Which school had the best GCSE results in Northamptonshire in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Bishop Stopford School topped the table in Northamptonshire with 64.1, against an England average of 45.9. 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 2024 archive (the 2023/24 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 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

37 state secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, 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.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Northamptonshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 40 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

37 of 40 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	Bishop Stopford School Kettering · Academy converter	64.1	+1.02 (0.83 to 1.21)	75%	92%	6.05	217
2	Northampton School for Boys Northampton · Academy converter	61.6	+0.95 (0.76 to 1.14)	80%	89%	5.71	220
3	Northampton School for Girls Northampton · Academy converter	53.4	+0.49 (0.32 to 0.66)	54%	80%	5.11	280
4	Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley · Academy sponsor led	52.8	+0.54 (0.33 to 0.74)	67%	81%	4.98	188
5	Sponne School Towcester · Academy converter	52.3	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.46)	59%	78%	4.60	232
6	Northampton Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	52.2	+0.87 (0.70 to 1.03)	62%	76%	4.65	292
7	Caroline Chisholm School Northampton · Academy converter	51.2	+0.09 (-0.08 to 0.26)	55%	82%	4.84	277
8	Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	50.7	+0.52 (0.34 to 0.71)	51%	65%	4.80	235
9	Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough · Academy converter	50.6	+0.37 (0.19 to 0.54)	54%	71%	4.84	259
10	Prince William School Oundle · Academy sponsor led	49.2	+0.41 (0.21 to 0.60)	52%	76%	4.10	211
11	The Duston School Northampton · Academy converter	48.4	+0.14 (-0.03 to 0.31)	53%	76%	4.48	263
12	Campion School Northampton · Academy converter	47.7	+0.17 (-0.03 to 0.37)	46%	69%	4.20	195
13	Moulton School and Science College Northampton · Academy converter	47.3	-0.10 (-0.28 to 0.08)	51%	71%	4.18	234
14	Corby Technical School Corby · Free schools	46.5	-0.07 (-0.31 to 0.16)	48%	66%	4.14	147
15	Southfield School for Girls Kettering · Academy converter	46.2	-0.23 (-0.44 to -0.03)	46%	67%	4.33	204
16	Guilsborough Academy Northampton · Academy converter	46.1	-0.17 (-0.36 to 0.02)	45%	67%	4.11	222
17	Wollaston School Wellingborough · Academy converter	45.8	+0.00 (-0.18 to 0.18)	41%	67%	3.90	242
18	The Latimer Arts College Kettering · Foundation school	45.2	+0.23 (0.03 to 0.43)	36%	65%	3.93	204
19	Corby Business Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	44.8	+0.08 (-0.12 to 0.27)	44%	67%	3.91	207
20	Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	44.2	+0.04 (-0.15 to 0.23)	42%	63%	3.93	222
21	Abbeyfield School Northampton · Academy sponsor led	43.7	+0.03 (-0.15 to 0.21)	44%	64%	4.04	253
22	Kingswood Secondary Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	43.4	+0.10 (-0.10 to 0.31)	43%	61%	3.72	202
23	Manor School Wellingborough · Academy converter	41.8	-0.32 (-0.54 to -0.11)	35%	58%	3.45	174
24	Kingsthorpe College Northampton · Academy converter	40.3	-0.26 (-0.45 to -0.08)	36%	55%	3.55	245
25=	Rushden Academy Rushden · Academy sponsor led	39.8	-0.39 (-0.62 to -0.17)	28%	49%	3.32	155
25=	Wrenn School Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	39.8	-0.02 (-0.21 to 0.17)	32%	53%	3.49	255
27=	Kettering Science Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	39.4	-0.20 (-0.38 to -0.01)	32%	48%	3.69	246
27=	The Ferrers School Rushden · Academy converter	39.4	-0.28 (-0.52 to -0.05)	33%	50%	3.45	147
29=	Weavers Academy Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	39.2	-0.39 (-0.57 to -0.20)	26%	57%	3.40	234
29=	Weston Favell Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	39.2	-0.13 (-0.31 to 0.05)	30%	53%	3.39	286
31	St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton · Academy converter	38.7	-0.22 (-0.48 to 0.03)	33%	50%	3.26	141
32	Northampton International Academy Northampton · Free schools	38.3	-0.27 (-0.44 to -0.11)	31%	52%	3.24	329
33	DSLV E-ACT Academy Daventry · Academy sponsor led	37.4	-0.41 (-0.64 to -0.17)	34%	52%	3.11	152
34=	Huxlow Academy Irthlingborough · Academy converter	37.3	-0.67 (-0.89 to -0.46)	27%	51%	3.47	171
34=	The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry · Academy sponsor led	37.3	-0.27 (-0.48 to -0.06)	28%	50%	3.09	185
36	Silverstone UTC Towcester · University technical college	34.4	-1.28 (-1.55 to -1.00)	23%	50%	2.40	104
37	Lodge Park Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	33.2	-0.63 (-0.84 to -0.42)	20%	39%	2.97	195
–	Montsaye Academy Kettering · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Northampton School Northampton · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Weldon Village Academy Corby · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Northamptonshire with published 2024 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	62.2	82%	11
Pitsford School Northampton · Other independent school	44.0	0%	37
Wellingborough School Wellingborough · Other independent school	25.9	0%	110

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Northamptonshire with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire GCSE results: common questions