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Academy sponsor led · North Northamptonshire

Kingswood Secondary Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,208Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 139957URN

Gainsborough Road, Corby, NN18 9NS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.2 below North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

412 applications for 216 places · 13th of 21 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.0of 90
7th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

Inspection history

  1. 19 March 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 12 March 2019
    Graded inspection: Good

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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
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

412 applications · 216 places offered · 199 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.5; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.5; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.4; North Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.3; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.5; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 0 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 20262164121.91990.92
Sep 20252113141.51500.71
Sep 20242143111.51410.66
Sep 20232103901.91590.76
Sep 20222653691.41510.57
Sep 20212123601.71510.71
Sep 20202073621.81240.60
Sep 20192162731.31120.52
Sep 20182012551.31110.55
Sep 20171862261.21050.56
Sep 20162062211.1970.47
Sep 20152052591.31270.62
Sep 20141802641.51080.60

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

211 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.07th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths43%9th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths62%
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21146.043%62%–
2024/2520142.934%57%–
2023/2420243.443%61%+0.10
2022/2320542.132%58%+0.16

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

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School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139957 · 940/4013
Trust
Greenwood Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,302 pupils · 1,208 on roll
Free school meals
31.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 September 2013
Replaced
The Kingswood School (URN 122115)
Address
Gainsborough Road, Corby, NN18 9NS
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

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