Which school has the best GCSE results in Northamptonshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Bishop Stopford School tops the table in Northamptonshire with 58.7, 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 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 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 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.

Northamptonshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

37 state secondary schools in Northamptonshire 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. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 40 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

37 of 40 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire 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	Bishop Stopford School Kettering · Academy converter	58.7	66%	84%	5.54	215
2	Northampton School for Boys Northampton · Academy converter	58.2	72%	86%	5.36	225
3	Northampton School for Girls Northampton · Academy converter	54.9	53%	80%	5.17	268
4	Northampton Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	52.1	56%	75%	4.57	295
5	Sponne School Towcester · Academy converter	52.0	55%	83%	4.70	232
6	Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley · Academy sponsor led	50.5	59%	75%	4.83	182
7	Caroline Chisholm School Northampton · Academy converter	50.4	57%	78%	4.72	275
8	Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough · Academy converter	50.2	54%	69%	4.70	249
9	The Duston School Northampton · Academy converter	50.0	48%	72%	4.66	273
10	Prince William School Oundle · Academy sponsor led	48.9	51%	74%	4.15	205
11	Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	48.3	45%	64%	4.57	240
12	Southfield School for Girls Kettering · Academy converter	46.8	46%	70%	4.34	192
13	Guilsborough Academy Northampton · Academy converter	46.6	42%	69%	4.14	212
14	Campion School Northampton · Academy converter	46.2	52%	73%	4.11	203
15=	Moulton School and Science College Northampton · Academy converter	46.1	44%	70%	4.00	236
15=	Wollaston School Wellingborough · Academy converter	46.1	44%	66%	3.89	231
17	Corby Technical School Corby · Free schools	45.7	43%	61%	4.07	216
18	The Latimer Arts College Kettering · Foundation school	44.8	40%	70%	3.97	200
19	Abbeyfield School Northampton · Academy sponsor led	44.0	42%	61%	4.17	268
20	Kingswood Secondary Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	42.9	34%	57%	3.72	201
21	Huxlow Academy Irthlingborough · Academy converter	41.9	31%	58%	3.80	150
22	Weston Favell Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	41.8	31%	56%	3.42	285
23	Rushden Academy Rushden · Academy sponsor led	41.6	27%	57%	3.39	151
24	Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	41.4	38%	58%	3.70	241
25	Wrenn School Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	40.9	28%	53%	3.50	248
26	Manor School Wellingborough · Academy converter	40.0	31%	52%	3.28	179
27	Weavers Academy Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	39.8	29%	48%	3.38	228
28	Kingsthorpe College Northampton · Academy converter	39.6	30%	55%	3.53	237
29	Corby Business Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	39.0	28%	50%	3.28	197
30=	The Ferrers School Rushden · Academy converter	38.9	27%	48%	3.50	147
30=	The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry · Academy sponsor led	38.9	34%	54%	3.48	207
32	St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton · Academy converter	38.7	32%	50%	3.36	146
33	Kettering Science Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	37.3	28%	47%	3.39	264
34	DSLV E-ACT Academy Daventry · Academy sponsor led	37.2	25%	52%	3.08	143
35	Northampton International Academy Northampton · Free schools	36.4	28%	49%	3.05	359
36	Lodge Park Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	33.5	21%	46%	2.92	158
37	Silverstone UTC Towcester · University technical college	31.1	15%	39%	1.94	117
–	Montsaye Academy Kettering · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Northampton School Northampton · Free schools · 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 "=").

Independent schools in 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
Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton Campus Northampton · Other independent school	45.3	37%	19
Pitsford School Northampton · Other independent school	35.1	0%	28
Wellingborough School Wellingborough · Other independent school	26.6	0%	93

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 Northamptonshire on our composite score

Northamptonshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Northamptonshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire GCSE results: common questions