Kingswood Secondary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Corby, North Northamptonshire·NN18 9NS
Composite score
53.6
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#2,078
National rank
#169
In East Midlands
#10
In North Northamptonshire
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
57%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.72

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
199 first choices, 216 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
412
any preference, for 216 places
Last place offered lived
1.39 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2243 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5720220.7620230.6620240.7120250.922026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,226
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
23.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
32.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,215
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
91%
205 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Kingswood Secondary Academy is a secondary school serving Corby, North Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,226 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.9 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 0.5 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 57% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 90% of the families who made Kingswood Secondary Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.39 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.0%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. Kingswood Secondary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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