Once dubbed Little Scotland for the wave of Scottish steelworkers who settled its streets from the 1930s, Corby is a North Northamptonshire town of around 68,000 in the middle of a sustained chapter of civic regeneration. The Corby Cube, opened in 2010, anchors the town centre with a 450-seat theatre and library.
Cottingham and Gretton, rural parishes just beyond the town boundary, draw families who prize quieter streets and are among the most school-competitive pockets in this part of Northamptonshire. Weldon, Lloyds, and Kingswood form the residential spread to the south and east, built largely since the steelworks closed. Corby railway station reopened in 2009. That reopening placed Kettering sixteen minutes south on the Midland Main Line, reconnecting the town after decades of rail isolation.
Area Performance
Across 30 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.17/10, -0.28 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Corby schools
Corby vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Corby schools
top 61% of 14,873
top 61% of 14,873
top 73% of 3,671
top 73% of 3,671
top 66% of 2,262
top 66% of 2,262
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