National Offer Day  – March 3^rd 2025

On March 3^rd 2025 you will find out if your child has been offered a place at Kettering Science Academy for September 2025 entry into Year 7.  

You will receive a pack shortly after this date informing you about the school and all the things you need to know. This will include the school day, what it is like to be a student here, expectations and the uniform. There are some forms for parents to fill in and return to the school with personal information and the home school agreement.

Our staff will visit your children in their primary schools and introduce them to what KSA is going to be like. Later in the year there will be an opportunity for students to come for a transition day here at KSA where they will meet lots of staff and see how the day works before they come in September. 

We want you to find out as much as possible about student life at KSA and the KSA community so that your child and family has a successful transition to secondary school.

The transition from primary to secondary school is an exciting time and full of challenges and experiences for both parents/carers and children. We work very hard to ensure maximum success for all our students so they are ready for the challenges of secondary school, enjoying new friendships and the new opportunities secondary school brings. It can also be a worrying time and we have an excellent pastoral system to help. We also work closely with the primary schools and Year 6 teachers to ensure that we receive all the required information about our new students.

Over the next seven years we guarantee your child a first-rate education. At KSA we provide opportunities for both academic and personal development. There is much to recommend KSA including:

• Pupils speak warmly about their ‘supportive teachers’.
• The learning environment for pupils promotes their learning well. Pupils respect their school.
• Pupils believe that many of their teachers ‘have a heart’. This helps them to feel safe. If problems occur, pupils are confident that their teachers will sort it out quickly.
• Pupils value the ‘Hub’ as a place of assistance and care.
• Pupils take advantage of the wide range of after-school experiences on offer. They appreciate the opportunity to learn new things and visit new places.
• The learning environment for pupils promotes their learning well. Pupils respect their school.

KEY CONTACTS REGARDING TRANSITION

If you have any questions - please wait to receive the pack and then if all your questions are not answered please contact us below,

enquiries@ketteringscienceacademy.org

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator – Ms Nicola Redmayne-Addison,   nicola.redmayne@ketteringscienceacademy.org

We look forward to meeting your children and yourselves very soon.

Admissions Arrangements - What happens after National Offer Day

If you have recently received your child’s school allocation, we would like to guide you through the next steps.

Accepting Your Child’s Place

If your child has been allocated a place at Kettering Science Academy, we look forward to welcoming them. There is no need to confirm acceptance unless requested by the Local Authority, but we encourage you to get in touch if you have any questions about starting with us.

If You Wish to Decline the Offer

If you have decided not to accept the place, please inform North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) as soon as possible so that the place can be offered to another child.

Requesting to Join a Waiting List

If your child was not allocated a place at Kettering Science Academy but you would like them to attend, you can request to have their name added to our waiting list. This process is managed by North Northamptonshire Council. Waiting lists are ranked according to the school’s admissions criteria rather than the date of application.

How to Appeal a School Allocation Decision

If your child was not offered a place at Kettering Science Academy and you would like to appeal, you can do so by following the appeals process managed by North Northamptonshire Council. Appeals must be submitted through the council’s online appeal form: https://northamptonshire-self.achieveservice.com/service/Make_an_appeal_for_a_school_place_NNC

If you need a paper form, you can request one from the Kettering Science Academy office and post it to the Local Authority.

Appeals need to be submitted           ​

• Secondary school: No later than 5pm on 28 March 2025
• Sixth form: Where offers of places are conditional upon GCSE examination results, appeals for admission to 6th forms cannot be heard until after GCSE results are known.

Late appeals: No deadline

For full details on the appeals process, including deadlines and guidance, please visit the North Northamptonshire Council Appeals Process.

To apply for a school place for September 2026 please apply via North Northants Admissions here.

If your child is already at secondary school and wishes to move to Kettering Science Academy, you will need to make an in-year application instead. 

Arrangements for children with an education, health and care (EHC) plan or a statement of special educational needs

​If your child has an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan or a statutory statement of special educational needs (SEN), please see the NCC special educational needs (SEND) page for information on how to apply as there is a different process for these applications.

If you have any questions regarding your child’s allocation or the admissions process at Kettering Science Academy, please contact us directly at enquiries@ketteringscienceacademy.org. We are happy to assist you.