Bishop Stopford School

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Bishop Stopford School is located in the Headlands, Kettering, England. The school is co-educational, teaching pupils between the ages of 11 and 18. The school dates back to as far as 1535. Within each year group, the pupils are divided into eight houses: Canterbury, Durham, Ely, Gloucester (collectively known as Band A), and Peterborough, Salisbury, Winchester and York (collectively known as Band B). There are approximately 1450 students and a sixth form of over 350 students. This divisions are purely based on the alphabetical placing of the house name, rather than on any academic ability. The one exception to this house system, is the Class of 2004, who in their oversubscribed year acquired another house - Lincoln. As the school is a church school, the houses are named after great cathedrals. The schools sixth form is one of the largest in the county.

The current Headteacher is Mrs Margaret Holman. It is a member of the Woodard Corporation, a collection of Church of England Schools.