| School | How to appeal |
|---|---|
| Bishop Stopford School | To request an appeal, 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] |
| Sir Christopher Hatton School Southfield School for Girls | Write to request an appeal form: The Clerk to the Governors c/o the school School addresses can be found on the Online Schools Directory. |
| Prince William School | Warwickshire admissions services For more information please contact by telephone 0845 155 1793 or email [email protected]. |
| Wrenn School | If you wish to appeal for a place at Wrenn School you may do so, in writing, and send your appeal to [email protected]. |
Schools in other local authority (LA) areas
If you wish to appeal for a school which is in another LA, please contact the LA concerned to request an appeal form.
West Northamptonshire (LA number 941).
Telephone 0300 126 7000
Email [email protected]
Bedford Borough (LA number 822)
Telephone 01234 718120
Email [email protected]
Lincolnshire (LA number 925)
Telephone 01522 782030
Email [email protected]
Central Bedfordshire (LA number 823)
Education Appeals
Telephone 0300 300 8029
Email [email protected]
School Admissions
Telephone 0300 300 8037
Email: [email protected]
Milton Keynes (LA number 826)
Telephone 01908 253338
Email [email protected]
Website School admissions for Milton Keynes
Names will not automatically be added to a waiting list when a place cannot be offered. To request for your child to be placed on a waiting list, please email [email protected] with your request.
Buckinghamshire (LA number 825)
Website School admissions for Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire (LA number 931)
Telephone 01865 810180
Email [email protected]
Website Appealing for a school place
Cambridgeshire (LA number 873)
Telephone 01233 699794
Email [email protected]
Peterborough (LA number 874)
Telephone 01733 452589
Email [email protected]
Leicester City (LA number 856)
Allocations queries telephone 0116 454 1009
Email [email protected]
Appeals department telephone 0116 4541410
Website School admissions for Leicester
Rutland (LA number 857)
All Secondary Schools in this Authority are Academies who have appeals submitted directly to them.
Telephone 01572 722577
Email [email protected]
Leicestershire (LA number 855)
Telephone 0116 305 6684
Email [email protected]
Warwickshire (LA number 937)
Telephone 01926 414143
Email [email protected]
Contacting North Northamptonshire Council’s (NNC’s) School Admissions team
You may also contact us by telephone on 0300 126 3000 (option 5). NNC’s Customer Service Centre is open between 8am and 5pm Monday to Thursday and between 8am and 4:30pm on Fridays with the exception of Bank Holidays.
How were places allocated
Details of how the places were allocated for each school and which schools still have places available. If you wish to be considered for a place at a school which still has places available, you must complete a new application form. These applications will be considered on a monthly basis, please see below for more information.
Waiting lists
Your child’s name will go on to a waiting list automatically if they have been refused a place at a school. If you have been offered a higher preference, you cannot go on to a waiting list for a lower preference school because the lower preferences have not been considered. Waiting lists are ranked strictly in line with the school’s admission oversubscription criteria order, not on a first come, first served basis - priority is not given to the date an application was received. Therefore, your child’s position on the waiting list may change when children are added to, or removed from, the waiting list.
Late applications
Late applications are applications that have been received after the deadline of 31 October 2025. They are processed in rounds and each round has a cut off date for applications to be included in it. The allocation process can take several weeks, depending on how many applications have been received.
Outcome 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. Otherwise, their child's name will remain on the waiting list for consideration in the next round.
| Additional allocation round | Applications received by |
|---|---|
| Round 1 | 7 April 2026 |
| Round 2 | 22 May 2026 |
| Round 3 | 26 June 2026 |
Applications received between 26 June 2026 and 21 August 2026 will be processed when they are received during July and August 2026. Any applications received after 21 August 2026 will be processed according to our in-year scheme.
Last updated 02 March 2026