Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Northamptonshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 3 October 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 12 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry347 applications · 211 places offered · 159 named it first
- 2026 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2016 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2015 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2014 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 211 | 347 | 1.6 | 159 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2025 | 188 | 293 | 1.6 | 152 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 201 | 329 | 1.6 | 159 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 | 231 | 362 | 1.6 | 182 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2022 | 218 | 367 | 1.7 | 172 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 232 | 398 | 1.7 | 207 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 216 | 361 | 1.7 | 177 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 | 228 | 370 | 1.6 | 185 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 221 | 461 | 2.1 | 245 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2017 | 222 | 425 | 1.9 | 214 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 234 | 480 | 2.1 | 246 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 | 229 | 379 | 1.7 | 195 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 | 231 | 404 | 1.8 | 217 | 0.94 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 226 | 46.6 | 46% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 212 | 46.6 | 42% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 222 | 46.1 | 45% | 67% | −0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 230 | 49.4 | 54% | 70% | 0.00 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Guilsborough AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · WarwickshireGood20243.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · West Northamptonshire20262.2applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 14.1 km · West Northamptonshire20262.5applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 14.2 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20221.8applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 14.2 km · West NorthamptonshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 14.2 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136489 · 941/4042
- Trust
- Guilsborough Multi Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,412 pupils · 1,198 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2011
- Replaced
- Guilsborough School (URN 122061)
- Address
- West Haddon Road, Guilsborough, Northampton, NN6 8QE
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources