Secondary
Weston Favell Academy
Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1431 of 1525 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.0
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 107.6
- Pupils per adult
- 13.9
- Pupils
- 1,494
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 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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)Earlier inspections2
February 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
May 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
31%
14 points below the Northampton average (45% across 11 schools)
41.8
4.5 below the Northampton average (46.3 across 11 schools)
7th 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 | 41.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.42 |
| Entered the EBacc | 9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| A level average points per entry | 26.76 |
| A level students | 43 |
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 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 32% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.1 |
| 22/23 | 27.3 |
| 23/24 | 28.0 |
| 24/25 | 26.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.01 |
| 22/23 | -0.22 |
| 23/24 | -0.13 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.2 |
| 22/23 | 38.2 |
| 23/24 | 39.2 |
| 24/25 | 41.8 |
Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EZ
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
- Tim Marston
- Address
- Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EZ
- Telephone
- 01604402121