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Bishop Stopford School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,454Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137086URN

Headlands, Kettering, NN15 6BJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.8 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

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630 applications for 216 places · 5th of 21 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
62.9of 90
1st of 19 in North Northamptonshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 1 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.9applications per place, Year 7
0.8 above North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

630 applications · 216 places offered · 309 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.3; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.4; North Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.9; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 3.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 2.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262166302.93091.43
Sep 20252124952.32571.21
Sep 20242095652.72811.34
Sep 20232095912.82831.35
Sep 20222065022.42351.14
Sep 20212125762.72811.33
Sep 20202115782.72701.28
Sep 20192116082.92961.40
Sep 20182066583.23101.50
Sep 20172084822.32371.14
Sep 20162005762.92581.29
Sep 20152025532.72691.33
Sep 20142085462.62821.36

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

216 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)62.91st of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths73%1st of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths89%
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.02
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21662.973%89%–
2024/2521558.766%84%–
2023/2421764.175%92%+1.02
2022/2321360.771%84%+0.88

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137086 · 940/4601
Trust
Bishop Stopford School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,383 pupils · 1,454 on roll
Free school meals
7.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Bishop Stopford School (URN 122095)
Address
Headlands, Kettering, NN15 6BJ
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources