Visit from Anglian Water   On Monday 20th May, representatives from Anglian Water worked with 100 of our Year 8 students to investigate the work they do to ensure the region has a sustainable supply of fresh water. Students worked in teams to collaboratively plan and... Read more

Letter to Year 11 parents Friday 24th May   Dear Parent/Carer, I am writing to inform you that the scheduled lesson timetable for Year 11 students will come to an end on Friday 24th May 2013.  From Monday 3rd June to Friday 14th June tailored revision sessions will... Read more

Year 8 - 11 Town Athletics Championships On Thursday 16th May we took 40 students to the Corby Athletic Stadium to compete in the Town Athletics Championships.  This is where our students have the chance to compete against all the other schools in the Town in the team event, and for... Read more

G&T Quiz Team   On Friday 3rd May 2013 Ms. Houston and Mr. Wade took a group of seven Gifted & Talented Year 7/8 students to Wellingborough School to take part in their annual quiz league.  Kingsthorpe were up against Wellingborough; with 5 players on... Read more

Tate Modern Art Trip The Art department led another fantastic trip with Year 9 students to the Tate Modern in London.  We had tickets for the current “Lichtenstein: A Retrospective” exhibition.  Roy Lichtenstein was a central figure of the American Pop Art movement... Read more

Art trip to the National Portrait Gallery Last week the Art Department took a group of Year 10 students to London to the National Portrait Gallery for a first hand experience of the many fantastic portraits in the collection, both historical and contemporary. After an initial wander... Read more

UKMT Maths Challenge Thursday 25th April 2013 74 students selected from years 7 and 8 faced a Junior Challenge for an hour. They had a good experience of problem solving and also had the privilege to take part in the national competition. We are eagerly waiting for... Read more

Last Letter Year 11 students are currently studying poetry in preparation for their Literature examination in the summer. Before looking at the poem Come On, Come Back by Stevie Smith students were given a selection of words from the poem and asked to use... Read more

Rotary Club Technology Tournament On Wednesday 20th March, The Unlikely Lads were proud to bring home two trophies from the annual Rotary Club Technology Tournament staged at Weston Favell AcademyLuca, Sam, Robert and Tate were one of the three teams representing Kingsthorpe... Read more

Stamp out stigma Kingsthorpe has been jointly selected for the Award of most innovative Mental Health Awareness day in a secondary schoolThis comes from the work we did to mark Mental Health Awareness Day. Alongside other curriculum based work with students, we... Read more

Comic Relief 2013 Following discussions with my tutor group (P3) it was decided that to raise money for Comic Relief we would run a tuck shop. It would be available during morning break and at lunchtime for the week leading up to the big event. We also provided... Read more

Science and Engineering week 14th- 25th Mach  This year Kingsthorpe College has risen to the challenge of Science and Engineering week. We kicked the week off with a visit from Richard Eggar, a professional rally driver. Richard showed us his Rally car and demonstrated a range of safety... Read more