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Manor School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy
Mountbatten Way, Raunds, Wellingborough NN9 6PA · manor.school · 01933 623921
Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40
- average Attainment 8 score. North Northamptonshire 42.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · North Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 851
- 95% of 900 places
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 23.7%
- First language not English
- 7.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Nene Education Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: North Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 100 families put the school first and 104 places were offered; 100% 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 | 104 | 100 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 115 | 106 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 164 | 152 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 152 | 131 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 140 | 130 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40, and 31.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Northamptonshire it was 42.9, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32.4 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40 | 46 | ||
| ▼31.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼16.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.28 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 34.5 | −8.4 |
| Further education | 49.4 | +12 |
| Other education | 1.7 | +1.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 4 | +0.2 |
| Employment | 1.7 | −7.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.7 | +1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.9 | +0.7 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 students | C+ (32.4) | Average +0.06 | |
| 54 students | C+ (32.4) | Average +0.06 | |
| 30 students | Merit+ (27.1) | Above average +0.35 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 61 | C+ (31.8) | -0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 56 | C (29.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 67 | C+ (32.5) | — |
| 2018/19 | 45 | D (20.6) | -0.73 |
| 2017/18 | 59 | D+ (23.1) | -0.38 |
| 2016/17 | 69 | D (20) | -0.50 |
| 2015/16 | 50 | D+ (21.7) | -0.29 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 56.1 | +13.7 |
| Further education | 2.4 | +1.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9 | −4.5 |
| Employment | 25.6 | −10.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.3 | −2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 3.7 | +2.5 |
Ofsted
Manor School was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 16 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 16 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Sixth form | Requires improvement |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2020
Other inspections
Report cards, from November 2025
- Mar 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- Oct 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
29% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (172 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 29%
- Replies
- 172
- 17% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 60 parents (35%) with SEND