Secondary
Northgate School Academy Trust
Queen's Park Parade, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 289 of 130 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.1
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- NORTHGATE SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 96.6
- Pupils per adult
- 2.6
- Pupils
- 256
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 June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- 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)Earlier inspections1
May 2023
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
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GCSE results
5%
7.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 7.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.5 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 5% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 5% |
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 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 3% |
| 24/25 | 5% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.72 |
| 22/23 | -1.37 |
| 23/24 | -1.09 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 9.3 |
| 22/23 | 6.8 |
| 23/24 | 8.5 |
| 24/25 | 7.7 |
Queen's Park Parade, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LR
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
- Executive Headteacher
- Francesca Shears
- Address
- Queen's Park Parade, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6LR
- Telephone
- 01604714098