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Northampton School for Boys
Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Billing Road, Northampton NN1 5RT · nsb.northants.sch.uk · 01604 230240
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 58.2
- average Attainment 8 score. West Northamptonshire 44.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 2.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,756
- 139 over 1,617 places · 109%
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 11%
- First language not English
- 19.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Nsb Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 571 families put the school first and 218 places were offered; 36% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 218 | 571 | 2.6▲ | 36% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 220 | 553 | 2.5▲ | 37% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 211 | 580 | 2.7▲ | 35% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 211 | 496 | 2.4▲ | 40% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 208 | 523 | 2.5▲ | 38% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 58.2, and 71.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across West Northamptonshire it was 44.7, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (40.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲58.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲71.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲85.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲76.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.36 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 71.4 | +0.1 |
| Further education | 24.5 | +3.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | +0.5 |
| Employment | 0.9 | −1.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 0.9 | −1.4 |
| Activity not captured | 0.9 | — |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 252 students | B (40.1) | Average -0.06 | |
| 252 students | B (40.2) | Average -0.05 | |
| 17 students | Dist*- (43.5) | Well above average +1.07 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 243 | B (39.1) | +0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 218 | B (40.8) | — |
| 2021/22 | 236 | B+ (43.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 254 | C+ (34.9) | -0.18 |
| 2017/18 | 252 | B- (35.1) | +0.08 |
| 2016/17 | 289 | C (30.5) | -0.16 |
| 2015/16 | 190 | C (31.2) | -0.22 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 63.4 | −3.4 |
| Further education | 0.4 | −1.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | +1 |
| Employment | 23 | +0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.7 | +1.7 |
| Activity not captured | 4.2 | +1.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Northampton School for Boys on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Sixth form | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding Nov 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (305 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 305
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 52 parents (17%) with SEND