Northampton School for Girls | School performance

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

53%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

54.9

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

90%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1386.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,737

Pupils · 2024/25

23%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

53%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

54.9

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

90%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1386.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,737

Pupils · 2024/25

23%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

53%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

54.9

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

90%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1386.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,737

Pupils · 2024/25

23%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 30/11/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWest Northamptonshire

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio17.5:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Northampton School for Girls · Secondary with sixth form · West Northamptonshire

Part ofNORTHAMPTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

80%

-1pp

84%80%76%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

53%

-1pp

61%56%51%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 53%

Attainment 8

54.9

+1.5

58.155.252.2

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 54.9

EBacc entry

90%

-1pp

91%71%50%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 90%

EBacc APS

1386.5

-45.3

1496.41374.51252.6

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 1386.5

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

32.6

+0.4

35.132.830.6

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 32.6

A-level value added

-0.34

-0.2

-0.1-0.2-0.4

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · -0.3

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

11%

-1pp

17%12%7%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Average A-level grade

C+

B-C+C

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · C+

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,737

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

23%

FSM eligible

17%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Spinney Hill Road, Northampton, NN3 6DG

Local authority

West Northamptonshire

Website

http://www.nsg.northants.sch.uk

Telephone

01604679540

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	80%	53%	54.9	Not applicable	90%	1386.5	90%	1,737
2023/24	80%	54%	53.4	+0.49	91%	1431.8	92%	1,761
2022/23	80%	61%	56.6	+0.68	54%	1408.0	60%	1,766
2021/22	84%	61%	58.1	+0.71	58%	1496.4	65%	1,754
2018/19	76%	51%	52.2	+0.46	50%	1252.6	63%	1,712
2017/18	70%	46%	50.5	+0.32	47%	1188.4	59%	1,689
2016/17	70%	49%	49.4	+0.26	54%	—	70%	1,697

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	32.6	C+	-0.34	11%	175
2023/24	32.3	C+	-0.13	12%	188
2022/23	31.6	C	—	11%	166
2021/22	35.1	B-	—	17%	158
2018/19	30.6	C	-0.08	7%	163
2017/18	31.3	C	-0.08	7%	169
2016/17	26.8	C-	-0.41	4%	162

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,737	18.1	14%	23%	17%	6%	14%
2023/24	1,761	18.9	16%	26%	14%	6%	14%
2022/23	1,766	20.9	15%	26%	15%	7%	17%
2021/22	1,754	19.8	11%	27%	15%	7%	18%
2020/21	1,735	19.4	9%	30%	13%	—	—
2018/19	1,712	18.7	10%	29%	20%	4%	7%
2017/18	1,689	17.2	12%	28%	20%	5%	8%
2016/17	1,697	16.2	7%	26%	21%	4%	9%