Sponne School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Towcester, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sponne School is a secondary school in Towcester, West Northamptonshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Sponne School 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 52 (England 46).
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 214 first-choice applications for 220 offers; 207 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- West Northamptonshire Council published no last distance for Year 7 entry in 2026.
- 11.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.2% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in West Northamptonshire.
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
- Brackley Road, Towcester, NN12 6DJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightfully proud of their school.”
- “The school strives to live out its ‘dream, believe, achieve’ values daily.”
- “Pupils are respectful and welcoming.”
To improve
- “However, some parents do not fully understand the school’s expectations of their children.”
- “However, the school is less effective in addressing the barriers faced by some disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 214 first-preference applications, 220 offers in total, 207 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.
- Silverstone UTC 4.2 mi Requires improvement
- Roade Village Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Campion School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbeyfield School 6.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elizabeth Woodville School 7.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Northampton School for Boys 9.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Malcolm Arnold Academy 9.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Magdalen College School 9.7 mi Not judged Last distance published