| Established | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Principal | David Tristram |
| Location | Gainsborough Corby Northamptonshire NN18 9NS England |
| Local authority | Northamptonshire |
| DfE URN | 122115 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1253 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Pale Green |
| Website | www.kingswoodschool.com |
The Kingswood School[1] is a state comprehensive school for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 18 located in Corby, Northants. In 2008 Kingswood saw its highest GCSE pass rate at 54%[2]. The school used to operate on two sites; the Upper School site, which was for students between the ages of 11-16, and the Lower School, which was once Our Lady and Pope John[3] Catholic Secondary School. The school was bought by The Kingswood School in 2004 and all of its students were then mixed with The Kingswood School's pupils the Lower School site was then used as a Sixth form centre.
The School is now on one site in the new building.
Contents |
The school was established as a grammar school in 1965 with 150 students. The school now has over 1,000 students operating on the new school site. Many changes have taken place in the past two years with the introduction of a new school uniform, vertical tutoring, a brand new building with state of the art facilities.
The new school is now open and the has changed the way the school operates. There is a vertical tutoring system, which includes a few students from each year and four sixth form students, in which the sixth formers are encouraged to mentor students in year 7. There are five houses with names related to the performing arts, which each have their own heads, school counciler, school mentor and peer mentors.
The Kingswood School was designated a Specialist Arts College in September 2004 after grades were excelling in subjects related to the performing arts.
The school day officially starts at 8:40am with lessons also starting then. Every student has 5 lessons, each of which lasting 1 hour. At 10:40am the students will either go to their allocated form room or attend an assembly, depending on the students house, the day on which the assembly is held will change. The students receive two 30 minute lunches during the day, one after their second lesson and then another after their fourth. The day then finishes at 3:00pm unless the student partakes in an extracurricular activity[4].