Kingswood Secondary Academy

Kingswood Secondary Academy is coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. It is sponsored by the Greenwood Academies TrustHistoryThe school was established as a comprehensive school in 1965 with 150 students. The school now has over 1, 200 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 school was the subject of a BBC documentary produced by Richard Denton in academic year 1980 /81 together with an earlier sister documentary on a public school Radley College. The Kingswood School was designated a Specialist Arts College in September after grades were excelling in subjects related to the performing arts. (Dance, Drama, Art, Music and Media Studies)In 2008 Kingswood its highest pass rate at 54% . 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 Catholic Secondary School. The school was taken over by in 2004 and its students were then mixed with The Kingswood pupils. The Lower School site was then used as a sixth form centre. The Pope John site underwent demolition from November 2012, following an arson attack on the site in August 2012. The School is now on one site in the new building.

Kingswood Secondary Academy is coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. It is sponsored by the Greenwood Academies TrustHistoryThe school was established as a comprehensive school in 1965 with 150 students. The school now has over 1, 200 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 school was the subject of a BBC documentary produced by Richard Denton in academic year 1980 /81 together with an earlier sister documentary on a public school Radley College. The Kingswood School was designated a Specialist Arts College in September after grades were excelling in subjects related to the performing arts. (Dance, Drama, Art, Music and Media Studies)In 2008 Kingswood its highest pass rate at 54% . 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 Catholic Secondary School. The school was taken over by in 2004 and its students were then mixed with The Kingswood pupils. The Lower School site was then used as a sixth form centre. The Pope John site underwent demolition from November 2012, following an arson attack on the site in August 2012. The School is now on one site in the new building.