St Thomas Becket Catholic School, Northampton

In 2026, pupils at St Thomas Becket Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.3 in West Northamptonshire and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in West Northamptonshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 38.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.22: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.7, against 45.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 77 families put St Thomas Becket Catholic School as their first choice and 353 named it as one of their preferences, for 178 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Thomas Becket Catholic School are Northampton School for Girls (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 59.2); Weston Favell Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 44.9); Kingsthorpe College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); and Northampton School (1.3 miles).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than St Thomas Becket Catholic School.

St Thomas Becket Catholic School is one of 12 schools run by Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust Ltd, an academy trust.

Of the 141 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 59% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 47 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 64% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 13% into work. 2% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

39.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (39%), Mixed (16%) and Black (14%).

The nearest railway station is Northampton Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Thomas Becket School (outside), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 253 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in West Northamptonshire (90), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Thomas Becket Catholic School issued 593 suspensions, 65.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Thomas Becket Catholic School are Boothville Primary School (0.4 miles), Parklands Primary School (0.4 miles), St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles) and Eastfield Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.