Southfield School, Kettering

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Southfield School
Logo of Southfield School in Kettering, England, Jan 2014.png
Address
Southfield School, Kettering
Lewis Road

Kettering
,
Northamptonshire
,
NN15 6HE

England
Coordinates 52°23′12″N0°43′05″W / 52.3866°N 0.7181°W / 52.3866; -0.7181
Information
Type Academy
MottoA world of possibilities
Established1976
Department for Education URN 136976 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherScott Nevett
GenderGirls
(Coeducational sixth form)
Age11to 18
HousesCurrently none.
Website http://www.southfieldsch.co.uk/

Southfield School (formerly known as Southfield School for Girls) is a girls' secondary school and coeducational sixth form with academy status, located in Kettering in the English county of Northamptonshire. [1]

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Previously a foundation school administered by Northamptonshire County Council, the school converted to academy status in August 2011, and in 2021 it joined with Kingsthorpe College in Northampton as part of the Orbis Education Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust. [2] The school continues to coordinate with Northamptonshire County Council for admissions.

Southfield School offers GCSEs as programmes of study for girls. The school operates a coeducational sixth form, where students can choose to study from range of A Levels and BTECs.

After a period of sustained improvement, becoming the best performing school in Northamptonshire, [3] in 2021 Southfield was awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark. [4]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "Southfield School". Southfieldsch.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "ORBIS EDUCATION TRUST - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Southfield School for Girls - The Parliamentary Review". www.theparliamentaryreview.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Best Secondary school in Northamptonshire - Southfield School". The World Class Schools Quality Mark. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kettering Elvis impersonator, aged seven, to appear on Britain's Got Talent - Northamptonshire Telegraph". Northantstelegraph.co.uk. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2014.


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