Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in North 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 entry419 applications · 231 places offered · 211 named it first
- 2026 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- North Northamptonshire median
Dashed bars: as Wollaston School (URN 122059), 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 | 231 | 419 | 1.8 | 211 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 240 | 410 | 1.7 | 227 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 234 | 424 | 1.8 | 239 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 235 | 431 | 1.8 | 226 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 234 | 399 | 1.7 | 230 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 233 | 420 | 1.8 | 252 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 235 | 424 | 1.8 | 231 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 * | 238 | 462 | 1.9 | 260 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 * | 250 | 443 | 1.8 | 251 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 235 | 442 | 1.9 | 276 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 * | 235 | 364 | 1.6 | 215 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 236 | 423 | 1.8 | 261 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2014 * | 234 | 389 | 1.7 | 232 | 0.99 |
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.) | 239 | 44.0 | 39% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 231 | 46.1 | 44% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 242 | 45.8 | 41% | 67% | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 232 | 45.2 | 44% | 68% | −0.05 |
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
- Wollaston SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · North NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · North NorthamptonshireGood20221.8applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · North NorthamptonshireRemains Good20222.2applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · North NorthamptonshireGood20222.3applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · North Northamptonshire20262.3applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · BedfordGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · North NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 11.7 km · West NorthamptonshireOutstanding20233.8applications per place 53.3Attainment 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
- 146489 · 940/4038
- Trust
- The Nene Valley Partnership
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,435 pupils · 1,432 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 April 2019
- Replaced
- Wollaston School (URN 122059)
- Address
- Irchester Road, Wollaston, Wellingborough, NN29 7PH
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources