It has consistently placed very highly in GCSE league tables and has an above average value added score at Key Stage 4.
Two businessmen, Hugh de Capell Brooke, a local landowner, and Garry Weston, owner of Associated British Foods, donated land and funded the initial building of the school respectively, along with additional grants from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation.
[citation needed] Every pupil and member of staff has their own user accounts and storage areas.
The transitional year of 1998 saw other subject classes cancelled for entire week blocks to bring the pupils into the new qualification having previously studied the GCSE.
This consists of a range of interactive learning materials and online tasks which all relate to various subject areas.
[citation needed] With the redevelopment of the vocational courses in 2010, Brooke Weston decided to not produce materials for the new specifications.
[10] Each year, the school holds its annual sports day at Corby Triangle near Rockingham where it displays almost all popular track and field disciplines.
The department also features facilities for textiles and sewing as well as an area for pupils to review and edit design plans digitally using a range of programmes.
£5 million of Government money has been invested in the school, which has resulted in the construction of a new Creative and Digital Arts Centre.
Opened on 9 October 2009, this has expanded the school's music and drama performing facilities alongside a new TV studio and kitchens, which will allow Food Technology to be taught.
In January 2013, Brooke Weston issued an apology after an email criticising a pyjama day was accidentally sent from vice principal, Mark Willimott, to children's cancer charity 'Chelsea's Angels', who suggested the event.
Willimott had intended to forward the email with his comments to a colleague, but inadvertently addressed it to charity founder Michelle Tompkins too, writing:"AM I MISSING SOMETHING???
The police investigation determined that none of the activity took place using school equipment or involved any of our pupils.
The former principal of Corby Business Academy, Dr. Andrew Campbell, is the Chief Executive of the Academy Trust, with principals Simon Underwood and Nicola Treacy (Joint Heads of School) and Peter Kirkbride respectively in charge of each school.
86% of Brooke Weston pupils achieved the equivalent of 5 or more A*-C GCSEs including English and maths.
[3] 81% of Brooke Weston pupils achieved the equivalent of 5 or more A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths.
[citation needed] Pupils at Brooke Weston achieved an 86% pass rate of A*-C grades in GCSE including Maths and English.
Brooke Weston also achieved its, at the time, best ever A Level results this year, with a 100% pass rate.
The average UCAS point score increased to 379 (equivalent to 3 A grades per pupil), up from 334 from the previous year.
[20] 72% of pupils achieved 5 or more A*-C grade GCSE passes including English and Maths, a significant drop from previous years.
2014 was a year of change in GCSE examinations; had previous accountability measures been used, 100% of pupils would have secured 5 A*-C grades, and 39% of all entries awarded A* or A.