Consultation on the proposed school admission arrangements for September 2027

Overview

When changes are proposed to admission arrangements, all admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements (including any supplementary information forms) that will apply for admission applications the following school year. Where the admission arrangements have not changed from the previous year there is no requirement to consult.  However, admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements at least once every 7 years, even if there have been no changes during that period.  

North Northamptonshire Council hosts on its website an annual school admissions consultation for schools of all types in the council area, should they request to be included. The consultation aims to raise awareness of any proposed changes to school admission arrangements and invites comments from all interested parties.

The consultation on the admission arrangements for mainstream schools in North Northamptonshire for September 2027 will run from: 

Monday 10 November 2025 to Wednesday 31 December 2025.

Proposed changes to school admission arrangements - Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for 2027 intakes

The Local Authority (North Northamptonshire Council) is the admission authority for all Community and Voluntary Controlled schools in the council area and is responsible for setting the admission arrangements for these schools.

The local authority is proposing changes to the admission arrangements for its schools. Please find below an overview of the schools for which changes are proposed.

Overview of changes to Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools

Please find below the proposed admission arrangements.

Admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools in North Northamptonshire for the 2027 intake

Proposed changes to admission arrangements for own admission authority schools for the 2027 intakes

The admission authority for Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools is the governing body of the schools, whereas the admission authority for Academies and Free Schools is the Academy Trust of the schools.

Please follow the link below to see details of the schools which are consulting on proposed changes to their admission arrangements for 2027:

• Overview of own admission authority schools in North Northamptonshire consulting on their admission arrangements for 2027

The following schools are taking part in the consultation co-ordinated by the council. Click on the school names below to view the proposed admission arrangements on the school or Trust websites.

Corby

• Beanfield Primary School
• Brooke Weston Academy
• Corby Business Academy
• Corby Technical School
• Gretton Primary Academy
• Hazel Leys Academy
• Lodge Park Academy
• Oakley Vale Primary School
• Rockingham Primary School

Kettering

• Bishop Stopford School
• Compass Primary Academy
• Greenfields Primary School
• Isham CE Primary School
• Kettering Science Academy
• Loddington CE Primary School
• Montsaye Academy
• Pytchley CE Primary School
• Rothwell Junior School
• Rothwell Victoria Infant School
• Southfield School for Girls
• St Andrew's CE Primary School (Kettering)

Wellingborough

• Earls Barton Primary
• Ecton Village Primary Academy
• Oakway Academy
• Olympic Primary School
• Sir Christopher Hatton Academy
• Sywell CEVA Primary School
• The Glenvale CE Primary School
• Victoria Primary Academy
• Warwick Academy
• Wrenn School

East Northamptonshire 

• Havelock Infant School
• Huxlow Academy
• Irchester Community Primary School
• Oundle CE Primary School
• Prince William School
• Ringstead CE Primary School
• Rushden Primary Academy
• Ruskin Academy
• Ruskin Infant School
• St Peter's CE Academy
• Stanwick Primary Academy
• Thrapston Primary School  
• Whitefriars Primary School
• Windmill Primary School
• Woodford CE Primary School

Responding to the consultation

Please send any comments about any of the school admission arrangements above by emailing: schooladmissionsconsultation.NCC@northnorthants.gov.uk, or by post to:

Schools Admissions
North Northamptonshire Council
Tithe Barn Office Block 
Tithe Barn Road
Wellingborough
NN8 1BN

Objections to the Schools Adjudicator

Admission authorities must determine (formally agree) the admission arrangements for all their schools by 28 February 2026.

Objections to the Schools Adjudicator regarding determined admission arrangements for the 2027 may be made until 15 May 2026 by contacting the Schools Adjudicator.

OSA Address:

Officer of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA)
Bishopsgate House
Feethams
Darlington
DL1 5QE

Email: osa.team@schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk

Find out about Objection to school admission arrangements on GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)