Montsaye Academy
Montsaye Academy is a converter academy in Kettering for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,017 pupils and room for 1,380. About 27 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inadequate, back in 2023.
Greening Road, Kettering, NN14 6BBmontsaye.orgMr Gopal Baria headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 November 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Inadequate overall.
Ofsted has serious worries about this school. It is in special measures.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
155 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of Montsaye Academy, the school this one replaced.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2022† | 2019† | 2018† | North Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 155 | 176 | 199 | 191 | 171 | 149 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 40.7 | 37.7 | 39.1 | 43.1 | 43.3 | 43.7 | 44.0 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -0.57 | -0.53 | -0.59 | -0.37 | -0.23 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 36% | 26% | 27% | 40% | 29% | 34% | 39% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 56% | 54% | 49% | 62% | 54% | 51% | 60% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 3.72 | 3.25 | 3.30 | 3.76 | 3.78 | 3.91 | 3.91 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 25% | 17% | 15% | 24% | 28% | 60% | 38% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 35.2 | 23.6 | 25.6 | 29.0 | 39.0 | 38.1 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 42.7 | 40.9 | 42.7 | 47.1 | 44.2 | 45.1 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 22.6 | 23.4 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 23.9 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 58.5 | 63.1 | 63.5 | 57.8 | 60.3 | – | – |
† These results are for Montsaye Academy, the school this one replaced in December 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to North Northamptonshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (43), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (26), Moderate learning difficulty (23), Specific learning difficulty (21), Autistic spectrum disorder (17), Other difficulty or disability (10).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 10.6% | 13.6% | 10.9% | 12.6% | 6.2% | 6.8% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.5% | 4.2% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 3.1% | 3.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 7.1% | 9.4% | 5.9% | 6.5% | 3.1% | 3.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 27.2% | 36.7% | 32.3% | 41.5% | 16.9% | 19.3% | 23.9% |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Montsaye Academy, the school this one replaced in December 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettering Buccleuch Academy | Academy | 4.3 miles | 1,808 | Report card 2026 | 64 | Compare |
| Bishop Stopford School | Academy | 4.4 miles | 1,454 | No overall grade 2025 | 96 | Compare |
| Kettering Science Academy | Academy | 4.6 miles | 1,477 | Good 2023 | 17 | Compare |
| Southfield School for Girls | Academy | 4.7 miles | 1,111 | Good 2023 | 41 | Compare |
| Kingswood Secondary Academy | Academy | 5.0 miles | 1,208 | Not inspected | 43 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Montsaye Academy a good school?
Montsaye Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it inadequate at its last inspection in November 2023.
What is Montsaye Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Montsaye Academy inadequate at its last full inspection on 1 November 2023.
How good are Montsaye Academy's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 36% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 40.7, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished most of a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Montsaye Academy have?
1,017 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 1,380 places, so it is 74% full.
What is attendance like at Montsaye Academy?
Pupils were in school 89.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 27% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Montsaye Academy?
The average class had 24.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 20% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Montsaye Academy have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Greening Road, Kettering, NN14 6BB
- Website
- www.montsaye.org
- Headteacher
- Mr Gopal Baria
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-18, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- United Learning Trust (98 schools)
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Ward
- Rothwell & Mawsley
- Constituency
- Kettering
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 December 2025 (fresh start)
- URN
- 151196 · LAESTAB 9404002 · UKPRN 10096001
- Formerly
- Montsaye Academy
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.