Kingswood Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Corby, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Kingswood Primary Academy is a primary school in Corby, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Kingswood Primary Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 54% for 2024/25 was the 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire that have results.
- For Reception 2026 there were 26 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 46.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Southbrook, Corby, NN18 9BE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, safe and feel welcome.”
- “They know that staff care about them and have their best interests at heart.”
- “The school ensures that pupils arrive at school prepared to learn and able to achieve their best, for instance by providing them with healthy snacks.”
To improve
- “However, there is not always sufficient time for pupils to catch up before they leave.”
- “For this reason, published results in 2024 were lower than usual.”
- “However, pupils sometimes repeat basic errors in their written work because staff do not respond to pupils’ mistakes well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 54% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Northamptonshire.
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corby 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hazel Leys Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Corby Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Danesholme Junior Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Danesholme Infant Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Beanfield Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Brendan's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakley Vale Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published