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Northampton School

Secondary · Northampton · NN3 7TR

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At a glance

650 pupils · 57% of 1,140 capacity

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
10.5% of pupils
English as additional language
7.7% of pupils
SEN support
12.2% of pupils
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils
Website
https://www.northamptonschool.co.uk/
URN
149782

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.48 first-choice applications per place

209 places offered · 309 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

Attainment 8 score

no data

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

EBacc average point score

no data

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.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

98% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,617
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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