Montsaye Academy
Secondary · Kettering · NN14 6BB
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 1 November 2023. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 1 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,017 pupils · 74% of 1,380 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- https://www.montsaye.org/
- URN
- 151196
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 112 families named it first for 148 Year 7 places, 0.76 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 1 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.76 first-choice applications per place148 places offered · 112 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Kettering school admissions · North Northamptonshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 79% (North Northamptonshire 66%, England 59%) · Black African 6% (North Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (North Northamptonshire 12%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Northamptonshire 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (North Northamptonshire 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Northamptonshire: 30.07 suspensions and 0.37 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 24.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 22.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 17.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 79% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 12% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 8.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 44.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 18.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 11.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027123 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £238,500302 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £185,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 10a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted