Abbeyfield School

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school West Northamptonshire·NN4 8BU
Composite score
55.0
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#1,915
National rank
#156
In East Midlands
#12
In West Northamptonshire
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
42%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
61%
% EBacc grade 5+
22%
EBacc average points score
4.17

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Needs attention

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
114 first choices, 227 places
First choices per place
0.50
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
306
any preference, for 227 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5020220.4920230.4520240.5320250.502026

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

Every child who put Abbeyfield School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,358
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
29.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,054
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
87%
233 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Abbeyfield School at a glance

Located in West Northamptonshire, Abbeyfield School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 1,358 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 44.0, broadly in line with 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 lower half of secondary schools nationally.

42% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 61% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Abbeyfield School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 114 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. Abbeyfield 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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