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Schools in North Northamptonshire

153 schools in the North Northamptonshire local authority.

Schools

153

Open schools

Pupils

58,508

2025–26 census

Good or better

94%

122 of 130 graded

Academic Performance

4.8

out of 10 · 144 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
9 7%
Good
113 87%
Requires improvement
6 5%
Inadequate
2 2%
11 inspected since 2024, no overall grade7 superseded by a report card12 not judged2 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
4.8
Academic Performance

Averaged over 144 of 153 schools that can be scored

Pupils

58,508

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 152 of 153 schools (58,508 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
78%
Asian
5%
Black
8%
Mixed
6%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 144 of 153 schools (56,109 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
20.9%

11,742 of 56,109 pupils · 144 of 153 schools

First language not English
19.7%

11,045 of 56,109 pupils · 144 of 153 schools

Young carers
<1%

499 of 55,655 pupils · 140 of 153 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
113
Secondary
22
All-through
1
Special
9
Nursery
4
Not recorded
4

Top primary schools in North Northamptonshire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in North Northamptonshire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 153 schools in North Northamptonshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in North Northamptonshire

How many schools are there in North Northamptonshire?
North Northamptonshire has 153 open schools — 113 primary, 22 secondary, 9 special, 4 nursery, teaching 58,508 pupils in total.
How many schools in North Northamptonshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
122 of the 130 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 94% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 9 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 153: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in North Northamptonshire?
4.8 out of 10, averaged across the 144 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some North Northamptonshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
23 schools in North Northamptonshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does North Northamptonshire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. North Northamptonshire covers 153 schools and sits in the East Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in North Northamptonshire are eligible for free school meals?
20.9% — 11,742 of 56,109 pupils at the 144 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the East Midlands region.