Weston Favell Academy
Secondary · Northampton · NN3 3EZ
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 12 March 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,431 pupils · 94% of 1,525 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 26.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 136948
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 150 families named it first for 259 Year 7 places, 0.58 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 12 March 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.58 first-choice applications per place259 places offered · 150 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Northampton school admissions · West Northamptonshire school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
285 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Harris City Academy Crystal Palace | 52.3 | |
| Carshalton High School for Girls | 52.4 | |
| Nene Park Academy | 45.6 | |
| King Edward VII School | 50.8 | |
| Campion School | 44.5 | |
| Haydon School | 46 | |
| Richard Rose Central Academy | 42.3 | |
| Wood Green Academy | 44.7 | |
| Q3 Academy Tipton | 36.4 | |
| Orion Ravensbourne | 45 | |
| The Grey Coat Hospital | 66.6 | |
| Harris Academy Ockendon | 47.3 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 43% (West Northamptonshire 60%, England 59%) · Any other White background 22% (West Northamptonshire 12%, England 7%) · Black African 10% (West Northamptonshire 7%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 4% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (West Northamptonshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (West Northamptonshire 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
17.41 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Northamptonshire: 21.53 suspensions and 0.18 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
4.55% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
70.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,313; 2.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 0% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 16% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 10% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £1,734,000; in-year balance +£1,611,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 12 March 2024: Good
- 14 September 2023: Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action in order for the school to become a good school
- 23 February 2022: Requires improvement
- 9 May 2018: Requires improvement
- 17 October 2017: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 2 November 2016: Inadequate
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 27.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 22.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 15% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 42.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 84% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 3.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 12.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 34.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 24% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 16.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027182 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £268,000348 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £215,000–£320,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 7an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 24an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 5an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted