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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
- 12 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 10 December 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry376 applications · 235 places offered · 175 named it first
- 2026 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2016 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2015 2.1; 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 | 235 | 376 | 1.6 | 175 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2025 | 248 | 412 | 1.7 | 184 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2024 | 256 | 456 | 1.8 | 207 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2023 | 249 | 532 | 2.1 | 259 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 238 | 487 | 2.1 | 209 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 269 | 418 | 1.6 | 175 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2020 | 234 | 440 | 1.9 | 182 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2019 | 238 | 490 | 2.1 | 193 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 239 | 479 | 2.0 | 183 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2017 | 237 | 509 | 2.2 | 173 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 235 | 526 | 2.2 | 192 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 | 186 | 393 | 2.1 | 134 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2014 | 133 | 339 | 2.6 | 95 | 0.71 |
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.) | 265 | 43.5 | 34% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 237 | 39.6 | 30% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 245 | 40.3 | 36% | 55% | −0.26 |
| 2022/23 | 242 | 42.6 | 36% | 62% | −0.05 |
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
- Kingsthorpe CollegeThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · West Northamptonshire20262.5applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.0applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · West Northamptonshire20264.9applications per place
- 3.8 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
- 138932 · 941/4071
- Trust
- Orbis Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,450 pupils · 1,415 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Replaced
- Kingsthorpe College (URN 122079)
- Address
- Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 7HR
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources