Northampton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Unique reference
134814
Address
Wellingborough Road, NN3 8NH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1704 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
35.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.7%
Persistent absence
22.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43%
Other White 19.8%
African 12.8%
Mixed 10%
Other Black 3.1%
Indian 2.8%
Bangladeshi 2.1%
Pakistani 1.3%
Other Asian 1.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
Other 1%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.1
Local authority average 45.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.56
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award75
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award165
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE75
BiologyGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE57
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE56
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Northampton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
283
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
431
2nd preference
252
3rd preference
166
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
259
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
269
149
120
Year 8
270
149
121
Year 9
331
179
152
Year 10
301
156
145
Year 11
294
160
134
Year 12
122
66
56
Year 13
117
47
70
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
50.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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