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Secondary · NN17 · Corby

Weldon Village Academy

Oundle Road, Weldon, Corby, NN17 3GE

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MERIDIAN TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNot published
Attendance (2024/25)94.2%
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils475

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No grade

No Ofsted overall grade published yet for this school.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NN17. Where we have them, council (North Northamptonshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
475
Free school meals
17.3%
3.2% below district average (20.5%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
17.1%
0.5% below district average (17.6%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
18.4%
6.6% below district average (25%)
Attendance
94.2% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.3% above district average (93.9%)

Also: England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NN17 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

14.6%

7.3% below England (21.9%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 94.3%
    2023/24
  • 94.2%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 145 families put this school first. 127 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
145
First-preference offers
127
First preferences offered a place
87.6%
Total offers
150
Named on any preference
474

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1500
Pupils on roll
475

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the North Northamptonshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.1%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Weldon Village Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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