Secondary
Huxlow Academy
Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, NN9 5TY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 783 of 819 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 71.2
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 854
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 May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- 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)GCSE results
31%
7 points below the North Northamptonshire average (38% across 18 schools)
41.9
1.9 below the North Northamptonshire average (43.8 across 18 schools)
15th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in North Northamptonshire we can score - 25 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 | 41.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.8 |
| Entered the EBacc | 52% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| A level average points per entry | 23.77 |
| A level students | 33 |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 27% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 19.6 |
| 23/24 | 26.7 |
| 24/25 | 23.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | -0.32 |
| 23/24 | -0.67 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 40.1 |
| 23/24 | 37.3 |
| 24/25 | 41.9 |
Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, NN9 5TY
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.
North 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
- Headteacher
- Kim Isaksen
- Address
- Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, NN9 5TY
- Telephone
- 01933650496