Kingsthorpe College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsthorpe College is a secondary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Kingsthorpe College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, for Year 7 entry, every applicant was offered a place, as at 14 of the 17 other West Northamptonshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 175 first-choice applications for 235 offers, and 60 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above: 30% (England 45%), lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in West Northamptonshire that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 7HR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “Most pupils enjoy attending this welcoming school.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils.”
- “In most subjects, pupils progress well through the curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not do this consistently well in some subjects.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their learning or misconceptions that are unaddressed, and they do not learn as well as they could.”
- “However, some of these pupils still miss out on too much learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 175 first-preference applications, 235 offers in total, 175 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Northamptonshire.
- Northampton School for Girls 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas Becket Catholic School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Malcolm Arnold Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moulton School and Science College 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Weston Favell Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Northampton School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northampton School for Boys 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Northampton Academy 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published