Kingsthorpe College
Secondary schoolKingsthorpe College is a secondary school in West Northamptonshire, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,415 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), December 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 December 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 12 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Kingsthorpe College was 43.5, against 46.0 in West Northamptonshire and 46.2 in England.
34% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | West Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 45.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59.6% | 65.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 265 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- All Saints CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Sunnyside Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Green Oaks Primary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)680 m
- Purple Oaks AcademySpecial. Good (overall), March 2022680 m
- Northampton School for GirlsSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 59.2 (2025/26, provisional)1 km
- Parklands Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in West Northamptonshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).