Weavers Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire·NN8 3JH
Composite score
49.7
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#2,538
National rank
#213
In East Midlands
#15
In North Northamptonshire
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
29%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
48%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
3.38

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
122 first choices, 157 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
346
any preference, for 157 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.22
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7720220.6820230.7720240.5520250.782026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Weavers Academy yet. North Northamptonshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,282
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
25.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
3.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,233
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
90%
234 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Weavers Academy is a secondary school serving Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,282 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 39.8 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.6 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

29% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 48% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made Weavers Academy 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, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.5%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. Weavers Academy 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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