Guilsborough Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Northampton · NN6 8PT · West Northamptonshire
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM7.4%
- Demand1.00
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 136489
Guilsborough Academy
Academy converter · Northampton · NN6 8QE
Ages 11–18 · 1,198 pupils · West Northamptonshire
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Attainment 8
46.1
Overall absence
9.4%
Admissions demand
0.80 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2023-10-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.17
−20+2
Attainment 846.1
English & maths grade 5+45%
English & maths grade 4+67%
EBacc entry33%
EBacc APS: 4.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)28.1%
Unauthorised1.8%
- Authorised absence
- 7.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,170
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.80 · Often has places
1st preferences
159
Places offered
201
1st-preference offers
159
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 329
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 200
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 3
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill85%
1,198 pupils · 1,412 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,198
- Boys / girls
- 591 / 607
- School capacity
- 1,412
- Capacity fill
- 1,198 / 1,412 (85%)
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- FSM pupils
- 160
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: GUILSBOROUGH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- GUILSBOROUGH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Frazer
Location
- Address
- West Haddon Road, Guilsborough
- Postcode
- NN6 8QE
- Town
- Northampton
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, 1,198 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 15.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Northampton · NN6 7AN · West Northamptonshire
Ages 2–11
- KS280%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM3.3%
- Demand0.96
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Frazer
- Telephone
- 01604740641