In September 2021 Kingsthorpe College joined the Orbis Education Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust, which also includes Southfield School in Kettering.

[2] As of 2023, the school has approximately 1,400 students on roll, with 160 in the sixth form.

The school moved into a new building in 2007, and is located on a single site on Boughton Green Road.

It was previously split on two sites, the other being next to Welford Road, which is on the A5199.

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