Kingsthorpe College
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Dec 11 2019 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Unique reference
- 138932
- Address
- Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, NN2 7HR
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1403 (97% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.4%
- Girls
- 48.6%
- First language not English
- 23.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 19.1%
- Persistent absence
- 25.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.7%
White British 58.7%
Other White 13.1%
Mixed 7.4%
African 5.6%
Bangladeshi 3.8%
Other Black 3.8%
Other 1.7%
Other Asian 1.6%
Pakistani 1.5%
Indian 1%
Caribbean 0.9%
Irish 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.05
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 19%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 36%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 42.6
Local authority average 45.2
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.61
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 24 |
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 26 |
Dance: General | Technical Award | 25 |
Multimedia | Technical Award | 15 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 62 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 16 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (3d Studies) | GCSE | 30 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 48 |
Biology | GCSE | 47 |
Admissions
Kingsthorpe College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 256
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 207
- 2nd preference
- 139
- 3rd preference
- 110
- From another Local Authority
- 2
Offers
- 1st preference
- 207
- 2nd preference
- 34
- 3rd preference
- 8
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.6 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 242 125 117 |
Year 8 | 253 147 106 |
Year 9 | 262 133 129 |
Year 10 | 236 109 127 |
Year 11 | 250 128 122 |
Year 12 | 79 39 40 |
Year 13 | 81 40 41 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 86.0% 88.2% 86.5% |
Further education | 48.0% 37.0% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 38.0% 50.3% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 0.0% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 3.0% 3.8% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 3.0% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 8.0% 4.2% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 72.0% n/a 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 4.0% n/a 19.7% |
Russell Group | 4.0% n/a 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% n/a 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 3.0% n/a 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 0.0% n/a 1.7% |