Southfield School for Girls
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Kettering, NN15 6HE
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Bishop Stopford School
Headlands, Kettering, NN15 6BJ
Local ranking1st of 19 secondary schools in North Northamptonshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1383
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 58.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 84.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 86.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 215
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 14.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
177
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.8% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 375
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1459
- Boys
- 737 (51%)
- Girls
- 722 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1383 (105% full)
- SEND
- 7.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 7.3%
- EAL
- 9.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 6.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,808/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 57.7%
- Asian Indian: 14.2%
- Black African: 9.0%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
57.7%
White British
14.2%
Asian Indian
9.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Headlands
Kettering, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137086
- UKPRN
- 10034653
- Establishment No.
- 4601
- Trust
- BISHOP STOPFORD SCHOOL
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