Northampton School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · West Northamptonshire
Thorpeville, Northampton, NN3 7TR
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
61%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.1%
9.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
650
Capacity used
Has space57%
1,140 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
61%
1st preference success rate
176 of 288 families who put it first got an offer
214
Places offered
916
Total applications
4.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 288 | 176 | ● 61% |
| 2nd preference | 406 | 31 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 222 | 7 | ● 3% |
| Total | 916 | 214 | 23% |
1st preference success by year
West Northamptonshire lets families list 3 preferences. 87 applications came from outside the council area (19 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
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Matthew Edwards
- Address
- Thorpeville, Moulton, Northampton, NN3 7TR
- Phone
- 01604815815
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Ward / constituency
- Moulton · Daventry
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149782
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 11% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE NSB TRUST
650 pupils · 1,140 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsAttendance
2024/2025 school year · 430 pupils
Attendance
95.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
9.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 0 | — |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.