Graded inspection · Apr 2022 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 | |||
| Early years provision | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry158 applications · 89 places offered · 75 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 1.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2016 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2015 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2014 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Reception entry, September 2026: 1.2 per place (31 applications for 26 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 89 | 158 | 1.8 | 75 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 91 | 148 | 1.6 | 68 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 130 | 164 | 1.3 | 90 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2023 | 125 | 130 | 1.0 | 56 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2022 | 122 | 156 | 1.3 | 93 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2021 | 105 | 139 | 1.3 | 95 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 83 | 131 | 1.6 | 67 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2019 | 113 | 127 | 1.1 | 69 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2018 | 65 | 84 | 1.3 | 42 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2017 | 75 | 106 | 1.4 | 51 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2016 | 123 | 145 | 1.2 | 73 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2015 | 132 | 197 | 1.5 | 91 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2014 | 151 | 188 | 1.3 | 112 | 0.74 |
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.) | 133 | 36.1 | 21% | 51% | – |
| 2024/25 | 143 | 37.2 | 25% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 37.4 | 34% | 52% | −0.41 |
| 2022/23 | 87 | 39.9 | 33% | 61% | −0.30 |
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
- DSLV E-ACT AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.8applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · West NorthamptonshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · West Northamptonshire20262.0applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 12.4 km · WarwickshireGraded · no overall grade20253.6applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · WarwickshireGood20243.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · West Northamptonshire20262.2applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 13.7 km · Warwickshire20265.0applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 14.1 km · WarwickshireGood20222.7applications per place 77.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 14.2 km · West NorthamptonshireRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 46.6Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 138073 · 941/2022
- Trust
- E-Act
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 997 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2012
- Address
- Hawke Road, Southbrook, Daventry, NN11 4LJ
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources