Best Secondary Schools in Kettering

We checked all 7 secondary schools in Kettering, North Northamptonshire, and list every one: 5 ranked, then 2 without a rank.

Schools checked
7
Ranked
5
Without a rank
2

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Kettering. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Kettering also has 40 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in North Northamptonshire. North Northamptonshire also has rankings for Wellingborough and Corby.

Ranked secondary schools in Kettering

  1. 1

    Bishop Stopford School

    Academy, 1,454 pupils, inspected April 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    58.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    66%

  2. 2

    Kettering Buccleuch Academy

    Academy, 1,808 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    48.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    45.4%

  3. 3

    Southfield School for Girls

    Academy, 1,111 pupils, inspected April 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    46.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    46.4%

  4. 4

    The Latimer Arts College

    Local authority maintained, 1,219 pupils, inspected January 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    40%

  5. 5

    Kettering Science Academy

    Academy, 1,477 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    37.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    28%

Secondary schools in Kettering without a rank