Wootton Park School

All-through · Free schools · Mixed · West Northamptonshire

Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, NN4 0HZ

Website 01604931139

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Standards maintained

No graded inspection

Application demand

70%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

94.6%

12.7% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,670

Capacity used

Over capacity

133%

1,260 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

70%

1st preference success rate

57 of 82 families who put it first got an offer

Places offered

198

Total applications

3.5

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	82	57	● 70%
2nd preference	68	0	● 0%
3rd preference	48	0	● 0%
Total	198	57	29%

1st preference success by year

51%

2020

57%

2021

55%

2022

56%

2023

57%

2024

70%

2025

West Northamptonshire lets families list 3 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type: Free schools
Phase: All-through
Age range: 4–19
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Dan Rosser
Address: Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, NN4 0HZ
Phone: 01604931139
Local authority: West Northamptonshire
Ward / constituency: Hunsbury · Northampton South
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 142869

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	9%	—	—
English as additional language	19%	—	—
SEN support	17%	—	—

49% boys (813)51% girls (857)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: WOOTTON PARK ACADEMY TRUST

1,670 pupils · 1,260 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

25
26 March 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained

View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,285 pupils

Attendance

94.6%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

5.4%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

12.7%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

1.5%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.2%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

20/21

14%

21/22

14%

22/23

13%

23/24

13%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

Measure	School	LA	England
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths	81%	—	—
Higher standard	16%	—	—
Reading progress	—	—	0.0
Writing progress	—	—	0.0
Maths progress	—	—	0.0

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	53.3	—	—
Progress 8 score	0.65	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	60%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	77%	—	—
EBacc average point score	4.95	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	29.50	—	—

Average grade: C (England B-)

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard76%

+14% vs England

Higher standard23%

+15% vs England

Reading

Expected standard85%

+10% vs England

Higher standard40%

+7% vs England

Average score108

+2 vs England

Writing

Expected standard87%

+15% vs England

Greater depth29%

+16% vs England

Maths

Expected standard90%

+16% vs England

Higher standard42%

+16% vs England

Average score108

+3 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard85%

+12% vs England

Higher standard44%

+14% vs England

Average score109

+4 vs England

Science

Expected standard92%

+10% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	76%	61%
Higher standard	23%	8%

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	53.6	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	50.4%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	76.9%	65%
Entering EBacc	74.4%	40%
EBacc average point score	5.04	4.1
Pupils in cohort	121	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

+0.47

Other pupils

+0.67

Low prior attainers

+0.74

Middle prior attainers

+0.84

High prior attainers

+0.22

Girls

+0.71

Boys

+0.60

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	34.98	35
Average grade	C+	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	11.4%	17%
A-level students	121	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	120	26%	54%	82%
English Language	120	22%	68%	83%
English Literature	120	28%	69%	85%
Combined Science	101	20%	52%	75%
Spanish	91	29%	59%	74%
Geography	60	15%	57%	75%
History	54	31%	65%	78%
Business	53	32%	66%	81%
Social Studies	44	25%	61%	68%
Art and Design	30	20%	67%	100%
Design & Technology	26	15%	58%	69%
Biology	19	58%	95%	100%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Psychology	45	9%	27%	49%
Mathematics	42	10%	21%	48%
Biology	25	4%	20%	44%
Government and Politics	21	0%	0%	24%
Chemistry	19	11%	26%	37%
English Literature	19	0%	5%	42%
Physics	18	17%	28%	50%
Geography	17	0%	6%	35%
Sociology	17	0%	29%	71%
Business Studies	17	6%	12%	65%
History	15	0%	20%	33%
Photography	15	0%	7%	67%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers²

UCAS apply centre 20605: Wootton Park School

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	≤5
Offers	≤5
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	0

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through West Northamptonshire council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Reception (primary)	15 January	16 April (or next working day)
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.