Abbeyfield School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,296 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Academy special converter
Billing Brook Special School
- Pupils on roll
- 257of 220 places
- Free school meals
- 39.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 27
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 26 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Billing Brook Special School (URN 122164, until 1 December 2013).
What the data says
Of the 19 pupils who finished Year 11 at Billing Brook Special School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Billing Brook Special School’s own sixth form (West Northamptonshire average 42%), 11% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in West Northamptonshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Billing Brook Special School | West Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 19 | 4,707 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 42% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 11% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 84% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in West Northamptonshire
Campion School
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2
Caroline Chisholm School
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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4
Chenderit School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,104 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.0
DSLV E-ACT Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 997 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2
Elizabeth Woodville School
Academy converter · 1,124 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.