Guilsborough Academy

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address West Haddon Road
Guilsborough
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN6 8QE
Phone 01604740641
Reference Number 136489

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1327
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.22%
Girls: 47.78%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 115 110 225
8 126 107 233
9 122 114 236
10 120 98 218
11 121 101 222
12 45 55 100
13 44 49 93

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.6%
White, Other 5.3%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
African 1.4%
White & Asian 1.3%
Unclassified 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
Irish 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Requires Improvement
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-27
Date Description Report
2024-10-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2023-10-03 School inspection: School inspection:
2022-05-11 School inspection School inspection
2017-06-06 Short inspection Short inspection
2015-04-21 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2014-02-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Guilsborough School
2011-01-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-02-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-05-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2004-09-13 Full inspection Full inspection
2011-01-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-02-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-05-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2004-09-13 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
46.1 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 44.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 62.6% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 36.6 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 36.86 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 13.6% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 95 24
Third Preference 75 17
From another Local Authority 3 3

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Guilsborough Church of England Primary School
The Green, Guilsborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 8PT
0.38 miles
West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School
The Green, West Haddon, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 7AN
2.72 miles
Naseby Church of England Primary Academy
School Lane, Naseby, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 6BZ
3.03 miles
East Haddon Church of England Primary School
Church Lane, East Haddon, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 8DB
3.41 miles
Spratton Hall School
3.55 miles
Spratton Church of England Primary School
School Road, Spratton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 8HY
3.63 miles
Long Buckby Infant School
High Street, Long Buckby, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 7RE
4.44 miles
Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School
West Street, Welford, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 6HU
4.63 miles
Long Buckby Junior School
South Close, Long Buckby, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 7PX
4.73 miles
Yelvertoft Primary School
School Lane, Yelvertoft, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 6LH
4.77 miles
Crick Primary School
Main Road, Crick, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 7TU
4.98 miles
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