Southfield School for Girls
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Kettering · NN15 6HE · North Northamptonshire
Ages 11–18
- Att846.2
- P8-0.2
- EM5+46%
- Absence9.6%
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 122066
The Latimer Arts College
Foundation school · Kettering · NN15 6SW
Ages 11–18 · 1,219 pupils · North Northamptonshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
45.2
Overall absence
8.6%
Admissions demand
1.13 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-06-14
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.23
−20+2
Attainment 845.2
English & maths grade 5+36%
English & maths grade 4+65%
EBacc entry20%
EBacc APS: 3.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.7%
Unauthorised2.8%
- Authorised absence
- 5.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,059
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.13 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
229
Places offered
202
1st-preference offers
182
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 550
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 202
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill95%
1,219 pupils · 1,277 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,219
- Boys / girls
- 653 / 566
- School capacity
- 1,277
- Capacity fill
- 1,219 / 1,277 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 21.4%
- FSM pupils
- 227
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Foundation school
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Murphy
Location
- Address
- Castle Way, Barton Seagrave
- Postcode
- NN15 6SW
- Town
- Kettering
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- District
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed foundation school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Kettering, North Northamptonshire, 1,219 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 21.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Kettering Science Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Kettering · NN15 7AA · North Northamptonshire
Ages 11–19
- Att839.4
- P8-0.2
- EM5+32%
- Absence11.2%
1.3 miles away
Bishop Stopford School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Kettering · NN15 6BJ · North Northamptonshire
Ages 11–18
- Att864.1
- P81.0
- EM5+75%
- Absence4.5%
1.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Murphy
- Telephone
- 01536720300