Northampton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Unique reference
149782
Address
Thorpeville, Moulton, NN3 7TR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
428 (17% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
7.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
10%
Persistent absence
10.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.5%
Mixed 10.1%
African 6.3%
Other White 4.2%
Indian 4%
Other Asian 1.4%
Chinese 1.4%
Caribbean 1.2%
Other 0.9%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Northampton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
214
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
288
2nd preference
406
3rd preference
222
From another Local Authority
87
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
214
102
112
Year 8
214
112
102
Year 2024-2025

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