Students from the Unit at Corby Business Academy are enjoying horse riding lessons and, for many, it is the first time they have come into contact with the animals at such close quarters.

Brooke Weston Academy students taught Principal Pete Kirkbride how to play chess at the Academy’s weekly club.

Corby Business Academy is one of a handful of schools shortlisted for a national reading award for running the Accelerated Reader Programme, which encourages students to discover a love of books.

Brooke Weston Academy's science teacher Dan Hawksley has a novel way of making sure that students are getting to grips with tricky biology concepts by testing them with a new word every day.

Ofsted inspectors say that students at Kettering Science Academy are happy and ‘speak warmly about their supportive teachers’ and that ‘school leaders want pupils to succeed’ and live up to the school’s motto of ‘being the best you can be.’ They pinpointed key areas, such as the Sixth Form and Safeguarding for particularly positive comments in their most recent report.