Kingsthorpe College

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow West Northamptonshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See West Northamptonshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 175 families put this school as their first choice, and 235 places were offered. 175 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 10 December 2019. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

Short (ungraded) inspection, 12 March 2025: Standards maintained.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1415 (capacity 1450)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

ORBIS EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01604716106

Address

Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 7HR

Website

kingsthorpecollege.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports