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Bishop Stopford School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.[1]
| Bishop Stopford School | |
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| Address | |
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Headlands , , NN15 6BJ England | |
| Coordinates | 52°23′10″N 0°43′38″W / 52.3861°N 0.7272°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary Academy |
| Motto | Faith. Justice. Responsibility. Truth. Compassion. |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1965 |
| Department for Education URN | 137086 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Jill Silverthorne |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1478 |
| Houses | North (Durham & York), South (Canterbury & Winchester), East (Ely & Peterborough), West (Gloucester, Salisbury) |
| Colour(s) | Royal Blue Gold Black |
| Publication | KeyNotes, BSS World of Writing |
| Forms | Canterbury, Durham, Ely, Gloucester, Peterborough, Salisbury, Winchester, York |
| Former Forms | Lincolnshire |
| Bands | Band 1 (Canterbury, Durham, Winchester, York) & Band 2 (Ely, Gloucester, Peterborough, Salisbury) |
| Website | http://www.bishopstopford.com |
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
editBishop 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, and Jill Silverthorne from 2018 to now.[citation needed]
Sixth form
editBishop Stopford School Sixth Form has approximately 400 students and offers 25 A Level subjects.[5]
School performance and inspections
editThe 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]
Subjects
editAt a base level students study maths, English, science, Physical Education, Spanish or French (studied in alternating years e.g. a Year 8 in 2023 studied French but a Year 9 in 2023 would study Spanish and both would study these for the whole school), PSHE, and Religious Education. Additional subjects in Year 7 include: Library, GRIT (Great Respect In Teams), and Foundation learning (also studied in Year 8, and replaced with Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education in Year 9).[7]
GCSEs
editEvery student must study English, maths, science, Spanish or French (as explained above), and Religious Education.[8] Options include Geography, History, Physical Education, Design Technology, Food, Spanish or French, Computing, Art, Health and Social Care, and Music.[8]
Notable former pupils
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bishop Stopford School". Bishop Stopford. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "History of the School". Bishop Stopford.
- ^ Norris, Frank (14 February 2012). "Academy conversion and predecessor schools". Ofsted. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Dr Trevor Hopkins". Bishop Stopford. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Sixth Form". Bishop Stopford. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ a b Fearns-Davies, Roxanne (2022). "Inspection of Bishop Stopford School". Ofsted. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Curriculum booklets". Bishop Stopford School. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Year 9 Options". Bishop Stopford School. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Wildman, Sam (22 November 2023). "'The honour of my life' - Rosie Wrighting chosen as Labour's candidate to fight for Kettering MP seat". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 24 October 2024.