Guilsborough Academy
West Haddon Road, Northampton, NN6 8QE
1,198 pupils · 85% of 1,412 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- GUILSBOROUGH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 October 2023, published 19 December 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 41.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 68.9% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 36.3% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.75 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 211 | 159 | 347 | 205 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 188 | 152 | 293 | 185 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 201 | 159 | 329 | 200 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 231 | 182 | 362 | 228 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 218 | 172 | 367 | 215 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 232 | 207 | 398 | 232 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 216 | 177 | 361 | 213 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 228 | 185 | 370 | 228 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Houlton School 11.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Kingsthorpe College 13.1 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Moulton School and Science College 13.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Northampton School for Girls 14.1 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- The Parker E-ACT Academy 14.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Malcolm Arnold Academy 14.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.