Kettering Buccleuch Academy

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Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Address
Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Weekley Glebe Road

Kettering
,
Northamptonshire
,
NN16 9NS

England
Coordinates 52°24′46″N0°42′38″W / 52.4127°N 0.7106°W / 52.4127; -0.7106
Information
Type Academy
Established2009
Department for Education URN 135966 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalRichard Shaw
Gender Mixed
Age4to 18
Enrolment1,617
Website http://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.

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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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