Kettering Buccleuch Academy
All-through · Kettering · NN16 9NS
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 10 February 2026 · report published 19 April 2026
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1,808 pupils · 99% of 1,820 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 16% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 18% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- www.kba.uk
- URN
- 135966
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 264 families named it first for 180 Year 7 places, 1.47 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 10 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.25 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 75 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.47 first-choice applications per place180 places offered · 264 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.577 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.577 miles
measurement method not stated by the council.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Stanine 1: Criterion 5 (Other children)
- 5.198 miles
- Stanine 2: Criterion 5 (Other children)
- 1.091 miles
- Stanine 3: Criterion 4 (Nearest school), random allocation
- n/a
- Stanine 4: Criterion 4 (Nearest school), random allocation
- n/a
- Stanine 5: Criterion 4 (Nearest school), random allocation
- n/a
- Stanine 6: Criterion 4 (Nearest school), random allocation
- n/a
- Stanine 7: Criterion 4 (Nearest school), random allocation
- n/a
- Stanine 8: every applicant offered
- n/a
- Stanine 9: every applicant offered
- n/a
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Kettering school admissions · North Northamptonshire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
240 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Special educational needs
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 1872 of 14 places taken
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 72% (North Northamptonshire 66%, England 59%) · Any other White background 13% (North Northamptonshire 12%, England 7%) · Black African 5% (North Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Northamptonshire 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
16.64 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Northamptonshire: 30.07 suspensions and 0.37 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
2.1% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
61.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,254; 17% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 76% (78%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 12% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 4% (4%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£358,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 10 February 2026: Expected standard
- 19 October 2021: Good
- 16 March 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1
- 10 January 2018: Requires improvement
- 24 June 2016: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 1 December 2015: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 16.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 28% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 16% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 31.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 38.3% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 38.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 45.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 15.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 9.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 33.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 3.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 30.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027083 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £209,500358 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £173,000–£248,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 9an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
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