Secondary
Northampton School for Boys
Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5RT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1756 of 1617 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE NSB TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 91.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 122.1
- Pupils per adult
- 13.7
- Pupils
- 1,678
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 March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
72%
27 points above the Northampton average (45% across 11 schools)
58.2
11.9 above the Northampton average (46.3 across 11 schools)
1st 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 | 58.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.36 |
| Entered the EBacc | 76% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| A level average points per entry | 40.07 |
| A level students | 252 |
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 | 76% |
| 22/23 | 78% |
| 23/24 | 80% |
| 24/25 | 72% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.7 |
| 22/23 | 40.8 |
| 23/24 | 39.1 |
| 24/25 | 40.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.68 |
| 22/23 | +0.57 |
| 23/24 | +0.95 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 61.8 |
| 22/23 | 59.1 |
| 23/24 | 61.6 |
| 24/25 | 58.2 |
Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5RT
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
- Headmaster
- Richard Bernard
- Address
- Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5RT
- Telephone
- 01604230240