UK Schools
Bishop Stopford School
Bishop Stopford School is a mixed secondary academy in Kettering, North Northamptonshire Council, teaching 1,454 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 58.7 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 10 holidays and 2 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Bishop Stopford School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Bishop Stopford School.
- 1 Teacher CPD Day
- 2 First Day of School
- 20–24 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Teacher CPD Day
- 6 Start of Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Spring Bank Holiday / Half Term
- 17 Last Day of School
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Teacher CPD Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- First Day of School Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 20-24, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Teacher CPD Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Start of Spring Term Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday / Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of School Jul 17, 2026 Event
- Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Bishop Stopford School with North Northamptonshire Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 58.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 37.44 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 8.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 98% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Bishop Stopford School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Bishop Stopford School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.