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Academy sponsor led · North Northamptonshire

Weavers Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,275Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 139819URN

Brickhill Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3JH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMay 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

346 applications for 157 places · 10th of 21 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.4of 90
12th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMay 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2022

Inspection history

  1. 25 May 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 16 May 2017
    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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
close to North Northamptonshire median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

346 applications · 157 places offered · 122 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.4; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.0; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.5; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 2.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  • This school
  • North 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 20261573462.21220.78
Sep 20252193121.41210.55
Sep 20241653302.01270.77
Sep 20232343611.51580.68
Sep 20222233691.71710.77
Sep 20211873431.81470.79
Sep 20202153841.81640.76
Sep 20192413961.61810.75
Sep 20182424411.81970.81
Sep 20172153461.61850.86
Sep 20162013391.71810.90
Sep 20151773211.81610.91
Sep 20141483082.11350.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

196 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.412th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%13th of 19 in North Northamptonshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths57%
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.39
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19643.435%57%–
2024/2522839.829%48%–
2023/2423439.226%57%−0.39
2022/2323441.231%54%−0.11

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139819 · 940/4012
Trust
Creative Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,504 pupils · 1,275 on roll
Free school meals
32.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2013
Replaced
Weavers School (URN 122121)
Address
Brickhill Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3JH
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

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