Northampton School for Boys

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 13 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Unique reference
136299
Address
Billing Road, NN1 5RT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1678 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
88.9%
Girls
11.1%
First language not English
16.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.8%
Persistent absence
10.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.2%
Mixed 7%
Other White 6.3%
Indian 5.7%
African 4.4%
Unclassified 4.1%
Bangladeshi 3.3%
Chinese 2.3%
Other Asian 2.2%
Other 2.1%
Other Black 1.3%
Pakistani 1.2%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 78%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.1
Local authority average 45.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.44
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE82
ChemistryGCSE81
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE42
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE95
DanceGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE213
English LiteratureGCSE213
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Northampton School for Boys

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
211
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
580
2nd preference
233
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
82
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
202
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
21
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
231
231
0
Year 8
232
232
0
Year 9
231
231
0
Year 10
228
228
0
Year 11
222
222
0
Year 12
274
170
104
Year 13
260
177
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
69.0%
50.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
85.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
49.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
45.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
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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