Wren Spinney School
Westover Road, Off Westhill Drive, Kettering, NN15 7LB
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CREATING TOMORROW MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Mike Tebbutt
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Kettering
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 96
- URN
- 144684
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01536481939
About this school
Wren Spinney School is a special academy in Kettering. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 96 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 9 | 15 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Wren Spinney School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 87 |
| 2023/24 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 97 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
- 23 April 2024
-
Ungraded inspection report23 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52%
- English as an additional language
- 27.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.85%
- Persistent absence
- 27.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter's School0.8 miles
Independent schools
-
Youth Works Community College0.9 miles
Independent schools · Northamptonshire
-
Stone Lodge Therapeutic School1.5 miles
Special schools · Kettering
-
Isebrook School1.7 miles
Academies · Kettering
-
Kingsley Special Academy2.0 miles
Academies · Kettering
Other schools in Kettering
- Creating Tomorrow College Other types
- Isebrook School Academies
- Kingsley Special Academy Academies
- Stone Lodge Therapeutic School Special schools
- Ronald Tree Nursery School Nursery
- Barton Seagrave Primary School Primary
- Brambleside Primary School Primary
- Brigstock Latham's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broughton Primary School Primary
- Compass Primary Academy Primary
- Cranford CofE Primary School Primary
- Geddington Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wren Spinney School teach?
- Wren Spinney School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a special school in Kettering.
- Who is the headteacher of Wren Spinney School?
- The headteacher of Wren Spinney School is Mr Mike Tebbutt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wren Spinney School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wren Spinney School, 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 Wren Spinney School?
- Wren Spinney School has 96 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Wren Spinney School full?
- Wren Spinney School has capacity for 80 pupils and 96 on roll (120%), so it is at or above 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 Wren Spinney School a faith school?
- No. Wren Spinney School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Wren Spinney School?
- Wren Spinney School is part of CREATING TOMORROW MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Wren Spinney School have?
- The schools register lists Wren Spinney School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Wren Spinney School's absence rate?
- Wren Spinney School's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wren Spinney School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wren Spinney School'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 10 July 2026.