Graded inspection · Jun 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 27 June 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 10 March 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 entry608 applications · 250 places offered · 162 named it first
- 2026 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 2.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2016 3.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2015 2.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2014 2.6; 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 | 250 | 608 | 2.4 | 162 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2025 | 233 | 578 | 2.5 | 178 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 214 | 514 | 2.4 | 136 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2023 | 258 | 637 | 2.5 | 196 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2022 | 239 | 547 | 2.3 | 185 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2021 | 236 | 576 | 2.4 | 186 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2020 | 235 | 612 | 2.6 | 190 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2019 | 235 | 647 | 2.8 | 191 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 236 | 674 | 2.9 | 209 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 | 240 | 674 | 2.8 | 176 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 234 | 740 | 3.2 | 207 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 | 220 | 585 | 2.7 | 149 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2014 | 237 | 611 | 2.6 | 172 | 0.73 |
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.) | 275 | 42.6 | 39% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 236 | 46.1 | 44% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 234 | 47.3 | 51% | 71% | −0.10 |
| 2022/23 | 235 | 46.7 | 40% | 68% | −0.21 |
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
- Moulton School and Science CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · West Northamptonshire20264.9applications per place
- 2.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.0applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · West Northamptonshire20262.5applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20233.8applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place 59.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137614 · 941/4022
- Trust
- Moulton School and Science College
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,393 pupils · 1,450 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 November 2011
- Replaced
- Moulton School and Science College (URN 122055)
- Address
- Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, NN3 7SD
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources