UK Schools
Northampton School for Boys
Northampton School for Boys is a boys' secondary academy in Northampton, West Northamptonshire Council, teaching 1,756 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in March 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 58.2 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 10 holidays and 5 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Northampton School for Boys.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
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 School for Boys.
- 1 Training Day
- 2 Training Day
- 3 School re-opens (Y7 & Y12 only)
- 4 School re-opens (All year groups)
- 20 Training Day
- 24 School closes
- 3 School re-opens
- 19 School closes
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 25 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Christmas Holiday
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms)
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 School re-opens
- 13 School closes
- 23 School re-opens
- 27 School closes
- 28–31 Easter Holiday (two-week break between Spring and Summer terms)
- 1–12 Easter Holiday (two-week break between Spring and Summer terms)
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Training Day
- 14 School re-opens
- 4 Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 School closes
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School re-opens
- 26 Training Day
- 17 School closes
- 18–31 Summer Holiday (longest break, late July to early September)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (longest break, late July to early September)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Training Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Training Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- School re-opens (Y7 & Y12 only) Sep 3, 2025 Event
- School re-opens (All year groups) Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Training Day Oct 20, 2025 Inset Day
- School closes Oct 24, 2025 Event
- School re-opens Nov 3, 2025 Event
- School closes Dec 19, 2025 Event
- School re-opens Jan 5, 2026 Event
- School closes Feb 13, 2026 Event
- School re-opens Feb 23, 2026 Event
- School closes Mar 27, 2026 Event
- Training Day Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- School re-opens Apr 14, 2026 Event
- Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School closes May 22, 2026 Event
- School re-opens Jun 1, 2026 Event
- Training Day Jun 26, 2026 Inset Day
- School closes Jul 17, 2026 Event
- Christmas Holiday Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
- Christmas Holiday (two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms) Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (two-week break between Spring and Summer terms) Mar 28, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (longest break, late July to early September) Jul 18, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Northampton School for Boys with West Northamptonshire Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 58.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 40.07 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school West Northamptonshire Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 96% 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 92% 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 Northampton School for Boys. 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 Northampton School for Boys than to any other secondary 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.