Schools in Northampton
136 schools with a Northampton postal address: 101 primary, 12 secondary, 6 all-through, 2 sixth form / college, 5 nursery, plus 10 special. 5 are independent. 16 had more first-choice applications than places last year.
Primary schools (101)
- Abington Vale Primary SchoolState · Ages 2–11Ofsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 83%
- All Saints CofE VA Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 53%
- Ashton CofE Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2025KS2 expected standard: 43%
- Barry Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 58%
- Blackthorn Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 68%
- Blisworth Community Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 80%
- Boothville Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 54%
- Boughton Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 57%
- Briar Hill Primary School & NurseryState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Outstanding· 2022KS2 expected standard: 73%
- Bridgewater Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2024KS2 expected standard: 73%
- Brington Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 78%
- Brixworth CofE VC Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 76%
- Buckton Fields Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2024 Oversubscribed
- Bugbrooke Community Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 56%
- Castle AcademyState · Ages 3–11Report card: strong areas· 2026KS2 expected standard: 69%
- Cedar Road Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 73%
- Chiltern Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 49%
- Cogenhoe Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Standards maintained· 2025KS2 expected standard: 67%
- Collingtree Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2025KS2 expected standard: 62%
- Crick Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Report card: expected standard· 2026KS2 expected standard: 39%
- Delapre Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 49%
- Denton Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Report card: areas need attention· 2026KS2 expected standard: 54%
- Duston Eldean Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 77% Oversubscribed
- Earl Spencer Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 56%
- Earls Barton Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 61% Oversubscribed
- East Haddon Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 73% Oversubscribed
- East Hunsbury Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 63%
- Eastfield AcademyState · Ages 2–11Ofsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 82%
- Ecton Brook Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 70%
- Ecton Village Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 50%
- Flore Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 73%
- Gayton Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 63%
- Green Oaks Primary AcademyState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Standards maintained· 2025KS2 expected standard: 53%
- Grendon Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good or better in all areas· 2024KS2 expected standard: 80%
- Guilsborough Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 73%
- Hackleton CofE Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 94%
- Hardingstone AcademyState · Ages 0–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 56%
- Harlestone Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 55%
- Harpole Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 68%
- Hartwell Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 96% Oversubscribed
- Headlands Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 60%
- Hopping Hill Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2024KS2 expected standard: 58%
- Hunsbury Park Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 60%
- Kings Heath Primary AcademyState · Ages 2–11Ofsted:Outstanding· 2024KS2 expected standard: 71%
- Kingsley Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 51%
- Kingsthorpe Grove Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 42%
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Report card: expected standard· 2026KS2 expected standard: 53%
- Kislingbury Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 74%
- Lings Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 51%
- Little Houghton Church of England PrimaryState · Ages 3–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 56%
- Long Buckby Infant SchoolState · Ages 4–7Ofsted:Good· 2023
- Long Buckby Junior SchoolState · Ages 7–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 74%
- Lumbertubs Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 70%
- Lyncrest Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 45%
- Maidwell Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 67%
- Malcolm Arnold Preparatory SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 75%
- Mears Ashby Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11 · Church of EnglandReport card: areas need attention· 2026KS2 expected standard: 54%
- Millway Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 61%
- Milton Parochial Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 29%
- Moulton Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2021KS2 expected standard: 66%
- Naseby Church of England Primary AcademyState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2025KS2 expected standard: 56%
- Overstone Gate Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Not yet inspected Oversubscribed
- Overstone Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 63%
- Parklands Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 87%
- Pitsford Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 71%
- Preston Hedges Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Outstanding in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 81% Oversubscribed
- Queen Eleanor Primary AcademyState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 66% Oversubscribed
- Rectory Farm Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 45%
- Roade Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 70%
- Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Standards maintained· 2025KS2 expected standard: 50%
- Simon de Senlis Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Outstanding· 2024KS2 expected standard: 67% Oversubscribed
- Spratton Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 60%
- Spring Lane Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 62%
- St Andrew's Ceva Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 60%
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11 · Roman CatholicOfsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 63%
- St James Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11 · Church of EnglandReport card: strong areas· 2026KS2 expected standard: 69% Oversubscribed
- St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 72%
- St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Roman CatholicOfsted:Good· 2024KS2 expected standard: 52%
- Standens Barn Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 66%
- Stimpson Avenue AcademyState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 58%
- Sunnyside Primary AcademyState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Some areas below Good· 2025KS2 expected standard: 53%
- Sywell Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 40%
- The Abbey Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 72%
- The Arbours Primary AcademyState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Outstanding· 2023KS2 expected standard: 83%
- The Bliss Charity SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 82%
- The Bramptons Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 92%
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11 · Roman CatholicOfsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 57% Oversubscribed
- Thorplands Primary SchoolState · Ages 2–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 68%
- Upton Meadows Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 57%
- Vernon Terrace Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 59%
- Walgrave Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2024KS2 expected standard: 74%
- Weedon Bec Primary SchoolState · Ages 2–11Ofsted:Requires improvement· 2023KS2 expected standard: 30%
- Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed SchoolState · Ages 4–11 · Church of EnglandReport card: areas need attention· 2026KS2 expected standard: 63%
- West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolState · Ages 2–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Standards maintained· 2024KS2 expected standard: 86%
- Weston Favell CofE Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Outstanding in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 80%
- Whitehills Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Some areas below Good· 2025KS2 expected standard: 62%
- Woodland View Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Outstanding· 2023KS2 expected standard: 70%
- Woodvale Primary AcademyState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Good· 2023KS2 expected standard: 51%
- Wootton Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Outstanding in all areas· 2025KS2 expected standard: 68%
- Yardley Hastings Primary SchoolState · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Outstanding· 2023KS2 expected standard: 87%
- Yelvertoft Primary SchoolState · Ages 4–11Ofsted:Good· 2022KS2 expected standard: 58%
Secondary schools (12)
- Abbeyfield SchoolState · Ages 11–18Report card: areas need attention· 2026Attainment 8: 44.0
- Campion SchoolState · Ages 11–18Report card: strong areas· 2026Attainment 8: 46.2
- Guilsborough AcademyState · Ages 11–18Ofsted:Requires improvement· 2023Attainment 8: 46.6
- Kingsthorpe CollegeState · Ages 11–18Ofsted:Good· 2025Attainment 8: 39.6
- Malcolm Arnold AcademyState · Ages 11–18 · Church of EnglandOfsted:Good· 2023Attainment 8: 41.4
- Moulton School and Science CollegeState · Ages 11–18Ofsted:Good· 2023Attainment 8: 46.1
- Northampton AcademyState · Ages 11–18 · ChristianOfsted:Outstanding· 2023Attainment 8: 52.1 Oversubscribed
- Northampton SchoolState · Ages 11–16Not yet inspected Oversubscribed
- Northampton School for BoysState · Ages 11–18 · BoysOfsted:Outstanding in all areas· 2025Attainment 8: 58.2 Oversubscribed
- Northampton School for GirlsState · Ages 11–18 · GirlsReport card: strong areas· 2026Attainment 8: 54.9
- St Thomas Becket Catholic SchoolState · Ages 11–18 · Roman CatholicOfsted:Good· 2022Attainment 8: 38.7
- Weston Favell AcademyState · Ages 11–18Ofsted:Good· 2024Attainment 8: 41.8
All-through schools (6)
- Caroline Chisholm SchoolState · Ages 4–18Ofsted:Good· 2025Attainment 8: 50.4
- Northampton International AcademyState · Ages 4–18Ofsted:Some areas below Good· 2024Attainment 8: 36.4
- Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton CampusIndependent · Ages 7–18 · Plymouth Brethren Christian ChurchIndependent inspectionAttainment 8: 45.3
- Pitsford SchoolIndependent · Ages 3–18Independent inspectionAttainment 8: 35.1
- The Duston SchoolState · Ages 4–18Report card: strong areas· 2026Attainment 8: 50.0 Oversubscribed
- Wootton Park SchoolState · Ages 4–19Ofsted:Standards maintained· 2025Attainment 8: 53.6 Oversubscribed
Sixth form / college schools (2)
- Moulton CollegeState · Ages 16–99College: FE inspection
- Northampton CollegeState · Ages 16–99College: FE inspectionA-level average: C-
Nursery schools (5)
- Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & FamiliesState · Ages 0–5Report card: strong areas· 2026
- Gloucester Nursery SchoolState · Ages 2–5Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025
- Parklands Nursery SchoolState · Ages 2–5Ofsted:Good· 2025
- Wallace Road Nursery SchoolState · Ages 3–5Ofsted:Good· 2022
- Whitehills Nursery SchoolState · Ages 3–5Ofsted:Good· 2023
Special schools (10)
- Billing Brook Special SchoolState special · Ages 4–19Ofsted:Standards maintained· 2025Attainment 8: 0.3
- Edgewood SchoolIndependent special · Ages 7–16Independent inspection
- Fairfields SchoolState special · Ages 3–11Ofsted:Outstanding· 2024KS2 expected standard: 0%
- Greenfields Specialist School for CommunicationState special · Ages 11–19Ofsted:Good· 2024
- Hampton Bridge SchoolIndependent special · Ages 6–18Independent inspection
- Kings Meadow SchoolState special · Ages 5–11Report card: areas need attention· 2026KS2 expected standard: 0%
- Northgate School Academy TrustState special · Ages 11–18Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025Attainment 8: 7.7
- On Track Education NorthamptonIndependent special · Ages 11–19Independent inspectionAttainment 8: 6.3
- Purple Oaks AcademyState special · Ages 3–18Ofsted:Good· 2022Attainment 8: 0.4
- The Gateway SchoolState special · Ages 11–16Not yet inspectedAttainment 8: 8.9
Nearby towns
Based on each school's postal address in the DfE register, so a few schools near the edge of Northampton may be listed under a neighbouring town. Alternative provision is not listed. Inspection outcomes are shown under the framework each school was inspected with. About the data