Friars Academy

State-Funded School

friars-academy-north-northamptonshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

North NorthamptonshireLocal Authority

Wellingborough and RushdenConstituency

NN8 2LAPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Friars Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–18, located in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 149 pupils. Friars Academy is part of BETTER TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

149

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 149
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: BETTER TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 Jul 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.