Which school had the best GCSE results in Northamptonshire in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, Northampton School for Boys topped the table in Northamptonshire with 61.8. 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.

Where are the latest Northamptonshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Northamptonshire are on the main Northamptonshire GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Northamptonshire show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2022: secondary school league table

36 state secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 4 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest Northamptonshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 40 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

36 of 40 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	Northampton School for Boys Northampton · Academy converter	61.8	+0.68 (0.49 to 0.87)	76%	90%	5.60	216
2	Bishop Stopford School Kettering · Academy converter	61.7	+0.84 (0.65 to 1.03)	70%	87%	5.85	213
3	Northampton School for Girls Northampton · Academy converter	58.1	+0.71 (0.54 to 0.88)	61%	84%	5.27	284
4	Sponne School Towcester · Academy converter	56.5	+0.33 (0.14 to 0.52)	69%	87%	5.08	225
5	Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley · Academy sponsor led	55.9	+0.62 (0.41 to 0.83)	65%	79%	5.20	179
6	Northampton Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	55.0	+1.04 (0.86 to 1.22)	61%	77%	4.78	238
7=	Caroline Chisholm School Northampton · Academy converter	53.7	+0.20 (0.03 to 0.37)	55%	81%	4.79	275
7=	Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	53.7	+0.83 (0.65 to 1.01)	58%	75%	4.96	236
9	Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough · Academy converter	53.6	+0.83 (0.63 to 1.02)	56%	74%	4.74	207
10	Southfield School for Girls Kettering · Academy converter	51.9	+0.24 (0.02 to 0.46)	53%	79%	4.85	165
11	Corby Technical School Corby · Free schools	51.3	+0.35 (0.11 to 0.58)	56%	81%	4.46	145
12	Prince William School Oundle · Academy sponsor led	50.7	+0.22 (0.02 to 0.43)	53%	76%	4.40	182
13	Abbeyfield School Northampton · Academy sponsor led	50.5	+0.20 (0.01 to 0.38)	50%	75%	4.58	235
14	The Latimer Arts College Kettering · Foundation school	49.8	+0.23 (0.03 to 0.43)	44%	74%	4.31	197
15	Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	49.0	+0.36 (0.16 to 0.55)	43%	71%	4.32	224
16	Moulton School and Science College Northampton · Academy converter	48.8	-0.16 (-0.35 to 0.02)	44%	69%	4.27	225
17	Kingsthorpe College Northampton · Academy converter	48.3	+0.19 (0.01 to 0.38)	46%	71%	4.02	230
18	Guilsborough Academy Northampton · Academy converter	48.0	-0.09 (-0.28 to 0.09)	43%	67%	4.29	228
19	The Duston School Northampton · Academy converter	47.8	+0.02 (-0.16 to 0.20)	51%	74%	4.43	238
20=	Campion School Northampton · Academy converter	47.2	+0.03 (-0.18 to 0.24)	46%	70%	4.12	173
20=	Wollaston School Wellingborough · Academy converter	47.2	-0.19 (-0.37 to 0.00)	44%	70%	4.01	227
22	Manor School Wellingborough · Academy converter	44.1	-0.58 (-0.78 to -0.37)	40%	58%	3.75	182
23	Kingswood Secondary Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	43.5	+0.13 (-0.08 to 0.33)	33%	57%	3.62	202
24	Rushden Academy Rushden · Academy sponsor led	43.3	-0.21 (-0.47 to 0.06)	31%	54%	3.52	114
25	Weston Favell Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	43.2	+0.01 (-0.18 to 0.20)	41%	62%	3.47	234
26	The Ferrers School Rushden · Academy converter	42.8	-0.58 (-0.78 to -0.38)	27%	53%	3.66	190
27	The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry · Academy sponsor led	42.4	-0.28 (-0.48 to -0.07)	47%	72%	3.47	188
28	Wrenn School Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	42.3	+0.08 (-0.13 to 0.29)	34%	52%	3.49	194
29	Kettering Science Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	42.1	-0.12 (-0.33 to 0.08)	37%	54%	3.84	199
30	Corby Business Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	42.0	-0.35 (-0.55 to -0.15)	40%	59%	3.64	187
31	DSLV E-ACT Academy Daventry · Academy sponsor led	41.8	-0.41 (-0.68 to -0.13)	40%	64%	3.46	109
32	Weavers Academy Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	41.3	-0.08 (-0.27 to 0.10)	29%	57%	3.52	235
33	St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton · Academy converter	41.2	+0.01 (-0.26 to 0.28)	31%	48%	3.66	134
34	Northampton International Academy Northampton · Free schools	39.1	-0.13 (-0.35 to 0.08)	30%	53%	3.46	208
35	Silverstone UTC Towcester · University technical college	38.1	-0.98 (-1.24 to -0.73)	29%	54%	2.31	123
36	Lodge Park Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	37.8	-0.84 (-1.11 to -0.58)	26%	52%	3.23	128
–	Huxlow Academy Irthlingborough · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Montsaye Academy Kettering · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Northampton School Northampton · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Weldon Village Academy Corby · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Northamptonshire with published 2022 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
Pitsford School Northampton · Other independent school	60.0	75%	24
Wellingborough School Wellingborough · Other independent school	36.2	0%	87

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.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Northamptonshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Northamptonshire on our composite score

Northamptonshire GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Northamptonshire with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire GCSE results: common questions