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All-through school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire

Wootton Park School

Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, NN4 0HZ

Sixth form Full
School website 01604931139

Ofsted

Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 26 March 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

53.6 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

50% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

77% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

74% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.65confidence interval 0.39 to 0.91

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
35

England average 32.3

A level students
121

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1670
Places
1260
How full
Full — 1670 pupils against 1260 places
Girls / boys
857 / 813
Overall absence
5%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
13%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
11%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
21%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
18%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
97%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
93%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
63%
No sustained destination
2%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
122

After sixth form

Went to university
64%

England 50%

In education, work or training
90%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
10%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
88

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for West Northamptonshire 041C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
33%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
14%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
64%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
1%

England 17%

Households with no car
5%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
19%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
All-through
Ages
Ages 4–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
WOOTTON PARK ACADEMY TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Dan Rosser
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Ward
Hunsbury
Constituency
Northampton South
URN
142869

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Abbeyfield SchoolAcademy sponsor led No grade 44 0.3 mi
Northampton High School GDSTOther independent school No grade 0.6 mi
Caroline Chisholm SchoolAcademy converter No grade 50.4 1.4 mi
Northampton International AcademyFree schools No grade 36.4 2.2 mi
Northampton School for BoysAcademy converter No grade 58.2 2.2 mi
Bosworth Independent SchoolOther independent school No grade 2.3 mi
Quinton House SchoolOther independent school No grade 2.7 mi
Malcolm Arnold AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 41.4 2.8 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Linton Village CollegeAcademy converter Good 2024 52.4
Twynham SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 53.5
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 48.2
Brockington CollegeAcademy converter Requires improvement 2024 46.8
Beckfoot SchoolAcademy converter No grade 53
Carlton le Willows AcademyAcademy converter Inadequate 2022 55.1
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2023 50
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, PooleVoluntary aided school Good 2022 46.4

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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