Northampton School for Boys
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northampton School for Boys is a secondary school in Northampton, West Northamptonshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Northampton School for Boys catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 571 first-choice applications for 218 offers (2.6 first choices per offer), the highest of 16 West Northamptonshire secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 206 offers went to first-choice families and 365 first-choice families (64%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); Attainment 8 score 58.2 (England 46).
- A level 2024/25: average grade B (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5RT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,756 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Northampton School for Boys.”
- “They demonstrate remarkable attitudes and commitment to all the opportunities that the school provides.”
- “There is a real sense of community built on the culture of ‘respect the past, secure the future’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 72% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 58.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 571 first-preference applications, 218 offers in total, 206 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Northamptonshire.
- Malcolm Arnold Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Weston Favell Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Northampton School for Girls 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northampton Academy 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Thomas Becket Catholic School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbeyfield School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingsthorpe College 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Northampton School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published