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Campion School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,309Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137087URN

Bugbrooke, Northampton, NN7 3QG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to West Northamptonshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Northamptonshire

471 applications for 235 places · 11th of 22 in West Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.8of 90
12th of 22 in West Northamptonshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 9 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 9 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
close to West Northamptonshire median (2.0) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

471 applications · 235 places offered · 151 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.2; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262354712.01510.64
Sep 20252604451.72050.79
Sep 20242614151.62100.80
Sep 20232313741.61580.68
Sep 20222233751.71770.79
Sep 20212263501.61660.73
Sep 20202163511.61540.71
Sep 20192213571.61450.66
Sep 20182043571.81560.76
Sep 20171763171.81310.74
Sep 20162364912.11850.78
Sep 20152354491.91950.83
Sep 20142294922.22110.92

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

219 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.812th of 22 in West Northamptonshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%8th of 22 in West Northamptonshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%
  • This school
  • West Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21944.846%66%–
2024/2520346.252%73%–
2023/2419547.746%69%+0.17
2022/2321546.439%73%−0.04

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

  • 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
137087 · 941/4051
Trust
United Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,455 pupils · 1,309 on roll
Free school meals
20.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Campion School (URN 122063)
Address
Bugbrooke, Northampton, NN7 3QG
Local authority
West Northamptonshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources