Contested schools in North Northamptonshire

These are the North Northamptonshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for North Northamptonshire

Secondary schools (13)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in North Northamptonshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Brooke Weston Academy	180	291	1.62
Kettering Buccleuch Academy	180	264	1.47
Bishop Stopford School	216	309	1.43
Sir Christopher Hatton Academy	270	339	1.26
Corby Technical School	150	166	1.11
The Latimer Arts College	238	261	1.10
Rushden Academy	175	173	0.99
Weldon Village Academy	150	145	0.97
The Ferrers School	149	143	0.96
Prince William School	241	227	0.94
Wollaston School	231	211	0.91
Wrenn School	290	251	0.87
Corby Business Academy	200	146	0.73

Primary schools (42)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in North Northamptonshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Stanwick Primary School	30	53	1.77
Stanion Church of England (Aided) Primary School	15	24	1.60
Cottingham Church of England Primary School	20	30	1.50
Hayfield Cross CofE School	60	85	1.42
Glapthorn Church of England Primary School	15	21	1.40
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corby	30	41	1.37
Gretton Primary Academy	22	28	1.27
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School	30	38	1.27
Kettering Buccleuch Academy	60	75	1.25
Stanton Cross Primary School	60	74	1.23
Corby Primary Academy	60	72	1.20
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary School	15	18	—
Denfield Park Primary School	60	70	1.17
Hazel Leys Academy	30	34	1.13
Mawsley Primary School	26	29	1.12
Corby Old Village Primary School	30	33	1.10
Finedon Nursery and Infant School	54	59	1.09
Kings Cliffe Endowed Primary School	30	32	1.07
Oakley Vale Primary School	60	64	1.07
Weldon Church of England Primary School	30	32	1.07
All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery	30	31	1.03
Brambleside Primary School	60	62	1.03
Little Stanion Primary School	30	31	1.03
Redwell Primary School	90	93	1.03
Earls Barton Primary School	58	59	1.02
Croyland Primary School	48	48	1
Loddington CofE (VA) Primary School	13	13	—
Woodford Church of England Primary School	15	15	—
Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School	71	70	0.99
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School	45	43	0.96
Cranford CofE Primary School	15	14	—
Priors Hall - A Learning Community	60	56	0.93
Thrapston Primary School	59	55	0.93
Grange Primary Academy	26	24	0.92
Hall Meadow Primary School	23	21	0.91
The Glenvale Church of England Primary School	55	50	0.91
Nassington Primary School	8	7	—
Kingswood Primary Academy	30	26	0.87
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	32	27	0.84
Ringstead Church of England Primary School	29	24	0.83
Rushton Primary School	15	12	—
Sywell Church of England Primary School	14	10	—

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.