Bishop Stopford School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,454 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.7
Academy special converter
Isebrook School
- Pupils on roll
- 238of 252 places
- Free school meals
- 45.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 37
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 22 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Isebrook SEN Cognition & Learning College (URN 122157, until 1 March 2015).
What the data says
Of the 28 pupils who finished Year 11 at Isebrook School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Isebrook School’s own sixth form (North Northamptonshire average 40%), 4% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 0.1 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in North Northamptonshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 North Northamptonshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Isebrook School | North Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 28 | 3,979 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 4% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 96% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 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
| Measure | Isebrook School | North Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 0.1 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.00 | 3.82 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 46% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 0.0 | 31.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 0.2 | 46.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 17% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Art | 1 | 3% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
Other secondary schools in North Northamptonshire
Brooke Weston Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,154 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5
Corby Business Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,188 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0
Corby Technical School
Free schools · sixth form · 952 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Huxlow Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 783 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9
Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,808 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3
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.