Wootton Park School, Northampton

In its own words: "Our school is the school of choice for parents and carers who are proud to be ambitious for their children, value academic success, and who want them to achieve to the fullest of their ability within a supportive, inclusive and caring environment. We have appointed the very best staff to teach and nurture your children. They deserve the best."

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am a year 12 student new at Wootton Park last September. I chose Wootton because I had heard great things about the school environment and the teaching."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £2.50 per session.

In 2026, pupils at Wootton Park School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.3 in West Northamptonshire and 47 across England.

69% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in West Northamptonshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 53.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.65: pupils made well above 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 42, against 56.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Spanish, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 301 families put Wootton Park School as their first choice and 996 named it as one of their preferences, for 112 places offered. That is 2.7 first choices for every place. 203 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wootton Park School are Abbeyfield School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6); Caroline Chisholm School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52); Northampton International Academy (2.2 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 38.9); and Northampton School for Boys (2.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59).

Wootton Park School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Wootton Park School is one of 2 schools run by Wootton Park Academy Trust, an academy trust.

226 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wootton Park School (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 74% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (74%).

Of the 118 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 37% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 106 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 26% into work. 16% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 265 pupils (15.9%) received SEN support and 43 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Northampton Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nene Valley Way slip road (n-bound), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wootton Park School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 171 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in West Northamptonshire (90), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Wootton Park School issued 111 suspensions, 7.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wootton Park School are Overstone Gate Primary School (under 0.1 miles), The Abbey Primary School (0.2 miles), Simon de Senlis Primary School (0.5 miles) and East Hunsbury Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.