Living in Kettering with children
Kettering, North Northamptonshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 63,149 people in 26,403 households; 30.7% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
45 schools: 39 state primary, 6 state secondaryKettering on the schools map →Every school in Kettering, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (39)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanion Church of England (Aided) Primary School | School remains Good | Top 4% (3/96) in North Northamptonshire | 2.356 miles (2026) |
| Broughton Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 5% (4/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Greenfields Primary School and Nursery | Outstanding | Top 7% (6/96) in North Northamptonshire | 1.887 miles (2026) |
| Trinity Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 8% (7/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Good | Top 14% (13/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Great Addington CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 16% (15/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 16% (15/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Geddington Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 20% (19/96) in North Northamptonshire | 3.015 miles (2025) |
| Hall Meadow Primary School | Good | Top 22% (21/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.708 miles (2025) |
| Cranford CofE Primary School | Good | Top 24% (23/96) in North Northamptonshire | 2.233 miles (2026) |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Top 25% (24/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.39 miles (2026) |
| Hawthorn Community Primary School | Good | Top 27% (25/96) in North Northamptonshire | 1.438 miles (2025) |
| Kettering Park Junior Academy | Good | Top 29% (27/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Brambleside Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 32% (30/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.952 miles (2026) |
| Ringstead Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 34% (32/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Loddington CofE (VA) Primary School | School remains Good | Top 36% (34/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 39% (37/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Woodford Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 45% (43/96) in North Northamptonshire | 1.934 miles (2026) |
| Havelock Junior School | School remains Good | Top 48% (46/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Brigstock Latham's Church of England Primary School | School remains Good (Concerns) | Top 50% (48/96) in North Northamptonshire | 4.862 miles (2026) |
| Rushton Primary School | School remains Good | Top 50% (48/96) in North Northamptonshire | 3.64 miles (2026) |
| Meadowside Primary School | Ofsted report card | (52/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Titchmarsh Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | (52/96) in North Northamptonshire | 1.886 miles (2026) |
| Barton Seagrave Primary School | School remains Good | (56/96) in North Northamptonshire | 1.735 miles (2025) |
| Rothwell Junior School | Inadequate | (57/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Hayfield Cross CofE School | School remains Good | (58/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.662 miles (2026) |
| Loatlands Primary School | School remains Good | (65/96) in North Northamptonshire | 2.361 miles (2024) |
| Millbrook Junior School | School remains Good | (68/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Mawsley Primary School | Good | (75/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Compass Primary Academy | Good | (79/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Thrapston Primary School | Good | (82/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.296 miles (2024) |
| Grange Primary Academy | Standards maintained | (83/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| St. Marys CofE Primary School | Good | (85/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Isham Church of England Primary School | Good | (90/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Pytchley Endowed Church of England Primary School | Good | (96/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Havelock Infant School | School remains Outstanding | — | — |
| Kettering Park Infant Academy | Good | — | — |
| Millbrook Infant School | Good | — | — |
| Rothwell Victoria Infant School | Standards maintained | — | — |
State secondary schools (6)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Stopford School | Outstanding | 1st (1/19) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Kettering Buccleuch Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 11% (2/19) in North Northamptonshire | 0.577 miles (2026) |
| Southfield School for Girls | Good | Top 27% (5/19) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| The Latimer Arts College | School remains Good | Top 48% (9/19) in North Northamptonshire | 0.906 miles (2026) |
| Kettering Science Academy | Good | (19/19) in North Northamptonshire | 4.056 miles (2024) |
| Montsaye Academy | Inadequate | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (198 detached, 275 semi-detached, 172 terraced, 67 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Kettering. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Kettering →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 91% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 2,701 postcodes in NN14, NN15, NN16. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 3 outstanding; 21 good, or expected standard; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 26 in North Northamptonshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, North Northamptonshire
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