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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 26 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 9 July 2019Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry996 applications · 112 places offered · 301 named it first
- 2026 8.9; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 7.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 8.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 8.5; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 5.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 4.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 7.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 6.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 5.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 4.8; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Reception entry, September 2026: 3.5 per place (209 applications for 60 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 | 112 | 996 | 8.9 | 301 | 2.69 |
| Sep 2025 | 109 | 865 | 7.9 | 308 | 2.83 |
| Sep 2024 | 112 | 911 | 8.1 | 351 | 3.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 105 | 892 | 8.5 | 347 | 3.30 |
| Sep 2022 | 173 | 880 | 5.1 | 372 | 2.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 172 | 840 | 4.9 | 273 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2020 | 116 | 901 | 7.8 | 324 | 2.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 115 | 705 | 6.1 | 245 | 2.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 114 | 652 | 5.7 | 234 | 2.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 116 | 554 | 4.8 | 165 | 1.42 |
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.) | 180 | 54.7 | 69% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 121 | 53.6 | 50% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 118 | 53.3 | 60% | 77% | +0.65 |
| 2022/23 | 122 | 56.1 | 70% | 86% | +0.80 |
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
- Wootton Park SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20258.9applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · West Northamptonshire20261.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place 59.0Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · West Northamptonshire20262.2applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · West Northamptonshire20262.5applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · West NorthamptonshireGood20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 142869 · 941/4020
- Trust
- Wootton Park Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils · 1,670 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Address
- Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, NN4 0HZ
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources