The Latimer Arts College

The Latimer Arts College continues to demonstrate good performance, providing a supportive and well-ordered environment for its pupils. Strong relationships between staff and students, coupled with high expectations from leadership, contribute to a positive school culture rooted in values such as honesty, excellence, and teamwork. The school has effectively constructed a challenging curriculum that meets the needs of most pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they have access to a broad range of learning opportunities.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• High expectations and ambitious leadership.
• Well-planned and sequenced lessons that build knowledge over time.
• Extensive range of clubs and extracurricular activities.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and those at early reading stages.
• Strong safeguarding culture.

Areas for Improvement

• Strategies to embed prior learning are sometimes ineffective.
• Not all pupils in Year 9 have a broad and balanced curriculum.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Latimer Arts College attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.5% of pupils at The Latimer Arts College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Latimer Arts College had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.8% of pupils at The Latimer Arts College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 The Latimer Arts College received £6,997 and spent £6,964 for each of its 1,220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £312,000 (£256 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is The Latimer Arts College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Latimer Arts College is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was The Latimer Arts College last inspected by Ofsted?

The Latimer Arts College was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does The Latimer Arts College have?

The Latimer Arts College has 1,219 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Latimer Arts College cover?

The Latimer Arts College for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Latimer Arts College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.9, and 43% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Latimer Arts College?

The Latimer Arts College is at Castle Way, Barton Seagrave, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6SW.