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State secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

21 schools · East Midlands · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

North Northamptonshire has 21 state secondaries, 21 of them with sixth forms. 85.2% of families got their first choice last year, about the national picture. Results run from 20.9% to 66% passing English and maths, a spread of 45 points, with a middle school at 36.1%, below England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 14 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 2 Inadequate. 4 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

21 schools in North Northamptonshire. Tap one, or see the full list.
21% 66% passed English & maths no figure

North Northamptonshire against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

38%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

7.4% below England

England 45%

42.9

Attainment 8 average score

3.2 below England

England 46.1

22%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

in line with England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across North Northamptonshire

85.2%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

96.4%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0.1%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

18%

Appeals upheld24 of 134 heard

These are figures for North Northamptonshire as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across North Northamptonshire's 20 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 21% to 66%. That is a spread of 45 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

North Northamptonshire schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathshistoryenglish literatureenglish languagecombined sciencegeographyartphysicschemistrybiologyfrenchphysical educationfood technologydesign technologycomputer sciencespanishdramabusiness studies
  1. 1 Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough · 34 entries 100%
  2. 2 Southfield School for Girls Kettering · 57 entries 100%
  3. 3 Bishop Stopford School Kettering · 55 entries 100%
  4. 4 Montsaye Academy Kettering · 30 entries 100%
  5. 5 Prince William School Oundle · 26 entries 100%
  6. 6 Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering · 20 entries 100%
  7. 7 The Ferrers School Rushden · 23 entries 96%
  8. 8 Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley · 48 entries 90%
  9. 9 Wrenn School Wellingborough · 37 entries 89%
  10. 10 The Latimer Arts College Kettering · 23 entries 83%
  11. 11 Corby Technical School Corby · 62 entries 82%
  12. 12 Weavers Academy Wellingborough · 27 entries 81%
  13. 13 Wollaston School Wellingborough · 95 entries 78%
  14. 14 Manor School Wellingborough · 59 entries 76%
  15. 15 Corby Business Academy Corby · 36 entries 67%
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Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

2 of 20 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Bishop Stopford School Kettering · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    66%
    Attainment 8
    58.7
    Absence
    9%
  • Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley · Good.
    Eng & maths
    59%
    Attainment 8
    50.5
    Absence
    13%
  • Corby Business Academy Corby · Good.
    Eng & maths
    28%
    Attainment 8
    39
    Absence
    23%
  • Corby Technical School Corby · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    43%
    Attainment 8
    45.8
    Absence
    18%
  • Huxlow Academy Irthlingborough · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    31%
    Attainment 8
    41.9
    Absence
    24%
  • Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    45%
    Attainment 8
    48.3
    Absence
    17%
  • Kettering Science Academy Kettering · Good.
    Eng & maths
    28%
    Attainment 8
    37.3
    Absence
    31%
  • Kingswood Secondary Academy Corby · Good.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    42.9
    Absence
    25%
  • Lodge Park Academy Corby · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    21%
    Attainment 8
    33.5
    Absence
    36%
  • Manor School Wellingborough · Inadequate.
    Eng & maths
    31%
    Attainment 8
    40
    Absence
    25%
  • Montsaye Academy Kettering · Inadequate.
    Eng & maths
    36%
    Attainment 8
    40.7
    Absence
    —
  • Prince William School Oundle · Good.
    Eng & maths
    51%
    Attainment 8
    48.9
    Absence
    15%
  • Rushden Academy Rushden · Good.
    Eng & maths
    27%
    Attainment 8
    41.6
    Absence
    24%
  • Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    54%
    Attainment 8
    50.2
    Absence
    20%
  • Southfield School for Girls Kettering · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    46.8
    Absence
    22%
  • The Ferrers School Rushden · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    27%
    Attainment 8
    38.9
    Absence
    25%
  • The Latimer Arts College Kettering · Good.
    Eng & maths
    40%
    Attainment 8
    44.8
    Absence
    21%
  • Weavers Academy Wellingborough · Good.
    Eng & maths
    29%
    Attainment 8
    39.8
    Absence
    21%
  • Weldon Village Academy Corby · No inspection outcome published.
    Eng & maths
    —
    Attainment 8
    —
    Absence
    17%
  • Wollaston School Wellingborough · Good.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    46.1
    Absence
    22%
  • Wrenn School Wellingborough · Good.
    Eng & maths
    28%
    Attainment 8
    40.9
    Absence
    24%

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in North Northamptonshire

20 of North Northamptonshire's 21 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering North Northamptonshire

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Bedford 13 schools · 44% passed English & mathsCambridgeshire 35 schools · 50% passed English & mathsLeicestershire 44 schools · 47% passed English & mathsLincolnshire 54 schools · 42% passed English & mathsMilton Keynes 15 schools · 44% passed English & mathsPeterborough 15 schools · 39% passed English & mathsRutland 3 schools · 54% passed English & mathsWest Northamptonshire 22 schools · 42% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.