Secondary school in Kettering, North Northamptonshire
Montsaye Academy
Greening Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 6BB
Ofsted
Graded Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 1 November 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1017
- Places
- 1380
- How full
- 74% full — 1017 of 1380 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 459 / 558
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for North Northamptonshire 014A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 25%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 22%
- Households owning their home
- 79%
- Households in social housing
- 12%
- Households with no car
- 11%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Gopal Baria
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Ward
- Rothwell & Mawsley
- Constituency
- Kettering
- URN
- 151196
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Works Community CollegeOther independent school | No grade | — | 3.7 mi |
| Kettering Buccleuch AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 48.3 | 4.3 mi |
| Bishop Stopford SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 58.7 | 4.4 mi |
| Kettering Science AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 37.3 | 4.6 mi |
| Southfield School for GirlsAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 46.8 | 4.7 mi |
| Kingswood Secondary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 42.9 | 5 mi |
| Brooke Weston AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 50.5 | 5.1 mi |
| The Latimer Arts CollegeFoundation school | Good 2023 | 44.8 | 5.7 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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