UK Schools
Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Kettering Buccleuch Academy is a mixed all-through academy in Kettering, North Northamptonshire Council, teaching 1,808 pupils aged 4 to 18. Ofsted graded achievement as Expected standard at its most recent inspection in February 2026. In 2024–2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.3 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 14 holidays and 3 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Kettering Buccleuch Academy.
Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Kettering Buccleuch Academy.
- 1 School Holiday
- 25 Training Day
- 27–31 School Holiday (Autumn Half Term)
- 28 Training Day
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 16–20 School Holiday (Spring Half Term)
- 30–31 School Holiday (Easter Holiday)
- 1–10 School Holiday (Easter Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 1 Training Day
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 School Holiday (Summer Half Term)
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School Holiday
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School Holiday Sep 1, 2025 Holiday
- Training Day Sep 25, 2025 Inset Day
- School Holiday (Autumn Half Term) Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Training Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22-31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Jan 1-2, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- School Holiday (Spring Half Term) Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School Holiday (Easter Holiday) Mar 30-31, 2026 Holiday
- School Holiday (Easter Holiday) Apr 1-10, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Training Day May 1, 2026 Inset Day
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School Holiday (Summer Half Term) May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- School Holiday Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 20-31, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Aug 1-31, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Kettering Buccleuch Academy with North Northamptonshire Council and England.
Key stage 2 (end of primary) 65% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths
How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.
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Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 34.79 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 17.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Kettering Buccleuch Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Kettering Buccleuch Academy than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.