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

41 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. 4 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 8 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 45 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Northamptonshire ranked on Attainment 8

41 of 45 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	Wootton Park School Northampton · Free schools	53.3	+0.65 (0.39 to 0.91)	60%	77%	4.95	118
5 , up 4 places since 2023	Brooke Weston Academy Great Oakley · Academy sponsor led	52.8	+0.54 (0.33 to 0.74)	67%	81%	4.98	188
6 , down 1 place since 2023	Sponne School Towcester · Academy converter	52.3	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.46)	59%	78%	4.60	232
7 , down 1 place since 2023	Northampton Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	52.2	+0.87 (0.70 to 1.03)	62%	76%	4.65	292
8 , up 2 places since 2023	Caroline Chisholm School Northampton · Academy converter	51.2	+0.09 (-0.08 to 0.26)	55%	82%	4.84	277
9 , down 2 places since 2023	Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	50.7	+0.52 (0.34 to 0.71)	51%	65%	4.80	235
10 , down 2 places since 2023	Sir Christopher Hatton Academy Wellingborough · Academy converter	50.6	+0.37 (0.19 to 0.54)	54%	71%	4.84	259
11 , up 1 place since 2023	Prince William School Oundle · Academy sponsor led	49.2	+0.41 (0.21 to 0.60)	52%	76%	4.10	211
12 , up 4 places since 2023	The Duston School Northampton · Academy converter	48.4	+0.14 (-0.03 to 0.31)	53%	76%	4.48	263
13 , up 10 places since 2023	Chenderit School Banbury · Academy converter	47.9	+0.18 (-0.03 to 0.39)	49%	68%	4.21	179
14 , up 3 places since 2023	Campion School Northampton · Academy converter	47.7	+0.17 (-0.03 to 0.37)	46%	69%	4.20	195
15	Moulton School and Science College Northampton · Academy converter	47.3	-0.10 (-0.28 to 0.08)	51%	71%	4.18	234
16 , up 5 places since 2023	Elizabeth Woodville School Milton Keynes · Academy converter	47.2	-0.02 (-0.23 to 0.19)	48%	66%	4.16	186
17 , up 1 place since 2023	Corby Technical School Corby · Free schools	46.5	-0.07 (-0.31 to 0.16)	48%	66%	4.14	147
18 , up 1 place since 2023	Magdalen College School Brackley · Academy converter	46.3	-0.25 (-0.43 to -0.07)	39%	68%	3.89	249
19 , down 6 places since 2023	Southfield School for Girls Kettering · Academy converter	46.2	-0.23 (-0.44 to -0.03)	46%	67%	4.33	204
20 , down 9 places since 2023	Guilsborough Academy Northampton · Academy converter	46.1	-0.17 (-0.36 to 0.02)	45%	67%	4.11	222
21 , down 1 place since 2023	Wollaston School Wellingborough · Academy converter	45.8	+0.00 (-0.18 to 0.18)	41%	67%	3.90	242
22 , down 8 places since 2023	The Latimer Arts College Kettering · Foundation school	45.2	+0.23 (0.03 to 0.43)	36%	65%	3.93	204
23 , up 6 places since 2023	Corby Business Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	44.8	+0.08 (-0.12 to 0.27)	44%	67%	3.91	207
24 , up 3 places since 2023	Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	44.2	+0.04 (-0.15 to 0.23)	42%	63%	3.93	222
25 , up 6 places since 2023	Abbeyfield School Northampton · Academy sponsor led	43.7	+0.03 (-0.15 to 0.21)	44%	64%	4.04	253
26	Kingswood Secondary Academy Corby · Academy sponsor led	43.4	+0.10 (-0.10 to 0.31)	43%	61%	3.72	202
27 , up 8 places since 2023	Manor School Wellingborough · Academy converter	41.8	-0.32 (-0.54 to -0.11)	35%	58%	3.45	174
28 , down 3 places since 2023	Kingsthorpe College Northampton · Academy converter	40.3	-0.26 (-0.45 to -0.08)	36%	55%	3.55	245
29= , down 5 places since 2023	Rushden Academy Rushden · Academy sponsor led	39.8	-0.39 (-0.62 to -0.17)	28%	49%	3.32	155
29=	Wrenn School Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	39.8	-0.02 (-0.21 to 0.17)	32%	53%	3.49	255
31= , up 2 places since 2023	Kettering Science Academy Kettering · Academy sponsor led	39.4	-0.20 (-0.38 to -0.01)	32%	48%	3.69	246
31= , down 9 places since 2023	The Ferrers School Rushden · Academy converter	39.4	-0.28 (-0.52 to -0.05)	33%	50%	3.45	147
33= , down 5 places since 2023	Weavers Academy Wellingborough · Academy sponsor led	39.2	-0.39 (-0.57 to -0.20)	26%	57%	3.40	234
33= , up 3 places since 2023	Weston Favell Academy Northampton · Academy sponsor led	39.2	-0.13 (-0.31 to 0.05)	30%	53%	3.39	286
35 , up 4 places since 2023	St Thomas Becket Catholic School Northampton · Academy converter	38.7	-0.22 (-0.48 to 0.03)	33%	50%	3.26	141
36 , up 5 places since 2023	Northampton International Academy Northampton · Free schools	38.3	-0.27 (-0.44 to -0.11)	31%	52%	3.24	329
37 , down 3 places since 2023	DSLV E-ACT Academy Daventry · Academy sponsor led	37.4	-0.41 (-0.64 to -0.17)	34%	52%	3.11	152
38= , down 7 places since 2023	Huxlow Academy Irthlingborough · Academy converter	37.3	-0.67 (-0.89 to -0.46)	27%	51%	3.47	171
38= , down 2 places since 2023	The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry · Academy sponsor led	37.3	-0.27 (-0.48 to -0.06)	28%	50%	3.09	185
40 , down 2 places since 2023	Silverstone UTC Towcester · University technical college	34.4	-1.28 (-1.55 to -1.00)	23%	50%	2.40	104
41 , down 1 place since 2023	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	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Roade Village Academy Roade · Academy converter · 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 "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2023 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2023 result.

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
Bosworth Independent School Other independent school	10.5	2%	91
Northampton High School GDST Other independent school	39.8	0%	48
Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton Campus Northampton · Other independent school	62.2	82%	11
Oundle School Northamptonshire · Other independent school	15.7	0%	193
Pitsford School Northampton · Other independent school	44.0	0%	37
Progress Schools - Thrapston Other independent school	3.9	0%	18
Quinton House School Other independent school	46.4	0%	64
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