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Academy sponsor led · West Northamptonshire

The Parker E-ACT Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,132Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138235URN

Ashby Road, Daventry, NN11 0QE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
0.8 below West Northamptonshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Northamptonshire

226 applications for 186 places · 20th of 22 in West Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.1of 90
19th of 22 in West Northamptonshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Graded inspection · 28 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Sixth form provisionRequires improvement

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
1.2applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below West Northamptonshire median (2.0) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

226 applications · 186 places offered · 172 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 0.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
More applications per place than the West Northamptonshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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 20261862261.21720.92
Sep 20251962681.41940.99
Sep 20242313101.32331.01
Sep 20231982941.52391.21
Sep 20221972431.21991.01
Sep 20211932241.21740.90
Sep 20202092311.11900.91
Sep 20191951871.01570.81
Sep 20181931891.01500.78
Sep 20171861901.01350.73
Sep 20161511380.9770.51
Sep 20151953711.91370.70
Sep 20141171421.2770.66

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

193 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.119th of 22 in West Northamptonshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%20th of 22 in West Northamptonshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • West Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19340.133%53%–
2024/2520738.934%54%–
2023/2418537.328%50%−0.27
2022/2318238.234%55%−0.32

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

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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
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138235 · 941/4001
Trust
E-Act
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,210 pupils · 1,132 on roll
Free school meals
25.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
William Parker School A Specialist Humanities College (URN 122058)
Address
Ashby Road, Daventry, NN11 0QE
Local authority
West Northamptonshire

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