Which school has the best GCSE results in Northampton?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Northampton School for Boys tops the table in Northampton with 58.2, against an England average of 46.0. 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 2025 results, the 2024/25 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 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

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 2025: secondary school league table

15 state secondary schools in Northampton ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and 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 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Northampton ranked on Attainment 8

15 of 16 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Northampton ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Northampton School for Boys Northampton · Academy converter	58.2	72%	86%	5.36	225
2	Northampton School for Girls Northampton · Academy converter	54.9	53%	80%	5.17	268
3	Wootton Park School Northampton · Free schools	53.6	50%	77%	5.04	121
4	Northampton Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	52.1	56%	75%	4.57	295
5	Caroline Chisholm School Northampton · Academy converter	50.4	57%	78%	4.72	275
6	The Duston School Northampton · Academy converter	50.0	48%	72%	4.66	273
7	Guilsborough Academy Northampton · Academy converter	46.6	42%	69%	4.14	212
8	Campion School Northampton · Academy converter	46.2	52%	73%	4.11	203
9	Moulton School and Science College Northampton · Academy converter	46.1	44%	70%	4.00	236
10	Abbeyfield School Northampton · Academy sponsor led	44.0	42%	61%	4.17	268
11	Weston Favell Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	41.8	31%	56%	3.42	285
12	Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	41.4	38%	58%	3.70	241
13	Kingsthorpe College Northampton · Academy converter	39.6	30%	55%	3.53	237
14	St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton · Academy converter	38.7	32%	50%	3.36	146
15	Northampton International Academy Northampton · Free schools	36.4	28%	49%	3.05	359
–	Northampton School Northampton · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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	45.3	37%	19
Pitsford School Northampton · Other independent school	35.1	0%	28

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 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. 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 2025: 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