Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry353 applications · 178 places offered · 77 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2016 1.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 3.4; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Dashed bars: as Thomas Becket Catholic School (URN 122100), the previous school.
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 | 178 | 353 | 2.0 | 77 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2025 | 175 | 308 | 1.8 | 95 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2024 | 165 | 271 | 1.6 | 82 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2023 | 136 | 213 | 1.6 | 61 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2022 | 129 | 243 | 1.9 | 73 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2021 | 99 | 206 | 2.1 | 64 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2020 | 99 | 199 | 2.0 | 64 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2019 | 135 | 209 | 1.6 | 53 | 0.39 |
| Sep 2018 | 105 | 181 | 1.7 | 35 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2017 | 89 | 181 | 2.0 | 48 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2016 * | 144 | 188 | 1.3 | 32 | 0.22 |
| Sep 2015 * | 65 | 223 | 3.4 | 49 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2014 * | 82 | 237 | 2.9 | 61 | 0.74 |
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.) | 163 | 41.5 | 39% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 146 | 38.7 | 32% | 50% | – |
| 2023/24 | 141 | 38.7 | 33% | 50% | −0.22 |
| 2022/23 | 131 | 36.9 | 33% | 46% | −0.23 |
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
- St Thomas Becket Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.0applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · West Northamptonshire20262.5applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · West Northamptonshire20264.9applications per place
- 2.0 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20232.4applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20233.8applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 3.5 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
- 142747 · 941/4703
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,136 pupils · 912 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2016
- Replaced
- Thomas Becket Catholic School (URN 122100)
- Address
- Becket Way, Kettering Road North, Northampton, NN3 6HT
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources