Bishop Stopford School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. The school is located in the Headlands, Kettering. The current headteacher is Jill Silverthorne. Former students of Bishop Stopford are known as Old Stopfordians. History Bishop Stopford School was founded in 1965 as a purpose-built Secondary Modern institution, as a replacement for its precursor, a school founded in 1535 by the rector of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kettering. The former bishop of Peterborough, Robert Stopford, agreed to the new school being named after him. Bishop Stopford School soon introduced a sixth form and admitted its first fully comprehensive intake in 1976. On 23 May 2012, Bishop Stopford opened an extension to the sixth-form, with a study area, two seminar rooms and an additional classroom. The number on roll has more than doubled since 1965 to approximately 1450 students, with a sixth form of approximately 400. The school converted to academy status in August 2011. Previous headteachers were James Colquhoun until 2001, and Margaret Holman from 2001 to 2018. Sixth form Bishop Stopford School Sixth Form has approximately 400 students and offers 30 subjects. School performance and inspections Before the school became an academy, its last full inspection by Ofsted was in 2008, with a judgement of Outstanding. The report noted that the school "serves an area which is mostly socially and economically advantaged". References External links Bishop Stopford School The Woodard Corporation - Church of England Schools Academies in North Northamptonshire Woodard Schools Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Peterborough Educational institutions established in the 1530s 1535 establishments in England Secondary schools in North Northamptonshire