Lodge Park Academy
Shetland Way, Corby, NN17 2JH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mr Jonathon Kirby
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The David Ross Education Trust
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,230
- Pupils on roll
- 703
- URN
- 139060
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01536203817
About this school
Lodge Park Academy is a secondary academy in Corby. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 703 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 188 | 195 | 158 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.8 | 33.2 | 33.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.60 -0.82 to -0.38 | -0.63 -0.84 to -0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 21% | 20% | 20.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% | 38.5% | 46.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 17.4% | 19.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lodge Park Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Northamptonshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.8 | 38.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.2 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 33.5 | 36.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,065 |
| 2023/24 | 987 |
| 2024/25 | 799 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lodge Park Academy compares
Lodge Park Academy ranked 19th of 19 secondary schools in North Northamptonshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33.5 | 13.2% | 37.2% | 703 | — |
| Corby Technical School | 45.8 | 7.1% | 23.2% | 952 | 1.6 miles |
| Kingswood Secondary Academy | 42.9 | 9.3% | 33% | 1,208 | 1.7 miles |
| Brooke Weston Academy | 50.5 | 5.9% | 18.6% | 1,154 | 2.4 miles |
| Corby Business Academy | 39 | 9.3% | 25.4% | 1,188 | 3.4 miles |
| Weldon Village Academy | — | 6% | 20.5% | 475 | 4.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report28 April 2026
- 21 November 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.19%
- English as an additional language
- 29.2%
- Overall absence
- 13.17%
- Persistent absence
- 35.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Corby Technical School1.6 miles
Secondary · Corby
-
Kingswood Secondary Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Corby
-
Brooke Weston Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Great Oakley
-
Corby Business Academy3.4 miles
Secondary · Corby
-
Weldon Village Academy4.3 miles
Secondary · Corby
Other schools in Corby
- Corby Business Academy Secondary
- Corby Technical School Secondary
- Kingswood Secondary Academy Secondary
- Weldon Village Academy Secondary
- Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families Nursery
- Beanfield Primary School Primary
- Corby Old Village Primary School Primary
- Corby Primary Academy Primary
- Danesholme Infant Academy Primary
- Danesholme Junior Academy Primary
- Exeter A Learning Community Academy Primary
- Gretton Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lodge Park Academy teach?
- Lodge Park Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Corby.
- Who is the executive principal of Lodge Park Academy?
- The executive principal of Lodge Park Academy is Mr Jonathon Kirby, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lodge Park Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lodge Park Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lodge Park Academy?
- Lodge Park Academy has 703 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Lodge Park Academy full?
- Lodge Park Academy has capacity for 1,230 pupils and 703 on roll (57%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lodge Park Academy a faith school?
- No. Lodge Park Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Lodge Park Academy a selective school?
- No. Lodge Park Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lodge Park Academy?
- Lodge Park Academy is part of THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lodge Park Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.8 in 2022/23 and 33.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lodge Park Academy rank locally?
- Lodge Park Academy ranked 19th of 19 secondary schools in North Northamptonshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lodge Park Academy's absence rate?
- Lodge Park Academy's overall absence rate is 13.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lodge Park Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lodge Park Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.