Which school has the best GCSE results in Northampton?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Northampton School for Girls tops the table in Northampton with 59.2, 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 Northampton 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 Northampton 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.

Northampton GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

15 state secondary schools in Northampton 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. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 16 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Northampton ranked on Attainment 8

15 of 16 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Northampton 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 , up 1 place since 2025	Northampton School for Girls Northampton · Academy converter	59.2	23%	67%	85%	–	272
2 , down 1 place since 2025	Northampton School for Boys Northampton · Academy converter	59.0	32%	74%	91%	–	227
3	Wootton Park School Northampton · Free schools	54.7	23%	69%	80%	–	180
4	Northampton Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	53.3	20%	62%	77%	–	327
5	Caroline Chisholm School Northampton · Academy converter	52.0	25%	54%	73%	–	277
6 , up 1 place since 2025	Guilsborough Academy Northampton · Academy converter	46.6	12%	46%	67%	–	226
7 , down 1 place since 2025	The Duston School Northampton · Academy converter	46.0	14%	44%	64%	–	277
8 , up 3 places since 2025	Weston Favell Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	44.9	11%	44%	63%	–	239
9 , down 1 place since 2025	Campion School Northampton · Academy converter	44.8	11%	46%	66%	–	219
10	Abbeyfield School Northampton · Academy sponsor led	44.6	9%	36%	62%	–	228
11 , up 1 place since 2025	Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	44.4	15%	45%	62%	–	231
12 , up 1 place since 2025	Kingsthorpe College Northampton · Academy converter	43.5	11%	34%	60%	–	265
13 , down 4 places since 2025	Moulton School and Science College Northampton · Academy converter	42.6	7%	39%	62%	–	275
14	St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton · Academy converter	41.5	12%	39%	53%	–	163
15	Northampton International Academy Northampton · Free schools	38.9	5%	29%	52%	–	277
–	Northampton School Northampton · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 Northampton 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
Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton Campus Northampton · Other independent school	4.7	0%	13
Pitsford School Northampton · Other independent school	43.7	0%	22

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 Northampton on our composite score

Northampton GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Northampton ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Northampton with published GCSE results

More about schools in Northampton

Northampton GCSE results: common questions