Bishop Stopford School

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Bishop Stopford School
Address
Bishop Stopford School
Headlands

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NN15 6BJ

England
Coordinates 52°23′10″N0°43′38″W / 52.3861°N 0.7272°W / 52.3861; -0.7272
Information
Type Secondary Academy
MottoFaith. Justice. Responsibility. Truth. Compassion.
Religious affiliation(s) Church of England
Established1535;488 years ago (1535)
Department for Education URN 137086 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherJill Silverthorne
GenderMixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment1478
Houses8: Canterbury, Durham, Ely, Gloucester, Peterborough, Salisbury, Winchester and York
Colour(s)  Royal Blue
  Gold
  Black
PublicationKeyNotes, BSS World of Writing
Website http://www.bishopstopford.com

Bishop Stopford School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. [1]

Contents

The school is located in the Headlands, Kettering. The current headteacher is Jill Silverthorne. Former students of Bishop Stopford are known as Old Stopfordians.

History

Bishop Stopford School was founded in 1965 as a purpose-built Secondary Modern institution, as a replacement for its precursor, a school founded in 1535 by the rector of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering. The former bishop of Peterborough, Robert Stopford, agreed to the new school being named after him. Bishop Stopford School soon introduced a sixth form and admitted its first fully comprehensive intake in 1976. [2]

On 23 May 2012, Bishop Stopford opened an extension to the sixth-form, with a study area, two seminar rooms and an additional classroom.

The number on roll has more than doubled since 1965 to approximately 1450 students, with a sixth form of approximately 400.

The school converted to academy status in August 2011. [3]

Previous headteachers were Pat Partridge until 1974, Trevor Hopkins until 1998, [4] James Colquhoun until 2001, and Margaret Holman from 2001 to 2018.[ citation needed ]

Sixth form

Bishop Stopford School Sixth Form has approximately 400 students and offers 25 A Level subjects. [5]

School performance and inspections

The last full inspection by Ofsted was in 2022, with a judgement of Requires Improvement. [6] The report noted that the school had a longer than usual period between inspections. [6]

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References

  1. "Bishop Stopford School". Bishop Stopford. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. "History of the School". Bishop Stopford.
  3. Norris, Frank (14 February 2012). "Academy conversion and predecessor schools". Ofsted. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. "Dr Trevor Hopkins". Bishop Stopford. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. "Sixth Form". Bishop Stopford. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 Fearns-Davies, Roxanne (2022). "Inspection of Bishop Stopford School". Ofsted. Retrieved 6 June 2023.