Admissions Information
Application for entry into Year 7 in September 2025
All applications for a place at the Academy must be made through the Local Authority using the Common Preference Form. This can be accessed through this link at the Northamptonshire County Council – details on how to apply applications can be made online or by paper. Please note that you will be required to submit three preferences. Applicants cannot be guaranteed that they will be offered one of their preferences.
The number of students who are admitted to Brooke Weston Academy in Year 7 will be 180.
Over-Subscription Criteria
Where we receive more applications than we have places, the following over-subscription criteria will be applied - After the admission of children with an EHCP where Brooke Weston Academy is named as the appropriate provision, the following criteria will be applied to determine those children that will be offered places: The criteria are listed in priority order:
a) Looked After Children and all previously Looked After Children
b) Children of staff where that member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage in the area. (Demonstrable skill shortage will only normally apply to qualified teacher positions, where the school has continually been unable to recruit)
c) Children who have a sibling link
d) Children who live in the linked area
e) Other children based on the distance between the home address and school (see below for definition of ‘distance’).
Tiebreaker
If the Admission Number is exceeded within criterion (b), (c) or (d) all places within that year group will be allocated at random in the priority order listed above. The random allocation will be generated electronically and will be verified by an independent observer to guarantee fairness.
If the Admission Number is exceeded within criterion (e) , in the case where the distances from home address to school address point are the same (for example, multiple applications for the same shared dwelling occurs i.e. flats), a randomiser will be used to decide the priority in which pupils are selected. The random allocation process will be subject to independent verification.
Linked Area
"Corby" means the town of Corby and the associated villages for Corby secondary schools.
The associated villages are:
Brigstock, Cottingham, East Carlton, Great Oakley, Gretton, Harringworth, Little Oakley, Little Stanion, Lyveden, Middleton, Rockingham, Stanion, Weldon, Wilbarston, East Carlton, Little Oakley, Newton, Pipewell, Rushton and Geddington.
Distance
Distance measurements are carried out in a straight line based on a straight-line basis from the child’s home to the address point of the school. Year 7 Waiting Lists The following arrangements apply to Brooke Weston Academy
For further information about admissions, please refer to the Brooke Weston Trust Admissions Policy
Admissions Arrangements - What Happens on National Offer Day
If you have recently received your child’s school allocation, we would like to guide you through the next steps.
Accepting Your Child’s Place
If your child has been allocated a place at Brooke Weston Academy, we look forward to welcoming them. There is no need to confirm acceptance unless requested by the Local Authority, but we encourage you to get in touch if you have any questions about starting with us.
If You Wish to Decline the Offer
If you have decided not to accept the place, please inform North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) as soon as possible so that the place can be offered to another child.
Requesting to Join a Waiting List
If your child was not allocated a place Brooke Weston Academy but you would like them to attend, you can request to have their name added to the waiting list. This process is managed by North Northamptonshire Council. Waiting lists are ranked according to the school’s admissions criteria rather than the date of application.
How to Appeal a School Allocation Decision
If your child was not offered a place at Brooke Weston Academy and you would like to appeal, you can do so by following the appeals process managed by North Northamptonshire Council. Appeals must be submitted through the council’s online appeal form: https://northamptonshire-self.achieveservice.com/service/Make_an_appeal_for_a_school_place_NNC
If you need a paper form, you can request one from the Brooke Weston Academy office and post it to the Local Authority.
Appeals need to be submitted
- Primary school: No later than 5pm on 20th May 2025
- Secondary school: No later than 5pm on 28th March 2025
- Sixth form: Where offers of places are conditional upon GCSE examination results, appeals for admission to Sixth Form cannot be heard until after GCSE results are known.
Late appeals: No deadline
For full details on the appeals process, including deadlines and guidance, please visit the North Northamptonshire Council Appeals Process.
To apply for a school place for September 2026 please apply via North Northants Admissions here.
If your child is already at secondary school and wishes to move to Brooke Weston Academy you will need to make an in-year application instead. For in-year appeals please contact the academy on enquiries@brookeweston.org for an appeals form.
Arrangements for children with an education, health and care (EHC) plan or a statement of special educational needs
If your child has an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan or a statutory statement of special educational needs (SEN), please see the NCC special educational needs (SEND) page for information on how to apply as there is a different process for these applications.
If you have any questions regarding your child’s allocation or the admissions process at Brooke Weston Academy please contact us directly at enquiries@brookeweston.org We are happy to assist you.