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Kingsthorpe College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton NN2 7HR · kingsthorpecollege.org.uk · 01604 716106
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.6
- average Attainment 8 score. West Northamptonshire 44.7, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · West Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,415
- 98% of 1,450 places
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
- First language not English
- 28.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: West Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 175 families put the school first and 235 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 235 | 175 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 248 | 184 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 256 | 207 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 249 | 259 | 1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 238 | 209 | 0.9 | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.6, and 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across West Northamptonshire it was 44.7, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (29.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼30.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼33.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.53 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 26.5 | −17.4 |
| Further education | 57.6 | +20.2 |
| Other education | 0.8 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.7 | +1.5 |
| Employment | 2.9 | −1.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.7 | −4.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.9 | +1.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 students | C (29.8) | Average -0.08 | |
| 63 students | C (30) | Average -0.08 | |
| 50 students | Dist- (30.3) | Average +0.08 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 71 | C+ (31.8) | -0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 58 | C+ (31.9) | — |
| 2021/22 | 49 | B- (35.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 72 | C- (25.8) | -0.16 |
| 2017/18 | 86 | C- (26.1) | -0.22 |
| 2016/17 | 101 | C- (27.8) | -0.04 |
| 2015/16 | 89 | D+ (22) | -0.16 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 58 | −6 |
| Other education | 1.1 | −2.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8 | +4.1 |
| Employment | 25 | +10.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.7 | −6.3 |
| Activity not captured | 3.4 | +0.7 |
Ofsted
Kingsthorpe College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (139 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 57%
- Replies
- 139
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 49 parents (35%) with SEND