Southfield School for Girls, Kettering

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 18 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Southfield School for Girls averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.6 in North Northamptonshire and 47 across England.

49% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in North Northamptonshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 46.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.23: 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 39.1, against 48.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 92 families put Southfield School for Girls as their first choice and 268 named it as one of their preferences, for 132 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 Southfield School for Girls are Bishop Stopford School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 62.9); Kettering Science Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.3); The Latimer Arts College (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.9); and Kettering Buccleuch Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.4).

Southfield School for Girls's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Southfield School for Girls is one of 3 schools run by Orbis Education Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 204 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 38% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 106 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 115 pupils (10.4%) received SEN support and 36 (3.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Southfield School for Girls has a SEN unit for autism: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Kettering Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Edward Road (after), 180 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 238 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour 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, Southfield School for Girls issued 252 suspensions, 21.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Southfield School for Girls are Greenfields Primary School and Nursery (0.3 miles), St Edward's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles), Hawthorn Community Primary School (0.5 miles) and Compass Primary Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.