Kettering Science Academy, Kettering

From the headteacher's welcome: "Whether you're visiting us as a current parent or exploring KSA for the first time, thank you for taking the time to find out more about our school. Choosing a secondary school - and choosing to stay - are some of the biggest decisions a family makes. You want to know your child will be understood, supported and stretched."

In 2026, pupils at Kettering Science Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 35.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.6 in North Northamptonshire and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in North Northamptonshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 37.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.2: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 29.9, against 37.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 149 families put Kettering Science Academy as their first choice and 468 named it as one of their preferences, for 270 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Kettering Science Academy are Southfield School for Girls (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.7); Kettering Buccleuch Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 51.4); Bishop Stopford School (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 62.9); and The Latimer Arts College (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.9).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Kettering Science Academy.

Kettering Science Academy is one of 12 schools run by The Brooke Weston Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 246 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 56% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 57 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

27.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (61%), Black (11%) and Mixed (6%).

Kettering Science Academy has a resourced provision: 4 places.

The nearest railway station is Kettering Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Science Academy (after), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Kettering Science Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 415 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Northamptonshire (141), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Kettering Science Academy issued 862 suspensions, 59.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 15 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Kettering Science Academy are Compass Primary Academy (under 0.1 miles), St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.4 miles), Millbrook Junior School (0.6 miles) and Grange Primary Academy (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.