Academy converter · Secondary
Kettering · NN15 6BJ · North Northamptonshire
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136976
Southfield School for Girls
Academy converter · Kettering · NN15 6HE
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,111
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Girls academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Kettering, North Northamptonshire, 1,111 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 18.6%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136976
Location
- Address
- Lewis Road
- Postcode
- NN15 6HE
- Town
- Kettering
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- District
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,111
- Boys / girls
- 3 / 1,108
- School capacity
- 1,123
- Capacity fill
- 1,111 / 1,123 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 18.6%
- FSM pupils
- 178
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Girls
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ORBIS EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- ORBIS EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Orbis Education Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 16 on roll / 16 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Meadway
- Telephone
- 01536513063
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-04-18
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 46.2
- Progress 8
- -0.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 46%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 67%
- EBacc entry
- 60%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3