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Wootton Park School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formWest Northamptonshire, East Midlands · Northampton NN4 0HZTrust: Wootton Park Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,670of 1,260 places
Free school meals
9.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
121
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 26 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 122 pupils who finished Year 11 at Wootton Park School in 2023, 63% stayed on in Wootton Park School’s own sixth form (West Northamptonshire average 42%), 30% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 88 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 64% went to university (West Northamptonshire 37%, England 37%).

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 75% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.6 against 46.1 across England and 44.7 in West Northamptonshire, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

Wootton Park School
West Northamptonshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWootton Park SchoolWest NorthamptonshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1224,707607,348
Any sustained destination97%92%92%
Stayed in education93%87%86%
— school sixth form63%42%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college30%42%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%3%3%
Employment1%3%3%
No sustained destination2%6%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Wootton Park School
West Northamptonshire
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWootton Park SchoolWest NorthamptonshireEngland
Students in the cohort884,702541,441
Any sustained destination90%81%79%
University (higher education)64%37%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students14%19%
Further education1%5%5%
Apprenticeship10%6%7%
Employment15%33%28%
No sustained destination9%14%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureWootton Park SchoolWest NorthamptonshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)53.644.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects74%41%41%
EBacc average point score5.043.974.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort17%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils44.632.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils55.447.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language24%21%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature12099%86%28%21%85%
Mathematics12099%88%26%22%82%
English Language12099%89%22%20%83%
Combined Science10183%65%20%9%75%
Spanish9175%19%29%27%74%
Geography6050%41%15%25%75%
History5445%41%31%26%78%
Business Studies5344%18%32%20%81%
Psychology3428%3%21%22%68%
Design and Technology2621%11%15%23%69%
Chemistry1916%23%47%47%100%
Physics1916%23%58%46%100%
Biology1916%23%58%45%100%
Fine Art1613%9%25%28%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1613%8%6%21%63%
Photography1412%6%14%19%100%
Drama1311%7%15%27%69%
Music108%5%30%33%60%
Sociology108%4%40%21%70%
Religious Studies22%31%32%
Russian11%0%87%
Turkish11%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies3831%
Health Studies76%
Music performance: Group22%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureWootton Park SchoolWest NorthamptonshireEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study244
— of whom A level students1211,852261,341
Average A level gradeC+C+B-
Average points per A level entry34.9834.1535.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB-C+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects11%15%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology4436%23%
Mathematics4235%31%
Biology2218%20%
Politics2017%6%
English Literature1916%11%
Chemistry1815%17%
Business Studies1714%13%
Physics1714%12%
Geography1714%10%
Sociology1613%13%
Photography1512%3%
History1412%13%
Product Design1311%2%
Fine Art97%3%
Spanish65%2%
Further Mathematics65%5%
Religious Studies4%
Drama2%
Turkish0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*3126%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)2420%
Sports StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 31210%
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*119%
Health StudiesBTEC National Diploma L3 - Band J - PP-D*D*

Other secondary schools in West Northamptonshire

Abbeyfield School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,296 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0

Campion School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,309 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2

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

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.