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Best secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

18 of 23 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all North Northamptonshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Bishop Stopford School Kettering 1.02 Not judged oversubscribed 1.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley 0.54 Good declining oversubscribed 1.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Prince William School Oundle hidden gem 0.41 Good improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough 0.37 Good declining oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 The Latimer Arts College Kettering 0.23 Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Kingswood Secondary Academy Corby hidden gem 0.1 Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Corby Business Academy Corby hidden gem 0.08 Good undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Wollaston School Wellingborough hidden gem 0.0 Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Wrenn School Wellingborough hidden gem -0.02 Good improving about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Corby Technical School Corby -0.07 Not judged about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Kettering Science Academy Kettering hidden gem -0.2 Good improving undersubscribed 0.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Southfield School for Girls Kettering hidden gem -0.23 Good improving undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 The Ferrers School Rushden hidden gem -0.28 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Manor School Wellingborough -0.32 Inadequate declining about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Rushden Academy Rushden hidden gem -0.39 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Weavers Academy Wellingborough hidden gem -0.39 Good improving undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Lodge Park Academy Corby -0.63 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Huxlow Academy Irthlingborough -0.67 Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in North Northamptonshire

5 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of North Northamptonshire, not a fairer one.

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