Kettering Buccleuch Academy is a
mixed all-through school and
sixth form
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located in
Kettering
Kettering is a market town, market and industrial town, industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, west of Cambridge, England, Cambridge, southwest of Peterborough, southeast of Leicester and north- ...
in the
English county
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of
Northamptonshire
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. 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. The school moved into a new combined building on the former Montagu School site in 2013.
The school is an
academy
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
sponsored by
United Learning
United Learning is a group of state-funded schools and fee-paying private schools operating in England. United Learning is the trading name for United Church Schools Trust (UCST) and United Learning Trust (ULT). It is one of the largest 10 char ...
, and offers
GCSEs
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988. State schools ...
and
BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while sixth form students can choose to study from range of
A Levels
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and further BTECs.
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Primary schools in North Northamptonshire
Secondary schools in North Northamptonshire
Academies in North Northamptonshire
United Learning schools
Educational institutions established in 2009
2009 establishments in England
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