DSLV E-ACT Academy

DSLV E-ACT Academy is performing well, rated as 'Good' in all areas evaluated. Pupils enjoy attending the school, feel safe and are well-supported by a dedicated staff who focus on raising aspirations and fulfilling each student's potential. The curriculum is broad and well-structured, providing a solid foundation for learning from early years through to sixth form. Additionally, pupils with special educational needs are effectively supported, ensuring they achieve well across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy strong relationships with staff and feel safe.
• Leaders have high expectations and promote a culture of aspiration.
• The quality of education has improved, leading to increased parental interest in the school.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• The curriculum is broad and well-sequenced.
• Strong emphasis on early reading and promoting a love for reading.
• High levels of student preparedness for future education and employment.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack sufficient subject knowledge in a few foundation subjects in primary phase.
• Opportunities for spiritual development are not as well-developed as other aspects of personal development.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at DSLV E-ACT Academy attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.6% of pupils at DSLV E-ACT Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 DSLV E-ACT Academy had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.1% of pupils at DSLV E-ACT Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 DSLV E-ACT Academy received £7,826 and spent £7,717 for each of its 1,016 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,091,000 (£1,074 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of E-Act, income was £8,727 and spending £8,448 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Daventry · West Northamptonshire local authority: places and applications

DSLV E-ACT Academy is part of E-Act, which runs 37 schools. The nearest others:

• The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry
• E-ACT The Grange School Daventry
• E-Act Ousedale School Newport Pagnell
• E-ACT Heartlands Academy Birmingham
• E-ACT Nechells Academy Birmingham
• Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy Birmingham
• E-ACT North Birmingham Academy Birmingham
• E-ACT Shenley Academy Birmingham
• Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy Birmingham
• West Walsall E-ACT Academy Walsall

What is DSLV E-ACT Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for DSLV E-ACT Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2022.

When was DSLV E-ACT Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

DSLV E-ACT Academy was last inspected in June 2022.

How many pupils does DSLV E-ACT Academy have?

DSLV E-ACT Academy has 997 pupils on roll.

What age range does DSLV E-ACT Academy cover?

DSLV E-ACT Academy for pupils aged 3 to 18.

What are DSLV E-ACT Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 36.1, and 21% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are DSLV E-ACT Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is DSLV E-ACT Academy?

DSLV E-ACT Academy is at Hawke Road, Southbrook, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4LJ.