Corby Technical School
Performance (KS4 GCSE)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Corby Technical School yet. North Northamptonshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
School profile
- Age range
- 11–18
- Pupils on roll
- 987
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
What pupils do next
The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby secondary schools
Location
Official sources
About Corby Technical School
Corby Technical School is a secondary school in Corby, North Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a free school. Around 987 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.8, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 0.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.
43% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 61% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 73% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (166 first choices for 150 places). After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 15.8 pupils per teacher. Corby Technical School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.