Roade Village Academy, Roade
Roade Village Academy is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18 in Roade, part of Tove Learning Trust.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to West Northamptonshire (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Roade Village Academy in detail
Roade Village Academy in its own words
In its own words: "Roade Village Academy is proud to be part of Tove Learning Trust. The vision for the trust is simple: to ensure that all students in our academies are provided with inspiring educational experiences that lead to outstanding outcomes."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting a place at Roade Village Academy
Across West Northamptonshire, 76% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in West Northamptonshire lodged 394 appeals against secondary school offers; 330 reached a hearing and 34 succeeded (10.3% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Roade Village Academy are Caroline Chisholm School (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52); Wootton Park School (4.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.7); Sponne School (4.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.4); and Abbeyfield School (4.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6).
Caroline Chisholm SchoolWootton Park SchoolSponne SchoolAbbeyfield School
The trust
Roade Village Academy is one of 16 schools run by Tove Learning Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.3 in 2024/25.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Roade Village Academy.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Elizabeth Woodville School (opposite), 120 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 27 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in West Northamptonshire (90).
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Roade Village Academy are Roade Primary School (0.5 miles), Ashton CofE Primary School (1.1 miles) and Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Roade Primary SchoolAshton CofE Primary SchoolStoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 4 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Roade Village Academy
Term dates
Roade Village Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see West Northamptonshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Roade Village Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Roade Village Academy is in West Northamptonshire; for families living there:
- West Northamptonshire's school travel policy: Free school travel assistance (4-to-16 year olds)
- How to apply: Apply for free school travel assistance (4-to-16 year olds)
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in West Northamptonshire is 7 (the median across 208 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Roade
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Roade
Across West Northamptonshire council
Places available
5,019
Applications
4,602
Got 1st preference
75.8%
Got preferred school
95.7%
All secondary applications across West Northamptonshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Roade Village Academy
Questions parents ask about Roade Village Academy
What is the catchment area for Roade Village Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Roade Village Academy is oversubscribed, West Northamptonshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Roade Village Academy?
Apply through West Northamptonshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Roade Village Academy on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Roade Village Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in West Northamptonshire is 7 (the median across 208 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Roade Village Academy?
Roade Village Academy is at Stratford Road, Roade, Northamptonshire, NN7 2LP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)