Secondary
Malcolm Arnold Academy
Trinity Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1278 of 1450 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.5
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Trust
- THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Peterborough
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 75.9
- Pupils per adult
- 17.9
- Pupils
- 1,357
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
38%
7 points below the Northampton average (45% across 11 schools)
41.4
4.9 below the Northampton average (46.3 across 11 schools)
5th of 11 by our score, among the secondary schools in Northampton we can score - 17 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.7 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.08 |
| A level students | 30 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 36% |
| 23/24 | 42% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.1 |
| 22/23 | 22.9 |
| 23/24 | 27.7 |
| 24/25 | 31.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.36 |
| 22/23 | -0.15 |
| 23/24 | +0.04 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.0 |
| 22/23 | 42.0 |
| 23/24 | 44.2 |
| 24/25 | 41.4 |
Trinity Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
West Northamptonshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Clare Berry
- Address
- Trinity Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JW
- Telephone
- 01604778000