Kingsthorpe College


Kingsthorpe College ', formerly Kingsthorpe Community College''' and before that Kingsthorpe Upper School, is a secondary school with academy status in Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire. In 2012 it became a member of the Collaborative Academies Trust. It has about 1,200 students with c.180 in the sixth form. The school moved into a new building in 2007. It has been a specialist sports college with a second specialism in History since 2006.
The school is set on one site, which is located on Boughton Green Road. It was previously on two sites, the other being next to Welford Road, which is on the A5199. The college is a 'sports college', after changing from a Language College and a former ICT College. It is next to the main site of the University of Northampton.

Ofsted judgements

In 2013 Ofsted stated that the school required improvement. In 2015 the school was judged Good.

Former pupils