The Latimer Arts College


The Latimer Arts College is an 11 to 18 secondary school in Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire.
WWW latimer.org.uk

History

The Latimer Arts College opened in 1976 as Latimer School.
In 1998, the College received a £1.7 million grant to build a community performing arts centre – The Masque Theatre – and, subsequently, became a specialist performing arts college, rebranding to Latimer Community Arts College.
In 2007, the College changed its name to The Latimer Arts College – as it is known today.
Since 2019, the College has been the only local authority-maintained secondary school in Northamptonshire.

Academic standards

The most recent Ofsted inspection, from April 2023, stated "The Latimer Arts College continues to be a good school".
In 2025, it was ranked as the eleventh best-performing state secondary school in Northamptonshire, based on an above average Progress 8 score at GCSE. In 2024, the average A Level grade attained by Sixth Form students was C+, placing the college seventh among state sixth forms in Northamptonshire.

The Masque Theatre

The Latimer Arts College is the base for The Masque Theatre, a community performing arts centre operated on behalf of the College by Schools Plus. The Masque Theatre has a 200-seat theatre, drama and dance studios, music rooms, recording studios, and a meeting and conference room.

Sixth form

The former community centre was refurbished and opened as the new 'SixthForm@Latimer' building on 9 December 2024, with dedicated spaces for both studying and socialising.

Notable former students