Schools by area › North Northamptonshire › Weavers Academy
Weavers Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Brickhill Road, Wellingborough NN8 3JH · weaversacademy.org.uk · 01933 222830
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.8
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,275
- 85% of 1,504 places
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.5%
- First language not English
- 26.5%
- School census 2025/26
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, 122 families put the school first and 157 places were offered; 99% 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 | 157 | 122 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 219 | 121 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 165 | 127 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 234 | 158 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 223 | 171 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.8, and 29.4% 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- (28.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼21.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.38 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 32.1 | +1.5 |
| Further education | 50 | +1.9 |
| Other education | 0.4 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.3 | −3.8 |
| Employment | 3.8 | +0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.1 | −0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | 0 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 students | C- (28.1) | Below average -0.24 | |
| 53 students | C- (27.9) | Below average -0.29 | |
| 56 students | Merit (25.7) | Below average -0.25 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 61 | C (28.9) | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 53 | C (28.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 37 | C+ (33.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 40 | C (29.3) | -0.34 |
| 2017/18 | 37 | D+ (24.1) | -0.51 |
| 2016/17 | 41 | C (28.6) | +0.07 |
| 2015/16 | 49 | D+ (21.8) | +0.14 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 58.1 | −7 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.7 | — |
| Employment | 23 | −0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.2 | +7.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.1 | — |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 May 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Weavers Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 24 May 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
52% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (67 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 52%
- Replies
- 67
- 5% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (28%) with SEND