Kettering Buccleuch Academy

Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Address
Map
Weekley Glebe Road

Kettering
,
Northamptonshire
,
NN16 9NS

England
Coordinates52°24′46″N 0°42′38″W / 52.4127°N 0.7106°W / 52.4127; -0.7106
Information
TypeAcademy
Established2009
Department for Education URN135966 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalRichard Shaw
GenderMixed
Age4 to 18
Enrolment1,617
Websitehttp://kba.uk

Kettering Buccleuch Academy is a mixed all-through school and sixth form located in Kettering in the English county of Northamptonshire.[1] The school educates pupils from the age of 4 to 18.

The school was formed in 2009 from the merger of Avondale Infants School, Avondale Junior School and Montagu School (secondary). The name of the school refers to the Dukes of Buccleuch, who have had connections with Kettering stretching back for almost 500 years.[2] The school moved into a new combined building on the former Montagu School site in 2013.[3]

The school is an academy sponsored by United Learning, and offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while sixth form students can choose to study from range of A Levels and further BTECs.

References

  1. ^ "> Home". Kettering Buccleuch Academy. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ "New Kettering school named - Kettering Buccleuch Academy - Northamptonshire Telegraph". Northantstelegraph.co.uk. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Kettering Buccleuch Academy Moves Into Brand New Building". Unitedlearning.org.uk. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.


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