Northampton International Academy

All-through Free School Northampton 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Inspected 📊 Attainment 8: 36.4

Northampton International Academy is a mixed all-through free school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire Council, teaching 1,754 pupils aged 4 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and GCSE Attainment 8 was 36.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Northampton International Academy.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Early yearsGood
Sixth formGood
Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection · Inspected 8 Oct 2024 · Published 19 Nov 2024
Read full Ofsted report ↗

Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Northampton International Academy.

Northampton International Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–2 Training Days
  • 3 First Day of Term (Staggered return: Primary Years 1-6, Secondary Year 7 & 11, Sixth Form Year 12)
  • 4 First Day continued (Secondary Years 8, 9, 10 & Sixth Form Year 13)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 23–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Last Day of Autumn Term
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 5–6 Training Days
  • 7 First Day of Spring Term
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 Last Day of Spring Term
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
  • 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
  • 13 Training Day
  • 14 First Day of Summer Term
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 22 Last Day of Summer Term
  • 23–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday
September 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Training Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
  • First Day of Term (Staggered return: Primary Years 1-6, Secondary Year 7 & 11, Sixth Form Year 12) Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • First Day continued (Secondary Years 8, 9, 10 & Sixth Form Year 13) Sep 4, 2025 Event
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 23-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Last Day of Autumn Term Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Training Days Jan 5-6, 2026 Inset Day
  • First Day of Spring Term Jan 7, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Last Day of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Training Day Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
  • First Day of Summer Term Apr 14, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Last Day of Summer Term Jul 22, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 23 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
36.4 Attainment 8 England 46.1
51% Expected standard at KS2 England 62%
28.1% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
25.6% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Northampton International Academy with West Northamptonshire Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 51% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school West Northamptonshire Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 51%
West Northamptonshire Council 63% England 62% -11 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 103
West Northamptonshire Council 106 England 106 -3 vs England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 103
West Northamptonshire Council 105 England 105 -2 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 51
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 36.4 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school West Northamptonshire Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 36.4
West Northamptonshire Council 44.7 England 46.1 -9.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 28.1%
West Northamptonshire Council 42% England 45.4% -17.3 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 29
West Northamptonshire Council 32.6 England 34.9 -5.9 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 10.3
West Northamptonshire Council 15.3 England 15.5 -5.2 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 27.9%
West Northamptonshire Council 21% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 359
Attendance 25.6% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school West Northamptonshire Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 25.6%
West Northamptonshire Council 16.3% England 17.8% +7.8 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 8.6%
West Northamptonshire Council 6.5% England 6.8% +1.8 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 85% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school West Northamptonshire Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 85%
West Northamptonshire Council 92% England 92% -7 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 76%
West Northamptonshire Council 81% England 83% -7 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 84% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school West Northamptonshire Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 84%
West Northamptonshire Council 81% England 79% +5 vs England
Went to higher education 56%
West Northamptonshire Council 37% England 37% +19 vs England
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 Northampton International Academy. 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 catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Northampton International Academy 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.