UK Schools
Sponne School
Sponne School is a mixed secondary academy in Towcester, West Northamptonshire Council, teaching 1,410 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in January 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 52 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 19 holidays and 2 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Sponne School.
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 Sponne School.
- 1–2 Training Days
- 3 Year 7 & Year 12 Induction Day
- 4 Years 8, 9, 10, 11 & 13 return
- 23 School closes for Autumn Half Term
- 24 Training Day
- 24–31 Autumn Half Term Break
- 3 School reopens
- 19 School closes for Christmas Holiday
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 School reopens
- 13 School closes for Spring Half Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Break
- 23 School reopens
- 26 School closes for Easter Holiday
- 27–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 School reopens
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (School closed)
- 22 School closes for Summer Half Term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Break
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School reopens
- 17 School closes for Summer Holiday
- 13 A Level Results Day
- 20 GCSE Results Day
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Training Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 & Year 12 Induction Day Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Years 8, 9, 10, 11 & 13 return Sep 4, 2025 Event
- School closes for Autumn Half Term Oct 23, 2025 Holiday
- Training Day Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Break Oct 24-31, 2025 Holiday
- School reopens Nov 3, 2025 Event
- School closes for Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens Jan 5, 2026 Event
- School closes for Spring Half Term Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Break Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens Feb 23, 2026 Event
- School closes for Easter Holiday Mar 26, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 27 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens Apr 13, 2026 Event
- Early May Bank Holiday (School closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Summer Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Break May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens Jun 1, 2026 Event
- School closes for Summer Holiday Jul 17, 2026 Holiday
- A Level Results Day Aug 13, 2026 Event
- GCSE Results Day Aug 20, 2026 Event
- Summer Holiday continues into early September Sep 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
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Sponne School with West Northamptonshire Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 52 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school West Northamptonshire Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 34.76 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school West Northamptonshire Council England
Attendance 16.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school West Northamptonshire Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 95% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school West Northamptonshire Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 83% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school West Northamptonshire Council 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 Sponne 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 Sponne School 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.