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Best secondary schools in West Northamptonshire

17 of 19 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all West 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 Northampton School for Boys Northampton 0.95 Not judged oversubscribed 2.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Northampton Academy Northampton 0.87 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Northampton School for Girls Northampton 0.49 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Sponne School Towcester 0.27 Not judged about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Chenderit School Banbury 0.18 Good oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Campion School Northampton hidden gem 0.17 Good undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton hidden gem 0.04 Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Abbeyfield School Northampton hidden gem 0.03 Good undersubscribed 0.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Elizabeth Woodville School Roade -0.02 Not judged about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Moulton School and Science College Northampton hidden gem -0.1 Good undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Weston Favell Academy Northampton hidden gem -0.13 Good improving undersubscribed 0.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Guilsborough Academy Northampton -0.17 Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton hidden gem -0.22 Good improving undersubscribed 0.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Magdalen College School Brackley -0.25 Not judged undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Kingsthorpe College Northampton hidden gem -0.26 Good improving undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry -0.27 Not judged improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Silverstone UTC Towcester -1.28 Requires improvement declining — approximate

Also in West Northamptonshire

2 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 West Northamptonshire, not a fairer one.

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