Living in Corby with children
Corby, North Northamptonshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 68,164 people in 26,817 households; 35.1% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
25 schools: 20 state primary, 5 state secondaryCorby on the schools map →Every school in Corby, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (20)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretton Primary Academy | Standards maintained | Top 9% (8/96) in North Northamptonshire | 2.433 miles (2026) |
| Weldon Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 10% (9/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.723 miles (2026) |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corby | Good | Top 15% (14/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.908 miles (2026) |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Top 18% (17/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Hazel Leys Academy | School remains Good | Top 37% (35/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.477 miles (2026) |
| Corby Old Village Primary School | Good | Top 41% (39/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.723 miles (2026) |
| Oakley Vale Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 44% (42/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Danesholme Junior Academy | School remains Good | Top 45% (43/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Priors Hall - A Learning Community | Good | Top 50% (48/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Rockingham Primary School | School remains Good | (51/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Corby Primary Academy | Good | (52/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.431 miles (2026) |
| Woodnewton- A Learning Community | Good | (66/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Kingswood Primary Academy | Standards maintained | (69/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Little Stanion Primary School | School remains Good | (73/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Studfall Junior Academy | School remains Good | (73/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Beanfield Primary School | Good | (80/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| St Brendan's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (94/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Exeter A Learning Community Academy | Good | (95/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Danesholme Infant Academy | Good | — | — |
| Studfall Infant Academy | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (5)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood Secondary Academy | Standards maintained | Top 37% (7/19) in North Northamptonshire | 1.394 miles (2026) |
| Corby Technical School | Good | Top 43% (8/19) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Corby Business Academy | Good | (14/19) in North Northamptonshire | 4.115 miles (2026) |
| Lodge Park Academy | Ofsted report card | (18/19) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Weldon Village Academy | — | — | 3.608 miles (2026) |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (143 detached, 215 semi-detached, 199 terraced, 45 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Corby. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Corby →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 92% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,313 postcodes in NN17, NN18. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 6 outstanding; 9 good, or expected standard; 4 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 19 in North Northamptonshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, North Northamptonshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: North Northamptonshire.
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