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Kingsley Special Academy

Special schoolAges 4–11Academy

Kettering, NN15 5DP · North Northamptonshire local authority

Kettering’s School Grade B better than 60% of towns in England

How full
165 pupils
106% of its 156 places
Free school meals
32%
32 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Kingsley Special Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 165 pupils for 156 places
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NN15 5) sold for a median £265,250; Kettering’s is £255,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

163 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
20.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 32%Boys 68%
Its letter

No letter for Kingsley Special Academy

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, June 2023. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), December 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Kingsley Special Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NN15 5, the school’s postcode sector

Kettering property prices →
£265,250
median sale, 718 sales in 36 months · Kettering £255,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025NN15 5Kettering
NN15 5Kettering

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£365K
Semi-detached
£253K
Terraced
£198K
Flat
£175K
NN15 5Kettering

Homes in NN15 5 sell for a little over Kettering’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+B−C−A−DBAB+DAC+C+B−C+B−Kingsley Special Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Kettering, NN15 5DP

Kingsley Special Academy: common questions

What is Kingsley Special Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Kingsley Special Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, NN15 5, sold for a median £265,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (718 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Kettering’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.