UK Schools
Caroline Chisholm School
Caroline Chisholm School is a mixed all-through academy in Northampton, West Northamptonshire Council, teaching 2,049 pupils aged 4 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in January 2020. In 2024–2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and GCSE Attainment 8 was 50.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Caroline Chisholm School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Caroline Chisholm School.
- 1 Training Day 1
- 2 Training Day 2
- 3 School re-opens (Term 1 begins)
- 24 School closes (End of Term 1)
- 3 School re-opens (Term 2 begins)
- 28 Training Day 3
- 1 School re-opens
- 19 School closes (End of Term 2)
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Training Day 4
- 6 School re-opens (Term 3 begins)
- 13 School closes (End of Term 3)
- 23 School re-opens (Term 4 begins)
- 27 School closes (End of Term 4)
- 28–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Training Day 5
- 14 School re-opens (Term 5 begins)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 School closes (End of Term 5)
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School re-opens (Term 6 begins)
- 17 School closes (End of Term 6)
- 18–31 Summer Holisday
- 20 Training Day 6
- 1–31 Summer Holisday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Training Day 1 Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Training Day 2 Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- School re-opens (Term 1 begins) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- School closes (End of Term 1) Oct 24, 2025 Term
- School re-opens (Term 2 begins) Nov 3, 2025 Term
- Training Day 3 Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- School re-opens Dec 1, 2025 Event
- School closes (End of Term 2) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Training Day 4 Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- School re-opens (Term 3 begins) Jan 6, 2026 Term
- School closes (End of Term 3) Feb 13, 2026 Term
- School re-opens (Term 4 begins) Feb 23, 2026 Term
- School closes (End of Term 4) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Training Day 5 Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- School re-opens (Term 5 begins) Apr 14, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School closes (End of Term 5) May 22, 2026 Term
- School re-opens (Term 6 begins) Jun 1, 2026 Term
- School closes (End of Term 6) Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Training Day 6 Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 28, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holisday Jul 18, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Caroline Chisholm School with West Northamptonshire Council and England.
Key stage 2 (end of primary) 72% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths
How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.
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Key stage 4 (GCSE) 50.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 35.02 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 17.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 97% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Caroline Chisholm School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Caroline Chisholm School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.