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Red Kite Academy

Mixed · ages 4–18 · with sixth formNorth Northamptonshire, East Midlands · Corby NN18 0BXTrust: Kingsley Learning FoundationSchool website
Pupils on roll
149of 100 places
Free school meals
40.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
18
Ofsted
Good, 24 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 21 pupils who finished Year 11 at Red Kite Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Red Kite Academy’s own sixth form (North Northamptonshire average 40%), 48% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North Northamptonshire and England.

Red Kite Academy
North Northamptonshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRed Kite AcademyNorth NorthamptonshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort213,979607,348
Any sustained destination86%91%92%
Stayed in education86%86%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college48%44%37%
— other education38%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown14%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Where Red Kite Academy is

Other secondary schools in North Northamptonshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from North Northamptonshire’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

Bishop Stopford School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,454 pupils

96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.7

Brooke Weston Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,154 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5

Corby Business Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,188 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0

Huxlow Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 783 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.