Sponne School

Academy converter·Secondary school Towcester, West Northamptonshire·NN12 6DJ
Composite score
65.0
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#697
National rank
#49
In East Midlands
#4
In West Northamptonshire
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
52.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
55%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
83%
% EBacc grade 5+
20%
EBacc average points score
4.70

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
214 first choices, 220 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
328
any preference, for 220 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0520221.1020231.0920241.0020250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

West Northamptonshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Sponne School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,422
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,638
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
230 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Sponne School at a glance

Located in Towcester, West Northamptonshire, Sponne School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,422 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 52.0, above the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of secondary schools nationally.

55% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 83% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 97% of the families who made Sponne School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. Sponne School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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