Kettering Buccleuch Academy

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.

Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Address
Weekley Glebe Road Kettering , Northamptonshire , NN16 9NS England
Coordinates	52°24′46″N 0°42′38″W
Information
Type	Academy
Established	2009
Department for Education URN	135966 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Richard Shaw
Gender	Mixed
Age	4 to 18
Enrolment	1,617
Website	http://kba.uk

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.

External links

• Official website