Southfield School for Girls

Academy converter·Secondary school Kettering, North Northamptonshire·NN15 6HE
Composite score
58.5
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#1,382
National rank
#112
In East Midlands
#6
In North Northamptonshire
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
46%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
26%
EBacc average points score
4.34

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
92 first choices, 132 places
First choices per place
0.70
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
268
any preference, for 132 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7120220.6720230.5820240.7620250.702026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Southfield School for Girls first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,197
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
14.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,227
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
96%
195 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Southfield School for Girls

Southfield School for Girls is a girls' secondary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,197 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.8, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of secondary schools nationally.

46% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Southfield School for Girls was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 92 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.6%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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