Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| 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 entry167 applications · 147 places offered · 72 named it first
- 2026 1.1; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 0.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 0.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.6 per place (26 applications for 10 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 | 147 | 167 | 1.1 | 72 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2025 | 182 | 143 | 0.8 | 72 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2024 | 152 | 150 | 1.0 | 73 | 0.48 |
| Sep 2023 | 234 | 192 | 0.8 | 103 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2022 | 286 | 399 | 1.4 | 189 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2021 | 295 | 576 | 2.0 | 259 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 353 | 621 | 1.8 | 258 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2019 | 355 | 530 | 1.5 | 221 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2018 | 280 | 324 | 1.2 | 122 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2017 | 178 | 211 | 1.2 | 75 | 0.42 |
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.) | 277 | 38.9 | 29% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 359 | 36.4 | 28% | 49% | – |
| 2023/24 | 329 | 38.3 | 31% | 52% | −0.27 |
| 2022/23 | 281 | 34.5 | 21% | 42% | −0.78 |
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 International AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place 59.0Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · West Northamptonshire20262.5applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · West Northamptonshire20261.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20258.9applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20222.0applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 142485 · 941/4018
- Capacity
- 2,220 pupils · 1,754 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Address
- Barrack Road, Northampton, NN1 1AA
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources