Huxlow Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- School rating
- Requires improvement May 20 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Unique reference
- 149433
- Address
- Finedon Road, NN9 5TY
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 819 (95% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.4%
- Girls
- 46.6%
- First language not English
- 7.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 23.1%
- Persistent absence
- 24.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.8%
White British 82.2%
Mixed 6%
Other White 5.4%
African 1.5%
Indian 1.3%
Other Black 1.1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Irish 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 52%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 31%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 41.8
Local authority average 42.8
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.8
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 8 |
| Sports Studies | Technical Award | 74 |
| Tourism | Technical Award | 11 |
| Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 8 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 13 |
| Biology | GCSE | 3 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 44 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 3 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 16 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 32 |
Admissions
Huxlow Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 120
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 103
- 2nd preference
- 23
- 3rd preference
- 9
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 103
- 2nd preference
- 5
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.1 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 145 72 73 |
| Year 8 | 147 79 68 |
| Year 9 | 148 84 64 |
| Year 10 | 147 71 76 |
| Year 11 | 150 90 60 |
| Year 12 | 45 24 21 |
| Year 13 | 37 17 20 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 82.0% 85.5% 85.5% |
Further education | 48.0% 44.1% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 34.0% 40.8% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 0.2% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.3% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 6.0% 3.2% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 4.0% 2.7% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 7.0% 5.8% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 2.8% 3.0% |