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State secondary schools in West Northamptonshire

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

West Northamptonshire has 22 state secondaries, 20 of them with sixth forms. 75.8% of families got their first choice last year, worse than most of England. Results run from 14.5% to 71.6% passing English and maths, a spread of 57 points, with a middle school at 42.2%, below England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 2 rated Outstanding, 11 Good, 2 Requires improvement. 7 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

22 schools in West Northamptonshire. Tap one, or see the full list.
15% 72% passed English & maths no figure

West Northamptonshire against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

42%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

3.4% below England

England 45%

44.7

Attainment 8 average score

1.4 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 West Northamptonshire

75.8%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

94.6%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

10%

Appeals upheld34 of 330 heard

These are figures for West 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 West Northamptonshire's 21 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 15% to 72%. That is a spread of 57 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.

West 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.

mathsgeographyenglish literatureenglish languagehistorycombined sciencephysicschemistrybiologyartbusiness studiesspanishfrenchcomputer sciencedesign technologyphysical educationfood technologydrama
  1. 1 Northampton School for Boys Northampton · 80 entries 96%
  2. 2 Sponne School Towcester · 75 entries 80%
  3. 3 Northampton School for Girls Northampton · 47 entries 72%
  4. 4 Guilsborough Academy Northampton · 54 entries 70%
  5. 5 Caroline Chisholm School Northampton · 36 entries 69%
  6. 6 Wootton Park School Northampton · 26 entries 69%
  7. 7 Moulton School and Science College Northampton · 24 entries 63%
  8. 8 Chenderit School Banbury · 44 entries 61%
  9. 9 Elizabeth Woodville School Roade · 36 entries 47%
  10. 10 Campion School Northampton · 20 entries 30%
  11. 11 DSLV E-ACT Academy Daventry · 43 entries 28%
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Every school in West Northamptonshire

Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

6 of 22 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Abbeyfield School Northampton · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    44
    Absence
    22%
  • Campion School Northampton · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    52%
    Attainment 8
    46.2
    Absence
    22%
  • Caroline Chisholm School Northampton · Good.
    Eng & maths
    57%
    Attainment 8
    50.4
    Absence
    16%
  • Chenderit School Banbury · Good.
    Eng & maths
    53%
    Attainment 8
    50
    Absence
    19%
  • DSLV E-ACT Academy Daventry · Good.
    Eng & maths
    25%
    Attainment 8
    37.2
    Absence
    21%
  • Elizabeth Woodville School Roade · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    44.9
    Absence
    24%
  • Guilsborough Academy Northampton · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    46.6
    Absence
    23%
  • Kingsthorpe College Northampton · Good.
    Eng & maths
    30%
    Attainment 8
    39.6
    Absence
    24%
  • Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton · Good.
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    41.4
    Absence
    22%
  • Moulton School and Science College Northampton · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    46.1
    Absence
    28%
  • Northampton Academy Northampton · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    56%
    Attainment 8
    52.1
    Absence
    18%
  • Northampton International Academy Northampton · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    28%
    Attainment 8
    36.4
    Absence
    24%
  • Northampton School Northampton · No inspection outcome published.
    Eng & maths
    —
    Attainment 8
    —
    Absence
    8%
  • Northampton School for Boys Northampton · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    72%
    Attainment 8
    58.2
    Absence
    9%
  • Northampton School for Girls Northampton · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    53%
    Attainment 8
    54.9
    Absence
    13%
  • Silverstone UTC Towcester · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    15%
    Attainment 8
    31.1
    Absence
    30%
  • Sponne School Towcester · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    55%
    Attainment 8
    52
    Absence
    15%
  • St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton · Good.
    Eng & maths
    32%
    Attainment 8
    38.7
    Absence
    27%
  • The Duston School Northampton · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    48%
    Attainment 8
    50
    Absence
    19%
  • The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    38.9
    Absence
    28%
  • Weston Favell Academy Northampton · Good.
    Eng & maths
    31%
    Attainment 8
    41.8
    Absence
    25%
  • Wootton Park School Northampton · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    53.6
    Absence
    13%

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 West Northamptonshire

19 of West Northamptonshire's 20 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 West 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.

Buckinghamshire 37 schools · 59% passed English & mathsLeicestershire 44 schools · 47% passed English & mathsMilton Keynes 15 schools · 44% passed English & mathsNorth Northamptonshire 21 schools · 38% passed English & mathsOxfordshire 42 schools · 48% passed English & mathsWarwickshire 39 schools · 50% 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.