Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Northamptonshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 30 November 2021Graded 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 entry645 applications · 262 places offered · 262 named it first
- 2026 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 2.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.7; 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 2.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 3.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2016 3.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2015 3.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2014 3.2; 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 | 262 | 645 | 2.5 | 262 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 265 | 636 | 2.4 | 291 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 257 | 689 | 2.7 | 302 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2023 | 285 | 648 | 2.3 | 339 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 288 | 643 | 2.2 | 338 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 281 | 753 | 2.7 | 414 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2020 | 283 | 725 | 2.6 | 385 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2019 | 285 | 800 | 2.8 | 450 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2018 | 279 | 716 | 2.6 | 385 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2017 | 267 | 794 | 3.0 | 436 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2016 | 260 | 915 | 3.5 | 459 | 1.77 |
| Sep 2015 | 267 | 792 | 3.0 | 390 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2014 | 263 | 836 | 3.2 | 437 | 1.66 |
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.) | 272 | 59.2 | 67% | 85% | – |
| 2024/25 | 268 | 54.9 | 53% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 280 | 53.4 | 54% | 80% | +0.49 |
| 2022/23 | 276 | 56.6 | 61% | 80% | +0.68 |
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
- Northampton School for GirlsThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.0applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20233.8applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · West Northamptonshire20264.9applications per place
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140510 · 941/4076
- Trust
- Northampton School for Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,801 pupils · 1,670 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2014
- Replaced
- Northampton School for Girls (URN 122083)
- Address
- Spinney Hill Road, Northampton, NN3 6DG
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources