Bishop Stopford School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Unique reference
137086
Address
Headlands, NN15 6BJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1453 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
8.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.4%
Persistent absence
10.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58.6%
Indian 13.5%
African 8.9%
Mixed 5.1%
Other White 4.8%
Other Asian 2.8%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other Black 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.88
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 89%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 71%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.7
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.77
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE58
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE46
Design & TechnologyGCSE59
English LanguageGCSE213
English LiteratureGCSE213
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bishop Stopford School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
281
2nd preference
153
3rd preference
131
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
199
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
12
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
219
101
118
Year 8
217
116
101
Year 9
218
113
105
Year 10
215
108
107
Year 11
217
110
107
Year 12
177
89
88
Year 13
190
84
106
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
83.7%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
38.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
75.0%
44.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
SP
6.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.2%
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
88.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
38.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
32.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
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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