Which school has the best GCSE results in North Northamptonshire?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Bishop Stopford School tops the table in North Northamptonshire with 62.9, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for North Northamptonshire schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in North Northamptonshire show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

North Northamptonshire GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

19 state secondary schools in North Northamptonshire ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 21 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in North Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

19 of 21 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in North Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Bishop Stopford School Kettering · Academy converter	62.9	32%	73%	89%	–	216
2 , up 3 places since 2025	Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	51.4	16%	55%	72%	–	226
3	Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough · Academy converter	48.8	17%	49%	70%	–	239
4	Prince William School Oundle · Academy sponsor led	47.0	12%	48%	66%	–	227
5 , up 1 place since 2025	Southfield School for Girls Kettering · Academy converter	46.7	11%	49%	69%	–	200
6 , down 4 places since 2025	Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley · Academy sponsor led	46.5	14%	54%	73%	–	182
7= , up 1 place since 2025	Corby Technical School Corby · Free schools	46.0	11%	43%	66%	–	234
7= , up 3 places since 2025	Kingswood Secondary Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	46.0	9%	43%	62%	–	211
9	The Latimer Arts College Kettering · Foundation school	45.9	6%	43%	71%	–	201
10 , up 3 places since 2025	Wrenn School Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	45.0	8%	45%	61%	–	249
11 , down 4 places since 2025	Wollaston School Wellingborough · Academy converter	44.0	8%	39%	64%	–	239
12 , up 3 places since 2025	Weavers Academy Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	43.4	7%	35%	57%	–	196
13 , down 1 place since 2025	Rushden Academy Rushden · Academy sponsor led	42.1	4%	32%	56%	–	142
14 , up 2 places since 2025	Corby Business Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	41.9	7%	39%	56%	–	194
15 , up 2 places since 2025	The Ferrers School Rushden · Academy converter	40.2	4%	25%	57%	–	171
16 , down 5 places since 2025	Huxlow Academy Irthlingborough · Academy converter	39.8	3%	31%	49%	–	146
17 , down 3 places since 2025	Manor School Wellingborough · Academy converter	38.2	2%	26%	54%	–	168
18 , up 1 place since 2025	Lodge Park Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	37.0	5%	27%	50%	–	158
19 , down 1 place since 2025	Kettering Science Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	35.3	5%	29%	47%	–	271
–	Montsaye Academy Kettering · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Weldon Village Academy Corby · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in North Northamptonshire with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Oundle School Northamptonshire · Other independent school	22.7	0%	194
Progress Schools - Thrapston Other independent school	2.3	0%	9
Wellingborough School Wellingborough · Other independent school	28.3	0%	104

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in North Northamptonshire on our composite score

North Northamptonshire GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in North Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in North Northamptonshire with published GCSE results

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